Babylon Zoo, the Glossary
Babylon Zoo were an English rock band formed in 1992 in Wolverhampton.[1]
Table of Contents
45 relations: Advertising, All the Money's Gone, AllMusic, Alternative Press (magazine), Alternative rock, Animal Army, ARIA Charts, Australian Recording Industry Association, Brass Eye, British Phonographic Industry, Broom Bezzums, Clive Black, Darrin Mooney, David Bowie, Electronic rock, EMI, Honaloochie Boogie, Independent music, Jas Mann, King Kong Groover, Levi Strauss & Co., List of people from Wolverhampton, Mott the Hoople, NME, Official Charts Company, One-hit wonder, Phonogram Inc., Rock music, Spaceman (Babylon Zoo song), Steven Wells, Sunday Mercury, Television, The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes, The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes (song), The Free Dictionary, The Independent, The Irish Times, The Observer, The Sandkings (band), Tim Moore (writer), UK Albums Chart, UK singles chart, Vintage Books, Warner Records, Wolverhampton.
- Musical groups from West Midlands (county)
- Musicians from Wolverhampton
- Phonogram Inc. artists
Advertising
Advertising is the practice and techniques employed to bring attention to a product or service.
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All the Money's Gone
"All the Money's Gone" is a song by Babylon Zoo and the first single to be taken from their second album King Kong Groover.
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AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.
Alternative Press (magazine)
Alternative Press is an American entertainment magazine primarily focused on music and culture.
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Alternative rock
Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s.
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Animal Army
"Animal Army" is a song by English rock band Babylon Zoo, released in April 1996 as the second single from their first album The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes and the follow-up to the band's UK chart-topping debut single "Spaceman".
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ARIA Charts
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association.
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Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade association representing the Australian recording industry which was established in the 1970s by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers (AARM) which was formed in 1956.
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Brass Eye
Brass Eye (stylised as brassEYE) is a British satirical television series parodying current affairs news programming.
British Phonographic Industry
British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is the British recorded music industry's Trade association.
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Broom Bezzums
Broom Bezzums is a folk music duo formed in Germany in October 2005, by Mark Bloomer and Andrew Cadie.
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Clive Black
Clive Black, is a British music executive.
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Darrin Mooney
Darrin Shane Mooney (born 26 April 1967) is an English musician and session drummer, best known for his work with Primal Scream and Gary Moore.
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David Bowie
David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Babylon Zoo and David Bowie are EMI Records artists.
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Electronic rock
Electronic rock (also known as electro rock and synth rock) is a music genre that involves a combination of rock music and electronic music, featuring instruments typically found within both genres.
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EMI
EMI Group Limited (formerly EMI Group plc until 2007; originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London.
Honaloochie Boogie
"Honaloochie Boogie" is a single released by Mott the Hoople.
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Independent music
Independent music (also commonly known as indie music, or simply indie) is a broad style of music characterized by creative freedoms, low-budgets, and a do-it-yourself approach to music creation, which originated from the liberties afforded by independent record labels.
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Jas Mann
Jasbinder Singh "Jas" Mann (Punjabi: ਜਸਵਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਮੱਨ, born 24 April 1971) is a British songwriter, musician, singer, record producer and film producer. Babylon Zoo and Jas Mann are musicians from Wolverhampton.
King Kong Groover
King Kong Groover is the second and final album by Babylon Zoo, released on 26 February 1999.
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Levi Strauss & Co.
Levi Strauss & Co. is an American clothing company known worldwide for its Levi's brand of denim jeans.
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List of people from Wolverhampton
This is a list of notable people born in or associated with the city of Wolverhampton in England.
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Mott the Hoople
Mott the Hoople were a British rock band formed in Herefordshire.
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NME
New Musical Express (NME) is a British music, film, gaming, and culture website and brand.
Official Charts Company
The Official Charts Company (OCC or Official Charts; previously known as the Chart Information Network, CIN, and the Official UK Charts Company; legally known as the Official UK Charts Company Limited) is a British inter-professional organisation that compiles various official record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France.
