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John Bisaha is the new voice of The Babys
Iconic rock band the Babys have reformed a generation after being the springboard for John Waite, Journey's Jonathan Cain and Styx's Ricky Phillips — and Metal Sludge has the inside scoop
By: Gerry Gittelson
Metal Sludge Editor at Large
HOLLYWOOD — Legendary in the fact they were so close to making it so many times, British rock band the Babys are back after all these years with original guitarist Wally Stocker and original drummer Tony Brock – but without the great front man John Waite, who would go on to chart-topping solo success with "Missing You" and later with supergroup Bad English's "When I See You Smile."
Waite is a hard man to replace, but don't write off the Babys just yet. The group has a gifted new singer in unknown John Bisaha and a fantastic new song called "Not Ready to Say Goodbye" on youtube HERE.
Like other near-miss bands like Angel, Starz and UFO, the Babys have a special place in the hearts of the fans, an us-against-the-world symbiotic bond that can never be broken no matter how long.
I was still a teen when the Babys made their curtain call, and god I wish I had seen them live because songs like "Isn't it Time," "Back on My Feet Again," "Head First" and "Every Time I Think of You" were the soundtrack of my adolescence as I steeled myself into a man.
I settled for a long-time devotion to Mr. Waite, but like I've told the god-voiced singer many times through the years, I've always longed for a Babys reunion.
It's here now. The Babys return on Thursday, July 18 for a show at the Canyon Club north of Los Angeles, and there is a good chance this is going to be fantastic.
The band's official website is HERE Guitarist J.P Cervoni rounds out four-man lineup with Stocker, Brock and Bisaha plus three backup singer, and a keyboard player should be added soon.Sludge did a story on John Waite HERE that stirred up some shit.
This time, we catch with the reformed Babys for this groundbreaking news. Everyone loves a good comeback story, so let's hope the Babys are onto something big.
The classic line up of The Babys
SLUDGE: I'll start with you, John Bisaha, the new singer. John Waite was an incredible singer. You have some huge shoes to fill.
JOHN BISAHA: There has been a wide range of reactions including some people, some hard-core fans, that are bent out of shape about it. That's happening, and I think we expected it. But you're right. It's not an easy job at all. It's a pretty high standard to live up to, and John Waite is one of my favorite singers. It's an honor and privilege to be involved because I'm just a huge fan of the Babys, Bad English, and his solo stuff. I saw John Waite play in San Juan Capistrano just a little while ago.
TONY BROCK: Yeah, we're getting a few of the how-dare-you's, but I'm telling you, it sounds like the original band. It's fantastic. With John Bisaha, the thinking was, it's got to be the right person, I mean, how many singers have tried to step in for Journey? It can't be just anybody. So John (Bisaha) is going to get some pressure, some who are going to say he's not as good as John Waite, but all those negatives to come down on him, John (Bisaha) knew that from day one, and we hired him because he's fantastic. It's going to be so good. I love his attitude, he sings in tune, and he's incredible. He's a winner.
WALLY STOCKER: It's very exciting. I'm really pleased with the lineup. John Waite has an incredible voice, but John (Bisaha) is good, too. I know he hasn't played in so many bands, but he's up the challenge even though it's tough because he's going to get his fair share of criticism. I think just his sheer talent will bring it through. John Waite has given his blessing, and that's a little more comfortable. He knows that John Waite likes the idea, so he feels pretty confident.
SLUDGE: How does it sound? Is going to be great?
STOCKER: It sounds good. It feels good.
BROCK:John Waite did give his blessing, so we're feeling good about the whole thing. I'm really enjoying it. When Wally and I first got back together, I was wondering about it myself, but that magic is still there to this day. It's incredible. We're rehearsing for our first show.
BISAHA: A friend, Mike Hansen, who played with Lynch Mob and Hurricane and Glass Tiger, he first told me someone was looking for a singer, I wasn't interested because I was working on my own project, trying to get something off the ground because with rock, you know how tough it is to break in with new music nowadays. But my friend was like, "Yeah, it's an 80s band or something, and they're looking for a lead singer," and I was like, who is this band? When he told me it was the Babys, I was like, "You're kidding right?"
SLUDGE: It's like taking 10 huge steps forward.
BISAHA: Absolutely.
SLUDGE: The interesting thing is a million years ago the Babys were one of the first bands ever to use a music video to get signed. This was back in the 1970s, and now you're doing it all over again with a new song on youtube, "Not Ready to Say Goodbye." The song is incredible. It's unbelievably good. The new Babys have instant credibility because of this new song, the way I see it. It sounds like it could have been a hit from back then.
