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Biography
One source|date=June 2011Infobox musical artist | name = Babylon Zoo| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| origin = Wolverhampton , England | instrument =| genre = Alternative rock , space rock , Industrial music|industrial , glam rock | years_active = 1992–2000| label = Phonogram Records , Warner Bros. Records|WEA , EMI | associated_acts =| website =| current_members =| past_members = Jas Mann Carrie Melbourne Dave Goodes Darrin Mooney Babylon Zoo were a United Kingdom|British Rock music|rock band of the mid-1990s from Wolverhampton , England , fronted by Jas Mann . They were best known for the song " Spaceman (song)|Spaceman ", which on its release on 21 January 1996, went straight to #1 on the UK Singles Chart ,cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 38 selling 418,000 copies in the first week of release.
Career
Mann had formerly been in an indie music band, called The Sandkings (band)|The Sandkings , which he left in 1992, because of musical differences.
Babylon Zoo was signed to Phonogram Records , after A& R man Clive Black heard their first three-track Demo (music)|demo tape, in May 1993. When Black moved to Warner Bros. Records in 1993, he took Mann's recording contract with him. An album had been prepared and sleeves for a Single (music)|single , "Fire Guided Light", were printed, but Babylon Zoo's debut was put on hold again when Black moved once more to EMI in 1995, where the band were signed on to a seven album contract.
However, promotional copies of the song " Spaceman (song)|Spaceman " had already been distributed, and chosen to tie in with the release of a new Levi's jeans Television|TV advertisement|advert . The single went straight to #1 on the UK Singles Chart, and it also reached the top spot in the single charts in twenty three countries.Citation needed|date=June 2011 An album entitled The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes was produced at Mann's New Atlantis Productions music/artwork/video centre. It was released in 1996, and included new-age tracks such as "Is Your Soul for Sale? " and "I'm Cracking Up I Need a Pill". It debuted at #6 on the UK Albums Chart , and reached the Top 20 in 17 countries, including Australia, New Zealand and Canada.Citation needed|date=June 2011 In 1997, Mann was lampooned on the Channel 4 TV series, Brass Eye .
In 1999, a follow-up album was released, King Kong Groover , but Mann decided not to promote the album as he was not getting support from his record label after the departure of Clive Black. Mann subsequently decided to move to India and work for an aid agency. http://blog.comedycentral.co.uk/2010/08/11/watn-babylon-zoo-spaceman/ Where Are They Now?
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