Chapter III:

Practice Makes Almost Perfect

Practice:

The band went over to Jimmy's garage the next day to do the last thing on the list:

Practice.

Jimmy gave Sheen and Cindy wah-wah pedals to make their guitar and bass sound watery on the solos.

Flashback:

"Whoa, thanks man!" Sheen said to Jimmy

"No prob." Jimmy replied.

"Thank you very much, Jimmy!" Cindy said to Jimmy.

Cindy played a solo with the pedal.

"Whoa, that is awesome!"

Sheen tried out his.

"Aw, man, mine's broke."

"No it's not. You're not plugged into the amp."

"Oh. That's stupid."

Sheen played a solo on his bass. He was the most stunned out of everyone.

"Oh. My. God."

End Flashback

At that moment, a mini- Cliff Burton was born.

"We tried to play a few songs that day, one from each of our favorite rock bands." Cindy said.

"My pick was 'The Boys Are Back in Town' by Thin Lizzy" said Jimmy.

"Mine was 'War Inside My Head' Suicidal Tendencies" said Carl.

"Okay, mine was 'For Whom The Bell Tolls' by Metallica" says Cindy.

"'Hound Dog' Mr. Elvis Presley" says Sheen.

"I can't remember what I picked, it was an R.E.M song, I know that." Says Libby.

After that, they think they were pretty good! So they decided to write some of their own songs.

The infamous "Round Table" sessions began.

"The 'Round Table' sessions were a weekly thing. All the band members would go and sit at a round table and talk about their ideas. It was inspired by Cindy and her secret Metallica addiction." Libby said.

"We would bring our instruments with us to show what we had come up with," Sheen says, "Had 2 drum sets: one for the round table and another for practice. It was a good method. We came up with 2 songs at the first ever 'Round Table' session."

The second song would be the break out hit for the Babys.

"Carl was banging on his drums and I heard a good beat," says Libby, "I told him to play it again. Then I told him to take off the snare beads to give the beat a 'steely' sound. It was a beat that everyone liked! Cindy picked up her guitar and started playing, then Jimmy and Sheen joined in…"

Flashback

"Dude! This is awesome! Let's take it to the Brig"

The Brig is what The Babys call the garage.

The song starts slow and then puts a metal edge towards the end. But the song mainly consists of classical, acoustic and soft rock influences.

"That's a good song, Cindy" Jimmy said to her.

"Thanks Jimmy. I think I'm gonna let you sing it."

"Really, but it's not me! Try Carl or Sheen!"

"No. I want you to sing the song."

"Alright, but I'm not happy about it!"

End Flashback

Little did Jimmy know that song was going to be the breakout hit for The Babys.

Recording Time

"After that, we had a few more 'Round Tables' and practices before Sheen and Libby bought a home recorder for about a 100 bucks" said Carl, "We made a demo and sent it to record labels and no one wanted us. Except the local record store."

"We went in and played 'The Silence is Deafening', the song Cindy wanted me to sing and they hired us on the spot!" said Jimmy.

They were put to work on their first album right away!