Backyard Babies

Genre: Rock Hometown: Stockholm SWEDEN
www.backyardbabies.com

Saturday, March 19   1:00 a.m.
Emo's Jr.   (603 Red River St)

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Remember the first time you heard a rock band that was so exciting, you just had to share their music with everyone you knew? Whether it was The Ramones or AC/DC or Guns n’ Roses makes no difference, it became your mission to blast those righteous sounds upon unsuspecting ears. Prepare to relive that experience with the Backyard Babies-a raw tattoo that rocks sonically with brazen heart and voluminous punch.

Guitarist Dregen formed the Backyard Babies in Nassjö 1987 as the current Swedish Invasion (e.g. The Hives, Sahara Hotnights, The Bones) was starting to blossom. After their 1991 debut EP, Something to Swallow and a 1993 full-length called Diesel and Power, Dregen put the Babies on hiatus to work with his other band, The Hellacopters.

Upon recommencing in 1997, the Backyard Babies released Total 13, the first of three albums (including 2001's Making Enemies is Good and 2003's Stockholm Syndrome) that epitomized what rock is all about: decadently delicious songs and the cockiest of attitudes. They copped the punk/glam aesthetic of the New York Dolls and paired it with the power of Guns N' Roses, then embraced the rock anthem as defined by The Sex Pistols and redefined it in turn.

Last year's Stockholm Syndrome earned Backyard Babies a Swedish Grammy and a personal nod from Velvet Revolver to open their European tour, thus cementing the band’s reputation as a force to be reckoned with. To fulfill this prophecy, the band has teamed with Liquor and Poker Music (The Hellacopters, Nebula, Hanoi Rocks) to fire their first U.S. release since Total 13. We submit for your approval Tinnitus, an ear ringing, mirrored shades and mascara rock riot.

A compilation of tracks from each album BYB album to date, Tinnitus is an overdue introduction to one of rock’s unsung diamonds. It combines experiences of the Backyard Babies' teenage years listening to The Clash, Kiss, Dead Boys, Motley Crue, The Stooges, Hanoi Rocks and the Rolling Stones with the rock n' roll circus experiences gained as a touring band. More importantly, the unrelenting rock n' roll provides a glimpse into both the past and the future of over-the-top, trashy, punk rawk & roll.

Every now and then a booze-fueled explosion becomes a brilliant realignment of the stars. Cast as the perpetual underdog, the Backyard Babies have broken thousands of guitar strings, traveled the world while doing their best to not get arrested, and won over cheering audiences too many times to recall. Together with Liquor and Poker Music, they're set to make good on their promise to dominate the United States rock scene by giving Tinnitus to crowds opening for Social Distortion on Social D's 2005 US tour set to start off on Feb. 2nd in Sin City, Las Vegas.

Welcome to rock ‘n' roll according to Backyard Babies. Everybody ready?