Chapter 3
Whiplash
Recording:
"We decided to have a cover or 2 on our album." Said Libby.
A cover is a song that another band has made and that you are playing, but not saying the song is yours.
"Cindy said that we should play the Metallica song 'Whiplash'." Said Jimmy, "We didn't really want to play the song, but once the other band members heard it, it was 4- 1! But it had to unanimous!"
After a grueling 4 hours and 13 minutes, Jimmy caved and said they could play 'Whiplash', if he could choose the second cover song. He chose…
Well… He didn't choose anything! They went home that night and he came back the next day with the song "Marshall" and the band put the song in the cover's place.
Whiplash Mania
The Babys first album "The Silence is Deafening" topped charts all over! Billboard didn't know what genre to place "The Silence is Deafening" so, at request of the band, placed it in rock.
The band members were curious on how people would take their work, so they placed their 1st single in Country, Rock and Pop to see what genres that seemed to like their work and what to place later singles.
There 1st single (Whiplash) was #1 on all charts. Not a feat easily obtained by just anybody.
This single started "Whiplash Mania".
"I was saying to myself, 'Greatest cover song EVER!'" said Sheen.
The song "Marshall" faired well on the charts and got at the peak of #3. Jimmy said that he wrote the song, and couldn't find a name for it; he went to sleep, thinking the idea would come in the morning. The first thing he saw when he woke up was his Marshall amplifier.
Then one of the worst possible things happened:
Sheen moved a few miles from his old house
Sheen had a spare room, so The Babys moved their home base to the other side of Retroville.
"Carl's drums were probably the hardest thing to move, that and the amps." Sheen recalled.
The Babys left their label and make "Newton Records", but was informed of another "Newton Records" in another town and changed to "Neutron Records".
Sheen made the spare room into a recording room and it had enough space so that the band could move around.
After the band got settled in, they recorded their new album.
"Me and Sheen wanted to switch it up a little bit," said Jimmy, "So for the album, I played bass and he played guitar."
After the band warmed up to the idea, they started to record. Sheen and Cindy (I know, very unlikely!) wrote the instrumental "Crime Seen". "I got mad because, uh, I played bass in the song and I played the solo, but Cindy was credited with the solo." Jimmy said, "She played the intro, outro, and 2nd solo, I played the main solo and me and her played the twin solo."
The album, "Glass Act and Pastor of Muppet's Super Baby Show for Noir Officers in Canada" came out; set the record for longest Babys album. It was a little less successful than "The Silence is Deafening" but still got good reviews.
Rockitman
"We decided that the recording studio needed renovation, so we bought soundproof walls, and demolished the side wall and extended the studio into Sheen's bedroom, a little." Said Cindy, "Good day, good day. I loved our new recording studio."
The band made a music video for "Marshall", but the video was recorded live. The band played a "garage-ier" style of "Marshall" while recording the video. The band made the sound distorted and used wah- wah only on the bass.
"I liked it, because, I played the solo I wrote, not what Jimmy wrote, I wrote" Cindy said. Cindy's solo was, reportedly, written in 2 minutes.
Carl wrote his first song on his own, the song "Raider". The band played the song and immediately put it on the new album.
The new album was called "Rockitman".
Everyone has a bad record sometimes, right?
Near Death
The record bombed and went negative platinum, it was that bad. This lead to some complications.
Flashback
"It's all your fault, Jimmy!" yelled Cindy.
"My fault! How is this my fault?"
"You were the one that HAD to switch instruments with Sheen!"
"How is switching instruments-"
"Guys! Stop!" said Sheen.
"Sheen's right! Stop! Your gonna hurt the band!" Libby said.
"Shut up, Libby!" said Jimmy.
"Don't tell her to shut up! Screw you!" Said Carl.
"Okay, Carl! You wanna go?" Jimmy said.
"You wanna be knocked into next week? I thought so!" said Carl, punching Jimmy in the face.
"Carl!" said Sheen, punching Carl in the face, "This band is over!"
End Flashback
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A/N: Wow! I know what you are thinking, "Why, BoneBanditKonner? Why do you make people fight?" It will all come together. Now I want to illegally download "Come Together" By Aerosmith. Damn, I can't tell you that! I'll get arrested! But who gives a shit!