STOCKER: We did that in Tony's studio. It's sort of a cross between "Isn't it Time" and "Every Time I Think of You" and "Back on My Feet Again." We wanted it to have that distinguished Babys-style sound with all the elements.
BROCK:"Not Ready to Say Goodbye," that's the one we have finished. We worked pretty hard on it, and we've got several more. We just haven't put them down yet. We're working on getting a record deal, and we have a manager and a lawyer and everything.
SLUDGE: So you're taking this seriously?
BROCK:Oh yes, very seriously. I never gave up on music, and as far as going out and riding around and doing a summer tour, I think the Babys are the best we can be right now, and our repertoire of songs is enormous. Everyone out there pretty much knows the songs, and we're happy to go for one more shot and push things to a new level.
SLUDGE: When the Babys first signed with Chrysalis, you arrived from England and moved into Los Angeles, all young cool-looking guys from England. I know you didn't sell as many as records as you had hoped, but god you must have had a blast.
BROCK: Oh it was incredible. Are you kidding? We came in 1976, got a record deal and never went back to England. America received the Babys very well, and it was so alive because we had a billboard on Sunset Boulevard and all that stuff. I remember most of the good times, I really do, and also a couple of moments where we really didn't get along too well, and I was usually the guy to sort it all out, to work things out. I was the go-between, and it worked out fine. I have good memories.
STOCKER: Practicing all the songs again, getting on top of them again, that's sort of brought back a lot of memories for me, even some flashbacks. Like I'll play a riff and instantly remember the recording studio we recorded it in. The songs bring back all kinds of memories. We came up with some good ideas.
SLUDGE: The keyboardist, Jonathan Cain, he is in Journey now of course. And then there is the old bass player, Ricky Phillips, who is now in Styx.
BROCK: Jon Cain was going to help us. He wants to be part of the writing team and to join us on stage whenever he can. That's going to be great, too. The same with Ricky, but he's on tour with Styx every day and every night.
BISAHA:As part of the audition process, it was narrowed down to me and a couple of others, and they did videos of us doing "Isn't it Time" and "Head First," and Jon Cain liked my video and said that he'd like to write.
SLUDGE: And your show is July 18 at Canyon Club near Los Angeles – the grand return of the Babys.
BROCK: It's a benefit for St. Judes Hospital for the kids. We're going to get our feet wet and do this benefit. It feels good. All the support we can get would be fantastic. Not that we're desperate, but all the support would be really appreciated.
SLUDGE: Then there is Michael Corby, the original co-guitarist and keyboard player. He's not involved. I know he's done some rants on Facebook – I asked him to comment for this story but he "respectfully declined."
BROCK: At this point, years and years later, I guess he still feels wounded about what happened in 1979. Basically, Michael Corby, with the new Babys, it's not the right time. His head is not in the right space, but there are no bad feelings. It's just not right for him to still be part of the Babys even though he is one of the original members, and basically I don't want to go any deeper than that.
BISAHA: He blasted us on Facebook. A month ago the target was John Waite but now it's everybody. I don't know. There's not much to say about it.
SLUDGE: The Babys had such a great image back in the day. A lot of the bands that come back, they're older I know, but they don't try to still look cool. Are you going to dress up sharp?
BROCK: That never went away for me ever since the scarves and nice suits and everything nice. That will always be part of the image.
SLUDGE: I've done lots of stories with John Waite. He says you all were getting $200 a week with the Babys, but your suits looked more expensive.
BROCK:Yeah, we were spending more for the tailor, the guy making clothes for us, we had nothing left. (laughs) We're still aiming for the same thing but we're not quite there yet. In terms of dressing up, everyone knows we've got to look classy, and that's what the Babys is all about.
SLUDGE: The Babys had such loyal fans – me included – but I guess, looking back, you guys were one big break away. Do you feel now like you should have been bigger?
STOCKER: At times, but we were the kind of band where we could hold our own at any show, no matter who we were playing with. We were fortunate to go on a lot of good tours as opening act. We went out for Alice Cooper for quite a bit, and also Journey and Cheap Trick and AC/DC, so we got to play with a lot of people even though we were only part of the bill. Then again, we'd come back and play our own show at the Whisky, and the place would be packed full of our own fans.
SLUDGE: Are you kidding? You headlined the Santa Monica Civic.
STOCKER:Yeah, we played the Civic a couple of times but going out with major bands, that helped us a lot as far as exposure, doing arenas. Even if you're playing while people are still filtering in, you're playing for 8,000 or so.
