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Babylon Zoo were a British rock band formed in 1992 in Wolverhampton, England. They are best known for the song "Spaceman", which gained considerable exposure through its use in a popular Levi's jeans TV advert in the United Kingdom in late 1995. Released as the group's debut single on 21 January 1996, it went straight to the top of the UK Singles Chart. "Spaceman" cemented the band's legacy as a one hit wonder, and with little follow-up success, they became largely forgotten.〔 ==Career== Frontman Jas Mann had formerly been in an indie music band, called The Sandkings. In 1993, a three-track demo earned him a contract from Phonogram Records for his next project, Babylon Zoo. The band's first single was the song "Spaceman" which had appeared on a Levi's jeans TV advert. Levi's used "Spaceman" for a UK TV ad after hearing the song on a Manchester radio station. It became the fastest-selling single in the UK since The Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love". The single sold 420,000 copies in the first week of release, spending 5 weeks at number 1.〔 An album entitled ''The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes'' was produced at Mann's New Atlantis Productions music/artwork/video centre. It peaked at #6 on the UK Albums Chart on 17 February,〔 but dropped out of the Top 40, lasting only a further two weeks on the chart.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1996 Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive 9th March 1996 )〕 Subsequent singles charted progressively lower, failing to match the success of "Spaceman".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Official Charts: Babylon Zoo - Singles )〕 The band's reputation was further damaged by negative live reviews. A follow-up album, entitled ''King Kong Groover'', was released in 1999. The record was received poorly by critics and failed to chart; it sold 10,000 units.〔 Two singles were issued from the album: "All The Money's Gone", which was released in the UK and Europe and peaked at #46 on the UK Singles Chart; and a cover of Mott the Hoople's "Honaloochie Boogie", which was released only as a promotional single in France.〔(Babylon Zoo– Honaloochie Boogie )〕 The group disbanded shortly after and Mann moved to India where he spent time working for an aid agency.〔(Where Are They Now? )〕 In 2005, Jas Mann announced he would be issuing a new Babylon Zoo album, called ''Cold Clockwork Doll''. The record has yet to materialise.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Babylon Zoo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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