Baby Animals

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{{Short description|Australian hard rock band}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{About|a hard rock band|the album|Baby Animals (album)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Baby Animals
| image =
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| alias = Woody's Heroes
| origin = [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], Australia
| genre = [[Hard rock]]
| years_active = {{start date|1989}}–{{end date|1996}}, {{start date|2007}}–present
| label = {{flatlist|
* [[Imago Records|Imago]]/[[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]]
* [[Social Family Records]]
}}
| associated_acts =
| website = {{URL|thebabyanimals.com}}
| current_members = * [[Suze DeMarchi]]
* Dave Leslie
* Dario Bortolin
* Ricki Rae
| past_members = * Frank Celenza
* Eddie Parise
* Matt Cornell
* Mick Skelton
}}

'''Baby Animals''' is an Australian [[hard rock]] band active from October 1989 to 1996 and reformed in 2007. The original line-up was Frank Celenza on drums; [[Suze DeMarchi]] on lead vocals and guitar; Dave Leslie on guitar and backing vocals; and Eddie Parise on bass guitar and backing vocals. They recorded two studio albums, ''[[Baby Animals (album)|Baby Animals]]'' (September 1991) – which peaked at No. 1 on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Albums Chart]], and ''[[Shaved and Dangerous]]'' (August 1993) – which reached No. 2. At the [[ARIA Music Awards of 1992]] the group won three trophies: [[ARIA Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] and [[ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist – Album|Breakthrough Artist – Album]] for ''Baby Animals'' and [[ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist – Single|Breakthrough - Single]] for "[[Early Warning (Baby Animals song)|Early Warning]]". ''Baby Animals'' was listed in ''[[100 Best Australian Albums]]'' (October 2010). The reunited line-up are DeMarchi, Leslie, Dario Bortolin on bass guitar and Mick Skelton on drums and percussion. Their fourth studio album, ''[[This Is Not the End (Baby Animals album)|This Is Not the End]]'', was issued in May 2013, which reached the top 20.

==Biography==
=== Early history: 1989–1990 ===
The Baby Animals were formed in Sydney in [[1989 in music|October 1989]] by Frank Celenza on drums (ex-[[Boys (Australian band)|Boys]], Bamboo Curtain, DD and the Rockmen); Suze DeMarchi on lead vocals and guitar (ex-Photoplay, the Kind, DD and the Rockmen), Dave Leslie on guitar and backing vocals (ex-Swingshift); and Eddie Parise on bass guitar and backing vocals (ex-Boys, Bel Aires, Bamboo Curtain).<ref name="McFarlane">{{cite book | last1 = McFarlane | first1 = Ian | author-link1 = Ian McFarlane | title = [[Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop]] | chapter = Encyclopedia entry for 'Baby Animals' | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040813095823/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=59 | chapter-url = http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=59 | access-date = 13 June 2016 | year = 1999 | publisher = [[Allen & Unwin]] | location = [[St Leonards, New South Wales|St Leonards, NSW]] | archive-date = 13 August 2004 | isbn = 1-86508-072-1 }}</ref><ref name="Holmgren">{{Cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121008180900/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/b/babyanimals.html | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/b/babyanimals.html | work = hem.passagen.se | title = Baby Animals | publisher = [[Australian Rock Database]] (Magnus Holmgren) | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | archive-date=8 October 2012| url-status = usurped | access-date = 13 June 2016 }}</ref> De Marchi, from [[Perth]], had previously recorded three solo singles with [[EMI]] in the United Kingdom.<ref name="McFarlane"/>

