Baby Animals are an Australia Hard Rock band active from 1989 until 1996, and reformed in 2007. They have won numerous ARIA Awards for their music.
The Baby Animals were formed in Sydney in 1989 by singer Suze DeMarchi, drummer Frank Celenza, guitarist Dave Leslie, and bassist Eddie Parise. De Marchi had previously recorded threes singles with EMI in the United Kingdom, and before that had played with Perth bands Photoplay, The Kind, and DD and the Rockmen.
The band's first performance was in November 1989 at the Kardomah Café in Sydney, where they performed under the name 'Woody's Heroes', it was the start of constant touring through the city’s pubs and clubs. The name 'Baby Animals' came about after seeing an advertisement for a local TV show, Wheel of Fortune, hosted by 'Baby John Burgess'. Another version suggests the name came from a calendar in a mall. In at least one interview, however, DeMarchi mentioned they changed the origins of the name in different interviews as it got boring answering the same questions.
Baby Animals may refer to:
Baby Animals is the self-titled debut album by Australian band Baby Animals, released in 1991. The album debuted at number six on the ARIA Album Charts and spent six weeks at number one, eventually going eight times platinum and becoming the highest-selling debut Australian rock album of all time (until the release of Jet's album, Get Born 12 years later). In October 2010, Baby Animals was listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.
Raise your head to the sound of the bell
Throw your money in the wishing well
Look to the stars and make a wish
For fame, fortune, money and wealth
One by one you will soon
Wake up to find, yeah
A great wall in front of you
Said look at the big boys now
Ooh he's laughing all the way home
He's got some big time friends
Plenty of money to earn
Make your move it's the sign of times
What you need could be all in your mind
Sing it, yeah
One by one you will soon
Wake up to find, yeah
A great wall in front of you
Look at the big boys now
Ooh he's laughing all the way home
He's got some big time friends
Plenty of money to burn
Look at the big boys now
Ooh their crying
He's lost his lunch time friends
Plenty of loving to learn
One by one you will soon
Wake up to find, yeah
A great wall in front of you
Said look at the big boys now
Ooh he's laughing all the way home
He's lost his big time friends
Plenty of loving to learn
Ooh yeah
Look at the big boys now
Aah he's crying
He's lost his lunch time friends
Plenty of loving to learn