During an interview with The Sound Lab in 2022, Dregen confirmed that Backyard Babies were on hiatus due to his commitments with The Hellacopters , but stated that were plans to create more music in the future.
The band released their eighth studio album, Sliver & Gold , in 2019.
The compilation album Them XX was released in 2009 to honor the band’s 20th anniversary. The accompanying tour was rumored to be their last. After a hiatus, the band reconvened with an announcement in May 2014. Their 2015 album Four by Four reached number 2 on the Swedish albums chart.…
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During 2005, the band toured the United States (with openers The Chelsea Smiles & Crash Kelly ) and Europe alongside Social Distortion . The album People Like People Like People Like Us , produced by Nicke Andersson of The Hellacopters , was released in 2006. It spawned two singles: “The…
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On 15 October 2002, Backyard Babies guitarist Dregen was on the front pages of Swedish national newspapers. After returning home from a club where he was DJing , he and his friend were assaulted, robbed, and knocked unconscious. Dregen suffered a broken jaw but the band continued recording their next…
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After the collaboration on the song “Babylon”, Dregen, Ginger, and Nicke Andersson formed the side project Supershit 666 , which released a six-track EP in 1999. Dregen returned to the Backyard Babies soon after as the band took off for another tour of the United Kingdom, this time in support…
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The Backyard Babies reunited in 1997, with a new record contract with MVG Records. They recorded their most-critically acclaimed album, Total 13 . Critics compared the album favorably to the New York Dolls , Ramones and The Damned . They toured the United Kingdom with good response. A single was…
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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…
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In 1989, the band changed their name to Backyard Babies and recorded two more demos and did a national tour of Sweden. In 1991, the band self-released a debut EP titled Something to Swallow . This got them signed in 1993 by Swedish label Megarock Records .
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…
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