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BABYLON A.D.
Interview by Tom Mathers
Rocknation: Hello Derek Davis of Babylon A.D. and booked in 2014?
welcome to Rocknation. Your band will be releasing an Derek: Were playing selective dates across the states this
EP CD called “Lost Sessions, Fresno CA 93”. Please tell year. We’ve go two in CA, in April and May, One in Denver
us about these tracks on the EP “While America Sleeps”, on June 7th. The Firefest in Oct, The Rock and Skull Fest
“Love Blind”, “Love is a Mystery” and “Bang Go The in Chicago in November and were working on some more
Bells”. summer dates. Any one that would like to find out more
Derek: We had recorded the first three songs at a studio about the exact gigs can go to our facebook page
in Fresno in 1993 and we all thought at the time that they https://www.facebook.com/Babylonadband
were really good, but had too much low end on them. They Rocknation: I think it is great you have all of the original
sounded muddy to us we never put them out. Years go members involved since so many bands only have one
by and I just kinda forgot about that session. Turns out I member or the original roadie in the band. LOL. What kind
had the master tape in an old trunk I have that has a lot of of fan response do you get from fans having all the original
Cd’s and tapes and demos from people I’ve worked with members?
and such. So I put the tape on and thought, “wow these Derek: I think it’s better because it’s the real deal, Fans
are very cool songs and I can fix the low end. Technology expect to be paying for and want to see the band the way
has made it possible to do such tweaks to music that was they remember and still follow. It really does make a
not available in 93. I spent some time in the studio on them difference. Plus we are pretty tight playing live after all
and now they sound great. “Bang Go The Bells” was this time being together.
re-recorded in 2010 and I remixed and mastered that also. Rocknation: Let’s do a flash back to 1989 you caught the
So we have a pretty cool collectors item for any true attention of Arista Records president and industry music
Babylon A.D. Fan. mogul “Clive Davis”, who signed your band at a live
Rocknation: I see Babylon A.D is booked at the Firefest showcase in Los Angeles. How excited was the whole
Rock Festival in Nottingham England on Oct 25th, 2014. band after this and what highlights come to mind?
This is a huge event in England one of the top festivals. Derek: I remember Clive jumping up out of his seat right
You must be very excited to play in Europe, Have you when we hit our last note and he said “welcome to the
been in contact with any of the other bands, and are you family boys” We went out later that night to the Rainbow
getting allot of fans contacting you on the Internet about and got totally wasted. We were out of control. Got in at
this show? least 3 fights that I can remember and kept the party going
Derek: We have a lot of fans in Europe that contact us all back at our band apartment with a house full of chicks for
the time. We’ve got offers to play in Greece and also the next couple days. Total Mayhem.
Germany, which we are working on. Its gonna be a blast. Rocknation: Please name of influences of other bands that
Rocknation: What other shows does the band have help create your music.
Derek: That’s hard because not only do I
write hard rock. I write Blues, industrial,
acoustic ballad stuff and I am working on
an R&B soul record at the moment.
So it’s just a balance of different
influences depending on the style I am
writing at the time.
Rocknation: What is some of the music
you listen to now?
Derek: I listen to a lot of different Music
when I am not writing and producing my
own. Anything from soul, blues, hard rock.
Amy Winehouse, Al Green, Monster
Magnet, Son House, Eminem,Just about
everything but Country. And I also still
listen to My own “Re-Volt” record that I
released last year all the time.
Rocknation: Thank you for taking time for
this interview and last words to the fans?
Derek: Ya come out to the shows. And
thanks for still being there for us. Babylon
A.D. fans ROCK!
