Backyard babies

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Backyard babies
BackyardBabiesLogo.jpg
The Backyard Babies at Wacken Open Air 2018
The Backyard Babies at Wacken Open Air 2018
General information
origin Nässjö , Sweden
Genre (s) Punk rock , hard rock
founding 1987 (as Tyrant ), 1989 (as Backyard Babies )
Website www.backyardbabies.com
Founding members
"Tobbe" (until 1989)
Andreas Tyrone Dregen ( called Dregen )
Johan Blomquist
Peder Carlsson
Current occupation
Vocals, guitar
 Nicke Borg (since 1989)
guitar
 Andreas "Dregen" Tyrone Svensson
bass
 Johan Blomquist
Drums
 Peder Carlsson

The Backyard Babies are a rock band from Nässjö , Sweden .

Band history

The band members went to the same school, and after their founding in 1987, a demo and some live performances, the actual singer Tobias Tobbe Fischer was fired in 1989 because of musical differences and replaced by Nicke Borg . Two more demos and a national tour followed before the first official release came in 1991 - the EP Something to Swallow . In 1993 they were signed by the Swedish music label Megarock . A year later, the first album Diesel & Power was released. Since Dregen was also the guitarist of the Hellacopters , which he co-founded in 1994, things got very quiet around the Backyard Babies until 1997. In 1998 the second album Total 13 was released . A year later Dregen left the Hellacopters to take care of the backyard babies exclusively from now on. In 2001 the album Making Enemies is Good was released , which finally brought the band international fame and in 2003 the album Stockholm Syndrome . In 2006 the next album People like People like People like us came out. With their fifth album so far, they moved a little further away from the style of the successful album Total 13, but justified their further development into quieter songs less with their age than with increased self-confidence. The album was produced by Hellacopters boss Nicke Andersson, who became the fifth member of the band during the production phase and also co-wrote You Cannot Win . On August 13, 2008, the album Backyard Babies was released .

The band names the Ramones , Warrior Soul , KISS and Hanoi Rocks as significant influences . For other role models such as AC / DC , Monster Magnet , Social Distortion , Velvet Revolver and Mötley Crüe , they were also allowed to serve as support on tours. Furthermore, the Canadian rocker Danko Jones and his band of the same name supported the babies on the 2001 Making Enemies tour. In 2009 the Backyard Babies were again the opening act for Danko Jones.

Dregen (guitarist)

At the end of 2009 the band celebrated their 20th anniversary (with this line-up) with the release of a CD / DVD set called Them XX . It includes a best-of CD, two CDs with B-sides and songs that cannot be found on regular releases, as well as an expanded re-edition of the DVD Jetlag - The Movie . The set is framed by a photo book showing photos from the band's history. Most of these pictures were shot by amateur photographer and drummer Peder Carlsson. The release was accompanied by a relatively short tour for the band, which was followed by a long break from the band.

Nicke Borg uses this creative break for his solo project Homeland . Dregen played from June 2011 to March 2014 in the solo band of ex- Hanoi Rocks singer Michael Monroe .

Dregen released his first solo album on September 25, 2013.

In the summer of 2014 the band started working on a new album. On June 5th, 2015 they played their first appearance since 2010 at the Sweden Rock Festival . The new album Four by Four was released a few months later, on August 28th, 2015.

Discography

Dregen at the Classic Rock Night in Pyras 2018

Albums

Studio albums

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE CH CH SE SE
1994 Diesel and Power
Megarock Records 		- - -
First published in 1994
1998 Total of 13
MVG records 		- - SE12 (18 weeks)
SE
First published in 1998
2001 Making Enemies Is Good
BMG Sweden 		DE82 (1 week)
DE 		- SE1 (13 weeks)
SE
First published on May 28, 2001
2003 Stockholm Syndrome
RCA Records 		DE63 (2 weeks)
DE 		- SE2 (23 weeks)
SE
First published in 2003
2006 People Like People Like People Like Us
Sony BMG 		- - SE3 (10 weeks)
SE
First published in 2006
2008 Backyard Babies
Billion Dollar Babies 		- - SE1 (7 weeks)
SE
First published in 2008
2015 Four by Four
Sony Music Entertainment 		DE78 (1 week)
DE 		- SE2 (3 weeks)
SE
First published on August 28, 2015
2019 Sliver and Gold
Century Media 		DE22 (1 week)
DE 		CH76 (1 week)
CH 		SE5 (1 week)
SE
First published on March 1, 2019