SLUDGE: Or 20,000.
STOCKER: Yeah. A lot of people sitting on a basketball court there and all around.
SLUDGE: Maybe you'll do another Babys record.
BROCK: I would love to think we have one more album in us. In Australia, they still play the Babys every day on the radio with "Isn't it Time" and "Every Time I Think of You." It's kind of interesting. A lot of people still hold us in high regard. It's not like we're starting a new band, not from scratch. We have a cult following, and every one of us are great players, and we're still alive after all these years.
BISAHA:I said, I saw John Waite perform at the Coach House, and every time he did a Babys song, the crowd just went wild. I think the possibility of catching on is endless. We're just getting ripe but it's great from a nostalgia point of view just to see and hear the Babys again.
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Love is hard. January is hard -it's a straight up difficult season. The wintry season can move what we experience outward, deep into our hearts with the effect of making us feel cold and alone and as frosty hearted as the ice on our morning windshields.
Yet the stark winter environs also give us the ability to see things in black and white and thus apply practical strategies that will really stick with us in the coming months. Case in point, searching on the term 'hard' in my book, A Love Alchemist's Notebook, I came up with like a gazillion references. So I'm presenting a few excerpts here while noting that a love alchemist will ably turn every 'hard' into a positive solution (and #4 is a bit long because I consider it so important!).
1.He's Hardly a Hole in One. On attracting the wrong guy.
When it came to my search for soulful love, I wasn't desperate, but I was tired of believing that I was chronically broken in one particular spot – my heart. I remembered I'd had a similar feeling before concerning my relationship to money, which did have a tinge of desperation mixed in as landlords and eviction notices were imminently involved. In the beginning of my magical work to manifest a soul mate, the results were mixed.
Yes, something was afoot in my love life – one shy guy approached me at the Laundromat with stars in his eyes, and no one had done that in years! Still, he was far from my "type." Soon after, another suitor asked for my number at a magic bookstore, which was less of a long shot than the lad in the Laundromat, although hardly a hole in one.
2. Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place. On man-i-festing miracles.
At this point in the game of love, I could have given up, but I didn't! Instead of becoming disheartened by off-target encounters, I became encouraged, bolstered by the profundity of my love life going from flatline to a heartbeat of activity. I decided that the Universe really was listening to my wishes, and I likened these mixed results to a cosmic fitting, whereby the Maker was looking for a closeness of fit – maybe even getting a little testy or mischievous with me! In this case, how would I kick-start my soul mate search? I did the same thing I'd done before when reality had me between a rock and hard place: I assembled a metaphysical game plan by pulling on knowledge from mystics such as Ernest Holmes, Shakti Gawain, Catherine Ponder, and other historical metaphysicians who've advocated principles of "The Law of Attraction" long before The Secret phenomenon of the 21st Century.
3. The School of Hard Knocks. On self esteem and self-congruence.
Many of us attend the School of Hard Knocks, enroll in Love Lessons 101 so that we can discover more about our self-esteem to learn to define our relationship values more clearly. Some of us keep faking it till we make it, but eventually we graduate with a degree in self-worth. We always make choices from our self-esteem, for good or ill.
Having a foundation of self-esteem goes a long way in helping you define your spiritual values. How? The most reliable values, ones you've learned those hard lessons through, are the same values you can count on for your continued happiness and self-worth. Take, kindness is my religion, for example (also the Dalai Lama's value). After being treated unkindly by a guy I was dating, I realized that while I intellectually possessed this spiritual value, I was out of spiritual congruence with my self. Self-esteem and self-regard changed all that. Making a decision out of self-esteem creates congruence with your spiritual values. ...In this way anyone becomes more attractive or receptive toward love.
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The buck stops here, with soul mate love.
When we move toward a soulful relationship, we're embracing their ambitions, talents and beauty into our world, also their personal history, addictions, and yes, their baggage. We must make room for their dreams too, which may or may not be our own. Are we willing to support their dreams, even though they're very different from our own? If we feel judgmental or dubious toward about those dreams now - how do we think we'll feel after we've been financing their dream of becoming a rock star, several years from now? Because, depending on your commitment level and desire for lifelong love, everything about your soul mate's world will eventually become yours. You can count on it.
If their beast of burden is quite heavy, we need to have all the strength we can muster to even attempt to carry their beast of burden. Because we will be asked to.
