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rock • electronic • alternative • space rock • electronica • 90s • alternative rock • indie • british
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| Decades Active: |
1990s
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Biography
Formed in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, Babylon Zoo is the creation of singer, writer and producer, Jas Mann (Jaswinder Mann, 24 April 1971, Dudley, West Midlands, England). A precocious young man, he decided to concentrate on music after being expelled from art school and failing trials for Warwickshire County Cricket Club. His first band, the Sandkings, enjoyed minor success in UK indie circles in the early 90s and supported the Stone Roses and Happy Mondays on tour, but the other members did not share his ‘vision’. His new creation, Babylon Zoo, was signed to Phonogram Records after Clive Black heard their first three-track demo tape in May 1993. When Black moved to Warner Brothers Records in 1993, he took Mann’s contract with him. An album had been prepared and sleeves for a single, ‘Fire Guided Light’, were printed, but Babylon Zoo’s debut was put on hold again when Black moved once more to EMI Records in 1995. However,...
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