Upon her return to Perth in July DeMarchi contacted former bandmate Celenza to form a new band in Sydney.<ref name="McFarlane"/> He was initially reluctant to go but recommended another former bandmate, Parise.<ref name="Tom"/> In Sydney, DeMarchi approached her then-manager, [[John Woodruff (talent manager)|John Woodruff]] ([[The Angels (Australian band)|The Angels]], [[Diesel (musician)|Diesel]] [ex-the Kind, with DeMarchi]), who signed the new group and referred Leslie to her.<ref name="Tom">{{cite web | url = http://babyanimals.tripod.com/evolution.html | title = The Evolution of the Baby Animals so Far... | last = Tom | first = Cheryl | work = babyanimals.tripod.com | year = 1998 | access-date = 13 June 2016 }}</ref> Celenza then officially joined.<ref name="Ankeny">{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/artist/baby-animals-mn0000763477/biography | title = Baby Animals | Biography & History | last = Ankeny | first = Jason | publisher = [[AllMusic]] | access-date = 14 June 2016 }}</ref> Woodruff later recalled "I'd seen [DeMarchi] in London performing some bad [[Stock Aitken and Waterman]] tunes on television late one night. I found her and she turned out to be Australian. She also turned out to have a lot of attitude. I brought her back to Australia and put a band together around her."<ref name="Woodruff">{{cite web | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20090804013700/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/98325/20090804-1137/www.air.org.au/pdf/AIRPocket/Interview_JohnWoodruff.pdf | url = http://www.air.org.au/pdf/AIRPocket/Interview_JohnWoodruff.pdf | title = Interview_John Woodruff | last = Woodruff | first = John | publisher = [[Australian Independent Record Labels Association]] | archive-date = 4 August 2009 | access-date = 14 June 2016 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

The band's first performance was in November 1989 at the Kardomah Café in Sydney, where they were billed as Woody's Heroes, then they worked the city's pub and club circuit. According to ''[[Kerrang!]]'' magazine's writer, Celenza provided the new name, Baby Animals, after seeing an ad for a local TV show, ''[[Wheel of Fortune (Australian game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'', hosted by [[John Burgess (host)|"Baby" John Burgess]].<ref name="Kerrang version">{{cite journal | title = Baby Animals Live Review | journal = [[Kerrang!]] | issue = 372 | date = 21 December 1991 | page = 34 }}</ref> Another version suggests the name came from a calendar in a mall. In a New Zealand magazine, ''RTR Sounz'', DeMarchi indicated that they changed the story of the name's origins in different interviews as they were bored with that question.<ref name="Tom"/>

Baby Animals were assisted by the Angels including one of their demos, "Break My Heart", on the B-side of the established band's single, "Dogs Are Talking" (April 1990).<ref name="McFarlane"/> "Break My Heart" was co-written by DeMarchi and Parise.<ref name="APRA Break My">{{cite web|publisher=[[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA) |title='Break My Heart' at APRA search engine |url=https://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch#axd?q=Break%20My%20Heart |access-date=2 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117020448/https://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch |archive-date=17 November 2015 }} Note: User may have to click "Search again" and provide details at "Enter a title:" e.g. Break My Heart; or at "Performer:" Baby Animals</ref> The single also included a track each, from two other new [[rock and roll]] bands – the Desert Cats and the Hurricanes – a national tour by the Angels followed with all three new bands supporting.<ref name="McFarlane"/>

In August 1990 Baby Animals signed a publishing deal with SBK Songs (later [[EMI Music Publishing]]). After attending a gig, [[Terry Ellis (record producer)|Terry Ellis]], president of newly formed [[Imago Records|Imago Recording Company]], signed them to his label, funded by [[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]].<ref name="McFarlane"/> Ellis described the performance, "the band was great, the songs were terrific and to me Suze clearly had that indefineable magic that separates one artist from the crowd and makes them a star."<ref name="Ellis quote">{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071214011145/http://www.thebabyanimals.com/babyanimalsABOUT.html | url = http://www.thebabyanimals.com/babyanimalsABOUT.html | title = Baby Animals | About | publisher = Baby Animals Official Website | archive-date = 14 December 2007 | access-date = 14 June 2016 }}</ref>

=== Debut album: 1991–1992 ===
The band flew to New York to record their debut eponymous album, ''[[Baby Animals (album)|Baby Animals]]'', at [[Bearsville Studios]], Woodstock and Second City Studio, Long Island with ex-pat Australian [[Mike Chapman]] producing.<ref name="top100oz">{{cite book |title= The 100 Best Australian Albums|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=VYitYLAtkdkC|access-date= 5 July 2011|year= 2010 |publisher= Hardy Grant Publishing|isbn= 9781740669559|oclc= 646229830|page= 244}}</ref> DeMarchi said of the production process: "He very rigidly made us pull things back and just concentrate on the essence of the song rather than being fancy. Mike was the taskmaster – 'Let me hear the hooks'. Like [[Early Warning (Baby Animals song)|Early Warning]] - that tag at the beginning 'too young to know too old to listen' - Mike said 'I'm going to take that part of the chorus, let's put that at the front; that's the hook'."<ref name="Chapman quote">{{cite web | url = https://themusic.com.au/features/20528/vwHQ09LV1Nc/16-10-13 | title = Not the end: An interview with Suze DeMarchi of Baby Animals | publisher = Inpress | last=Hazel |first=Andy | access-date = 13 June 2022 }}</ref>