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quote:what's crazy is that basketball has the fewest # of roster spots than other sports and it still has what seems the fewest # of free agent options every year worthy of the league. THere's tens of tens of players it seems in the NFL that cant' find a job that has the talent IMO to be in the league... NBA... you either are in the league or are complete garbage.
quote:Well the reason that this is true is the same reason we actually have a team right now (over expansion/diluting the talent base)
quote:anybody got an exact figure on the kind of money we can still spend this off-season?
quote:so how many teams does the NBA have compared to NFL and MLB? even NHL i guess too. I just think the talent base is so immediately limited do to the nature of needing to be generally speaking 6'6 or better.
quote:So Lance Thomas and another minimum guy, or Room Level if anyone is worthy of $2.65 million.
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I fear the game has decayed to hobby status for our beloved leader.
I base this mostly on the horrible load times for actions, if they start to load in realistic ammounts of time, it may be a indication that the game is under development again. Sadly, Im not holding a lot of hope for things, it being a year since anything got posted, and year and a half since the last update was done, the last sparbot I am thinking. I am glad to see the game isnt gone yet, as I still hold some hope for things, but all the online games I know of have constant updates to keep the players interested and involved. Shoot, I wouldn't mind if they gave subscriber players more bennies if it helped keep things going. Maybe something like faster health or stamina regen. Anyhow, this is not so much a farewell, as a see you later from me, I will check in now and then, but havent been on for a few months already, and dont see myself coming back unless the game becomes playable again. Ray Edit: I have noticed that you can no longer get out of the hospital with a page reload, you need to load the hospital page first. Not sure when it happened, as it has been months since I tried to do a power burn through some of my stim drugs. Last edited by Raymond; 04-01-2012 at 06:23.. |
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Well, its been another year and things seem to be the same.
The reload bug I mentioned in my last post went away on its own after a month so I am guessing the next browser update fixed whatever was causing it. There seem to be about ten or so who play each day, and about two dozen who log in around once a week or so. Personally, I am still here as a time kill habit, its sorta fun and I know what to do. The popup chat app has died, not sure when as I havent tried to use it for some time, but it was working a few months back as I used it around the end of the year. Does anyone even check the forums anymore? I know I havent in a long while. Anyhow, just killing some time on Mothers Day, noticed the last post was over a year old and decided to make a new one. |
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Well, it's been over three years since I walked away from the game. I've really missed this game. I had such a good time here back when I first started. But, well, I left for a reason: the game seemed abandoned. Over the last few years there have been many times I've thought of returning, but I could never quite follow through with it. I just didn't want to be disappointed, you know? But today my curiosity got the better of me and, after a few minutes of fumbling around trying to remember which old password I had used here, I logged in to find...
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the first step
will i fall?
the hardest
of them all
who do i tell
who can i trust?
who can i tell
i know that i must
that special door
that far off place
where all and none
have our own space
coming out
we know it's hard
and yet we all do
for it's not the final card
life goes on
we don't have to die
we can go on
though sometimes we may cry
it is not the final word
oh no, not at all
to trust someone enough
to take a leap, and not fall
this is for everyone who's come out, who is going to come out, and for the lost souls who never got the chance. rest in peace.
I love this poem! I really like all the others too! Your poetry is awesom and inspirational!
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
Robert Frost
thats a really nice poem i understand it well but then so does nearly every1
Wow. Blows me away. Everyone here can so relate to this poem, me included. If there ever comes a book about coming out, that should be in there.
"What is the purpose of life? It is to create our own purpose."
Twas a good one.
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Love and Capes Catchup
- Posted by Johanna on February 24, 2008 at 11:21 pm
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I've been remiss in not talking about Love and Capes more often, since it's my favorite superhero book. Although it's not really a superhero book, not in traditional style — instead, it's a romantic comedy that happens to feature a superhero, and its pacing shows a strong comic strip influence, with frequent punchlines. It's cute and funny and touching and well worth reading.
I recommended issue 1 and issue 2, as well as the fourth issue, which came out for Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) last year. (I skipped the third issue only because of timing, not because of quality.)
Since then, there's been two more issues, and #7 is due out for FCBD this year. I encourage you to check it out. You have a bunch of options for catching up with this terrific series: new in stores is a six-pack of all the issues so far, at an $8 discount over buying them individually. The first three issues are available online free at Wowio. There are also lots of samples at the book's website.
Hey, did you know that there are also "liner notes" to each issue at the website? I didn't. Plus, artist Thom Zahler has been interviewed at Comic Pants, where he reveals a lot of the series inspirations, which only makes me like it (and him!) more.