Live albums

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
SE SE
2005 Live Live in Paris
BMG 		SE19 (2 weeks)
SE
First published in 2005

Compilations

  • 1998: Safety Pin & Leopard Skin - 6 Live, 1 Cover and 2 for the B-Side Lover (MVG Records)
  • 2001: Independent Days (MVG Records)
  • 2002: From Demos to Demons 1989-1992 (Powerline Records)
  • 2005: Tinnitus (Liquer And Poker Music)
  • 2009: Them XX (Billion Dollar Babies)

Extended plays

Peder Carlsson with the Backyard Babies in Pyras 2018
year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK SE SE
1997 Knockouts! - SE54 (1 week)
SE
First published in 1997 via MVG Records
Look at you UK88 (1 week)
UK 		SE56 (1 week)
SE

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK SE SE
1998 Bombed (Out of My Mind)
Total 13 		UK95 (1 week)
UK 		-
Highlights
total 13 		UK79 (1 week)
UK 		-
2001 Brand New Hate
Making Enemies Is Good 		- SE14 (9 weeks)
SE
2003 Minus Celsius
Stockholm Syndrome 		- SE21 (13 weeks)
SE
2004 A Song for the Outcast
Stockholm Syndrome 		- SE34 (3 weeks)
SE
Friends
Stockholm Syndrome 		- SE57 (2 weeks)
SE
2006 The Mess Age (How Could I Be So Wrong)
People Like People Like People Like Us 		- SE43 (4 weeks)
SE
Dysfunctional Professional
People Like People Like People Like Us 		- SE3 (2 weeks)
SE

Singles without chart positions

  • 1994: Electric Suzy (Megarock Records) by Diesel and Power
  • 1998: Bombed (Out of My Mind) (MVG Records)
  • 1998: Highlights (MVG Records) from Total 13
  • 1998: Is It Still Alright to Smile? (Bad Afro Records)
  • 1998: Babylon (pastor)
  • 2001: The Clash (BMG Sweden) from Making Enemies Is Good
  • 2006: Roads (RCA Records) by People Like People Like People Like Us
  • 2008: Fuck Off and Die (Bootleg Booze Records) by Backyard Babies
  • 2008: Nomadic (Spinefarm Records)
  • 2009: Drool (Spinefarm Records)
  • 2009: Abandon (Spinefarm Records)
  • 2009: Degenerated by Backyard Babies
  • 2015: Th1rt3en or Nothing by Four by Four

Video albums

  • 2005: Jetlag the Movie (RCA)
  • 2006: Live Zone (LiveZone)

Other publications

  • 1991: Something to Swallow (EP, in-house production)
  • 1992: Bite & Chew - 5 Track Demo (MC, in-house production)
  • 1997: Supershow ( Split EP with The 69 Eyes , Rubber Rabbit Rock'N'Roll Records)
  • 1998: Total 05 (EP, MVG Records)
  • 2004: A Remix for the Outcast (Remix EP, Sound Pollution)

Exclusive sampler contributions

  • 1996: Teenagers from Mars on Hell on Earth… Hail to Misfits
  • 1997: One Track mind on Stranded in the Doll's House - Tribute to Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan
  • 2002: Pet Sematary on The Song Ramones the Same
  • 2002: Jack the Ripper on National Sånger (Hymner Från Vågen Och EPAs Torg)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Blabbermouth.net.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 24, 2010.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.roadrunnerrecords.com  
  2. ↑ Statement on Dregen's departure from Michael Monroe ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved March 8, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.michaelmonroe.com
  3. Jump up ↑ RockHard report on Dregen's solo album .
  4. ↑ facebook.com
  5. ↑ facebook.com
  6. ↑ blabbermouth.net
  7. ↑ a b c d Chart sources: DE CH UK SE