Woodruff had organised for his band to work with Chapman and [[Kevin Shirley|Kevin "Caveman" Shirley]] (audio engineer): "I had never met [Chapman], I knew his work. I'd listened to everything he'd ever done... I thought 'if we can drag him out of retirement to get the song structure right'... Susie was writing great songs and great sentiments, but the structure wasn't quite there. I thought if I can then convince him to work with a young rude engineer, which turned out to be [Shirley], and you couldn't get much younger or ruder than that, then I'm going to end up with a record that has an edge to it, that has some tone to it, that has some rock and roll and that has some feel to it that's as edgy as she is but with great songs."<ref name="Woodruff"/>

Their debut single, [[Early Warning (Baby Animals song)|Early Warning]] (April 1991), reached the Top 30 on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Singles Chart]].<ref name="AusCharts">{{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Baby+Animals |title=Discography Baby Animals|publisher=Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung)|last=Hung|first=Steffen|access-date=14 June 2016 }}</ref> The track was written by DeMarchi, Parise and Leslie.<ref name="APRA Break My"/> After the release of the single, the band flew to the United States for a series of showcases for the Imago/BMG people, to coincide with the earlier release of the album there. Their second single, "[[Rush You]]", was issued in August, which also reached the Top 30.<ref name="AusCharts"/>

''Baby Animals'' was released in September 1991, which debuted at No 6 on the ARIA Albums Charts.<ref name="AusCharts"/> In the following February–March it spent six weeks at No 1.<ref name="AusCharts"/> It spent a total of 46 weeks in the top 50 and was certified four times platinum by ARIA for shipment of over 280,000 units.<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="top100oz"/><ref name="ARIA Report 1370"/> It remained the highest-selling debut Australian rock album until the release of Jet's effort, ''[[Get Born]]'' (September 2003) – twelve years later.<ref name="top100oz"/> ''Baby Animals'' also appeared in the top 30 on the [[Official New Zealand Music Chart]] and top 50 on the [[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Albums Chart]].<ref name="NZ Charts">{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Baby+Animals |title=Discography Baby Animals |publisher=New Zealand Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung) |last=Hung |first=Steffen |access-date=15 June 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Swe Charts">{{cite web | url = http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Baby+Animals | title = Discography Baby Animals | publisher = Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung) | last = Hung | first = Steffen | access-date = 15 June 2016 }}</ref> Australian musicologist [[Ian McFarlane]] felt it "showcased the band's confident and melodic brand of hard rock and, in particular, highlighted DeMarchi's provocative vocal growl."<ref name="McFarlane"/>

After listening to the album, [[Bryan Adams]] asked them to join his European tour.<ref name="McFarlane"/> Whilst overseas, in November 1991, they won the Best New Act category at the inaugural Australian Music Awards.<ref name="Can Times Nov 91">{{cite news | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122392654 | title = Barnes takes major Aust rock awards | newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] | volume = 66 | issue = 20,679 | date = 24 November 1991 | access-date = 15 June 2016 |page=1 | via = [[National Library of Australia]] }}</ref> By Christmas that year the band were back in Australia for more national touring, and the release of two more singles, "[[Painless (song)|Painless]]" (November) and "[[One Word (Baby Animals song)|One Word]]" (February 1992); the latter peaked at No. 15 on the ARIA Singles Chart – their highest position.<ref name="AusCharts"/> Baby Animals' Let Go of My Ears Tour had them playing to sell out crowds.