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- James Schee Says:
February 24, 2008 at 11:46 PMYes, bad on you for not reminding me!:)
I love this series but with so much going on, I had no idea that I'd missed 2 issues since the FCBD one!
No funds currently, but I'l make a point when I get my first check on the new job to order them.
- Dan Grendell Says:
February 25, 2008 at 5:59 AMThis has been a great book since issue one, and Thom deserves much more attention than he gets. He's a nice guy in addition to being a talented writer and artist, and I hope the addition of the book to Wowio helps generate more interest.
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February 26, 2008 at 2:38 PMZahler has done a great job of showing this couple's romantic journey. The characters are likeable and as a reader you find yourself pulling for the couple. One of the best books on the market!
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February 26, 2008 at 3:00 PMI met him at Baltimore and budget constraints prevented me from buying more than the first issue.
If one likes this genre, I recommend Julie Kenner's Aphrodite series of prose novels. - Great NYC Con Friday » Comics Worth Reading Says:
April 18, 2008 at 4:46 PM[…] I got to pick up the first issue of the new Perhapanauts series, Comic Book Comics #1, Love and Capes #7 (the upcoming FCBD issue), and the FCBD Comic Book Diner issue from Kids Love Comics. And the […]
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May 3, 2008 at 8:43 PM[…] out a couple of the free comics I've already had the pleasure of reading. There's a new Love and Capes #7, which is already the highlight of my day. It introduces Microdot, a shrinking superheroine with […]
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September 27, 2008 at 5:10 PM[…] you see, Thom is the author of Love and Capes, one of my very most favorite series, and he also drew himself on the cover of the upcoming issue […]


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This is an infection caused by a spiral bacterium called Borrelia, which results in a relapsing pattern of fever with illness lasting 3 to 6 days then settling for 7 to 10 days before recurring. The relapsing pattern of illness is caused by conflict between the immune system which is trying to control the infection and the organism which is altering its appearance to the immune system. Thus at the end of each period of illness, the organism is cleared from the blood, but hides in body organs, altering its appearance before recurring in the blood with the recurrence of fever and other symptoms. The duration and severity of episodes reduces progressively with each relapse. Several species of Borrelia can cause relapsing fever, although the louse borne type is always caused by Borrelia recurrentis.
Relapsing fever can be transmitted either by lice or by soft ticks. Louse borne infections can cause large scale epidemics, particularly in times of catastrophe such as wars or famine. The last great epidemic of louse borne relapsing fever was in the second world war in North Africa and Europe. It is estimated that around 50,000 people died as a result of this epidemic. Infection is transmitted when an infected louse is crushed contaminating the bite wound or a cut or graze on the skin. Tick borne cases generally occur sporadically but outbreaks can also occur, particularly in the summer months. Tick borne infection usually occurs in wild animals such as rabbits, squirrels, rats and owls, humans only becoming infected when they venture into rural tick infested regions. Ticks transmit Borrelia directly via the bite, and also through contamination of cuts by their faeces. Ticks tend to bite at night and need only attach for a very short time (5 to 20 minutes) to transmit infection. Thus the tick bite may go unnoticed. The last outbreak of tick borne relapsing fever occurred in 1973 when over 60 people staying in log cabins in Arizona were infected.
Louse borne infection still occurs in some parts of Asia, the highlands of Central and Eastern Africa and the Andes region of South America. The occurrence of relapsing fever is dependent mainly on socio-economic factors such as overcrowding and poor hygiene. Tick borne relapsing fever occurs throughout tropical Africa, North Africa, Saudi Arabia, Iran, India, Central Asia, South America and the western United States and Canada. Cases have also been reported from Spain.
Louse borne relapsing fever is prevented by controlling lice, by improving washing facilities, promptly treating infested people and their bedding and clothes, and also treating with insecticides for people at risk. Antibiotics may be used to prevent infection after possible exposure.
The risk of developing tick borne relapsing fever can be reduced by removing ticks after exposure to tick infested areas, controlling ticks on dogs and controlling rodents in and near houses which may bring ticks into close proximity with humans.
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The incubation period is thought to be 1 to 2 weeks, but may be difficult to determine since exposure to lice may occur over a prolonged period, and tick bites often go unnoticed. Patients present with sudden onset fever, shakes, headache, muscle and joint aches, lethargy and cough. They may develop a rash towards the end of the feverish period with evidence of bleeding and bruising. The liver and spleen are enlarged and the eye becomes inflamed with the potential for loss of vision. One-third of patients will develop brain involvement with muscle weakness, reduced consciousness or fits. The heart, liver and lungs may be<