     baby animals are a 1990s hard rock band from australia. ==biography== ===early history=== 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 cafÃ© in sydney, where they performed under the name 'woody's heroes', it was the start of constant touring through the cityâs 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. the baby animals' early success was driven by the angels including one of the bandâs demos "break my heart" on the b-side of their single "dogs are talking", along with tracks from two other rock and roll bands - rob tognoni's desert cats & the hurricanes. a national tour showcasing all four bands shortly followed. in august 1990, the band signed a publishing deal with sbk songs (now emi songs). whilst attending one of their gigs, terry ellis, president of the newly formed imago recording company signed them to his label. he described the experience as "the band was great, the songs were terrific and to me suze clearly had that indefineable magic that separates one artist from the crowd and makes them a star." ===debut album=== the band flew to new york to record the debut album (bearsvi
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