In 1992 the band joined [[Black Crowes]] on tours of Australia and New Zealand. In the US they appeared on ''[[Late Night with David Letterman]]'' and performed "[[Painless (song)|Painless]]". At the [[ARIA Music Awards of 1992]] they won trophies for [[ARIA Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] and [[ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist – Album|Breakthrough Artist – Album]] for ''Baby Animals'' and Breakthrough Artist – Single for "Early Warning".<ref name="ARIA Awards list">ARIA Music Awards for the Baby Animals:
* Search Results 'Baby Animals': {{cite web
|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/search/?view=list&text=Baby%20Animals
|title=Winners by Year: Search Results for 'Baby Animals'
|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
|access-date=12 June 2016
}} Note: The 2016 ARIA site does not list their win for 1992: Breakthrough Artist – Single for "Early Warning".
* 1992 winners and nominees: {{cite web
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235813/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1992
|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1992
|title=Winners by Year 1992
|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
|archive-date=26 September 2007
|access-date=15 June 2016
|url-status=dead
}} Note: The archive copy of the 2007 ARIA site does show their third win for 1992.
* 1993 winners and nominees: {{cite web
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214142945/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1993
|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1993
|title=Winners by Year 1993
|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
|archive-date=14 December 2007
|access-date=15 June 2016
|url-status=dead
}}
* 1994 winners and nominees: {{cite web
|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1994
|title=Winners by Year 1994
|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
|access-date=15 June 2016
}}
</ref> The band then toured as a support act for Van Halen's [[For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Tour]] across the US from 28 January to 31 May, playing to arena-size audiences.<ref name="McFarlane"/> [[Eddie Van Halen]] requested their presence after his wife Valerie had heard their album, and suggested them. Australian ''[[Rolling Stone Australia|Rolling Stone]]'' placed DeMarchi on the cover.<ref name="Wall Admin"/> It was the first time they had put an Australian artist or group on the cover on the merits of a debut album.<ref name="Wall Admin"/> The band had played over 500 shows when they ended that tour in August 1992.<ref name="Yates">{{cite web|url=https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/suze-demarchis-way-back-467/ |title=Suze DeMarchi's Way Back|last=Yates|first=Rod|work=[[Rolling Stone Australia|Rolling Stone]]|date=12 June 2014|access-date=15 June 2016 }}</ref>

In November 1992, Baby Animals released a new single, titled "[[Impossible to Fly]]". It peaked at No. 48 on the ARIA Singles Chart.

=== ''Shaved and Dangerous'' and disbandment: 1993–1996 ===
In 1993 Baby Animals returned to Bearsville Studios,<ref name="Holley">{{cite magazine| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=jw8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA54 | title = Audio Track: Other Cities | last = Holley | first = Debbie | date = 6 February 1993 | magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | page = 54 }}</ref> to start work on their second album, ''[[Shaved and Dangerous]]'' (August 1993), with two weeks of pre-production. They went to the [[Bahamas]] and spent two months recording at [[Compass Point Studios]] with [[Ed Stasium]] producing (Ramones, Living Colour, Hoodoo Gurus).<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="Holmgren"/> Next, they travelled to Los Angeles, where they worked with [[Nuno Bettencourt]] (of [[Extreme (band)|Extreme]]); he provided song writing and guitar on "Because I Can" and produced "Life From a Distance" and "Be My Friend".<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="Holmgren"/>

McFarlane described the album as "a more adventurous progressive rock album. It had less of a commercial feel, and Leslie layered the songs with snaking guitar solos." Daniel Gioffre of [[AllMusic]] felt that "For the most part, the songwriting here is topnotch, with most of the songs showcasing fairly sophisticated harmonic and rhythmic ideas. Despite the [[Progressive Rock|proggy]] nature of some of the compositions, the mix is total pop, with DeMarchi way up front. However, this is a good thing, as she has a very strong, if sometimes overemotive, singing voice."<ref name="Gioffre">{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/shaved-and-dangerous-mw0000100453 | title = ''Shaved and Dangerous'' – Baby Animals | Songs, Reviews, Credits | last = Gioffre | first = Daniel | publisher = AllMusic | access-date = 15 June 2016 }}</ref> The album peaked at No. 2 in Australia.<ref name="AusCharts"/> Bettencourt also contributed to "She Does Whatever" on the ''Shaved and Dangerous'' Tour CD. At the [[ARIA Music Awards of 1993]] the group received two nominations for "[[One Word (Baby Animals song)|One Word]]": [[ARIA Award for Single of the Year|Single of the Year]] and [[ARIA Award for Best Group|Best Group]].<ref name="ARIA Awards list"/>

During mid-1993 Baby Animals supported [[Robert Plant]]'s US tour, before returning to Australia late in the year to prepare for a 27-date Australian tour. The tour was cut short when DeMarchi experienced throat problems, [[vocal fold nodule]]s, which required her to undertake surgery on her vocal cords.<ref name="Shedden">{{cite web | url = http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/music/suze-demarchi-no-place-like-home-for-onetime-baby-animal/news-story/a507b08ca40069fe95e7e5afdbd010ba | title = Suze DeMarchi: no place like home for one-time Baby Animal | last = Shedden | first = Iain | work = [[The Australian]] | date = 21 July 2015 | access-date = 16 June 2016 }}</ref> At the [[ARIA Music Awards of 1994]] they received another nomination for Best Group – this time for ''Shaved and Dangerous''.<ref name="ARIA Awards list"/>

