   backyard babies are a rock band from nÃ¤ssjÃ¶, sweden. the band was formed in 1987 and over the years they have released six studio albums and won a swedish grammy. the band is now located in stockholm, sweden. they are largely attributed with popularizing sleaze rock in scandinavia and sweden, inspiring a scene that continues to grow today. they are a big influence on the current upsurge in sleaze rock in the uk unsigned scene. their single "minus celsius" appears as a playable bonus track in guitar hero iii: legends of rock and "degenerated" is available as a downloadable song for guitar hero world tour. ==history==   formed in 1987, backyard babies originally consisted of singer/bassist tobbe (tobias fischer), guitarist dregen, guitarist johan blomqvist, and drummer peder carlsson. they were then called tyrant and played several live shows in their local area and recorded a rough demo. tobbe was soon replaced by frontman nicke borg on vocals and guitar, and blomqvist switched to bass. fischer went on to be a professional photographer and web designer in stockholm, continuing to work occasionally with his old band mates in backyard babies. they changed their name to backyard babies and recorded two more demos and did a national tour of sweden. the band self-released a debut ep titled something to swallow. this got them signed in 1993 by swedish label megarock records. backyard babies released their debut album diesel & power in 1994. the music on it took influences from rock, punk and blues. in addition to the album the band also released the single "electric suzy" with a cover of "taxi driver" by hanoi rocks as the b-side. after touring with former hanoi rocks members in demolition 23 and doing a short headline tour in late 1995, premiering new songs that remain unrel
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