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One-hit wonder
A one-hit wonder is any entity that achieves mainstream popularity, often for only one piece of work, and becomes known among the general public solely for that momentary success.
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Phonogram Inc.
Phonogram Incorporated was started in 1970 as a successor to Philips Phonographic Industries, a unit of the Grammophon-Philips Group (GPG), a joint venture of Philips N.V. of the Netherlands and Siemens A.G. of Germany.
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Rock music
Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Spaceman (Babylon Zoo song)
"Spaceman" is a song by British rock band Babylon Zoo, released on 15 January 1996 as the lead single from their debut album, The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes (1996).
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Steven Wells
Steven Wells (10 May 1960 – 24 June 2009) was a British journalist, author, comedian and punk poet born in Swindon, Wiltshire.
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Sunday Mercury
Sunday Mercury is a Sunday tabloid published in Birmingham, UK, and now owned by Reach plc.
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Television
Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound.
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The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes
The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes is the debut album by British rock band Babylon Zoo, released in February 1996.
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The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes (song)
"The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes" is a song by Babylon Zoo, released in October 1996 as the third and final single from their debut album of the same name.
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The Free Dictionary
The Free Dictionary is an American online dictionary and encyclopedia that aggregates information from various sources.
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The Independent
The Independent is a British online newspaper.
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The Irish Times
The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication.
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The Observer
The Observer is a British newspaper published on Sundays.
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The Sandkings (band)
The Sandkings were an indie pop music band from Wolverhampton, England who had minor success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Babylon Zoo and the Sandkings (band) are Musical groups from West Midlands (county).
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Tim Moore (writer)
Tim Moore (born 18 May 1964 in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire) is a British travel writer and humourist.
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UK Albums Chart
The Official UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by sales and audio streaming in the United Kingdom.
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UK singles chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled the Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.
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Vintage Books
Vintage Books is a trade paperback publishing imprint of Penguin Random House originally established by Alfred A. Knopf in 1954.
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Warner Records
Warner Records Inc. (formerly known as Warner Bros. Records Inc. until 2019) is an American record label.
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Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England.
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See also
Musical groups from West Midlands (county)
- 21st Century Girls
- Babylon Zoo
- Cloven Hoof (band)
- Goldbug (band)
- Ned's Atomic Dustbin
- Pop Will Eat Itself
- Ripchord (band)
- Sahotas
- Scrash
- Slade
- Stone Broken
- The Mighty Lemon Drops
- The Montanas
- The Sandkings (band)
- The Wild Flowers
- The Wonder Stuff
Musicians from Wolverhampton
- Actress (musician)
- Aisha (reggae singer)
- Al Barrow
- Andy "Stoker" Growcott
- Babylon Zoo
- Ben Christophers
- Beverley Knight
- Bill Caddick
- Brian Pendleton
- Bups Saggu
- Carina Round
- Dave Hill (guitarist)
- Dave Holland
- Dave Holland (drummer)
- David Newton (guitarist)
- Ephraim Lewis
- Goldbug (band)
- Grace-Evangeline Mason
- James W. Tate
- Jane Stevenson (politician)
- Jas Mann
- Jim Lea (musician)
- John McHugh (tenor)
- Keedie Babb
- Kevin Rowland
- Liam Payne
- Macka B
- Maggie Teyte
- Michael Langdon
- Mitch Harris
- Paul Phillips (singer)
- Paul Raven (musician)
- Pauline Bennett
- Peter Goalby
- Rebecca Downes
- Robin George
- S-X
- Scarlxrd
- Scott Matthews
- The Montanas
- Thomas Igloi
- Tom Aspaul
- Tyla (English musician)
- Winifred Lawson
Phonogram Inc. artists
- Babylon Zoo
- Bixo da Seda
- Claude François
- Dalek I Love You
- Def Leppard
- Ekambi Brillant
- Electribe 101
- Krush
- Los Chichos
- Luv'
- Marilyn (singer)
- TISM
- The Escape (band)
- Vitamin Z
- Wet Wet Wet
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon_Zoo
Also known as Carrie Melbourne.