In August 1994 Baby Animals shared the stage with Extreme in a concert on the Azores island of [[São Miguel Island|São Miguel]]. In that month DeMarchi and Bettencourt married and the couple moved to Boston.<ref name="McFarlane"/> Song writing and recording for a proposed third album was anticipated for November. In 1995 on the verge of their first major US tour, US-based Imago Records folded after losing support from BMG.<ref name = LAT>{{cite web | title = Imago Records Sues DreamWorks | work = [[Los Angeles Times]] | date = 12 June 1996 | url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-06-12-fi-14214-story.html | access-date = 16 June 2016 }}</ref> In early 1996 Baby Animals officially disbanded as the band members undertook separate projects.<ref name="Mathieson 1">{{cite book | last1 = Mathieson | first1 = Craig | author-link1 = Craig Mathieson |year=2009 | title = Playlisted: Everything You Need to Know About Australian Music Right Now | location = [[St Leonards, New South Wales|St Leonards, NSW]] | publisher = Allen & Unwin |isbn = 978-1-74223-017-7 }}</ref>{{rp|178}}

=== Reformed and new albums: 2007–2017 ===
Baby Animals reformed in 2007 in the US with all four original members: Celenza, DeMarchi, Leslie and Parise.<ref name="AMG Grande">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/il-grande-silenzio-mw0001174223/credits|title=''Il Grande Silenzio'' – Baby Animals | Credits|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=16 June 2016}}</ref> They released an acoustic CD of their previous hits, ''[[Il Grande Silenzio (album)|Il Grande Silenzio]]'', on 19 January 2008, as part of the [[Liberation Records|Liberation Blue Acoustic Series]].<ref name="Il Grande">{{Citation|author1=Baby Animals|title=Il grande silenzio|date=2008|publisher=[[Liberation Records|Liberation Music]]|id = BLUE152.2|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/35631897|access-date=16 June 2016}}</ref> The band appeared live on Australian breakfast TV program, ''[[Sunrise (Australian TV program)|Sunrise]]'', three days later, and confirmed local tour dates for that year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Baby Animals tour dates|work=[[Sunrise (Australian TV program)|Sunrise]]|url=http://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/b/sunrise/2996/baby-animals-tour-dates|access-date=20 January 2009 }} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> In the following January they announced another national tour throughout that year, which was subsequently sold out.<ref name="Sell Out 9 Apr">{{cite web|title=Baby Animals touring sell-out crowds|url=http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/baby-animals-touring-sell-out-crowds/348934/|work=Sunshine Coast Daily|date=18 April 2009|access-date=16 June 2016}}</ref>

Early in 2009 internal conflicts become apparent, Celenza and Parise eventually left.<ref name="Wall Admin">{{cite news | url = https://wallofsound.org/2015/12/01/baby-animals-reform-original-line-up-release-25th-anniversary-deluxe-package-of-debut-album/ | title = Baby Animals reform original line-up & release 25th anniversary deluxe package of debut album! | last = staff writer (Wall Admin) | work = Wall of Sound | date = 1 December 2015 | access-date = 16 June 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160807075244/https://wallofsound.org/2015/12/01/baby-animals-reform-original-line-up-release-25th-anniversary-deluxe-package-of-debut-album/ | archive-date = 7 August 2016 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref> In April that year Demarchi and Leslie continued the group with Matt Cornell on bass guitar and vocals, and Mick Skelton in drums.<ref name="Faster 04 09">{{cite web | url = http://fasterlouder.junkee.com/baby-animals-the-spazzys-the-mansfield-tavern-brisbane-240409/801448 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160814093557/http://fasterlouder.junkee.com/baby-animals-the-spazzys-the-mansfield-tavern-brisbane-240409/801448 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 14 August 2016 | title = Baby Animals, The Spazzys @ The Mansfield Tavern, Brisbane (24 April 2009)|last=staff writer|work=FasterLouder|publisher=[[Junkee Media]] | date = 27 April 2009|access-date=16 June 2016 }}</ref> Cornell was later replaced by Dario Bortolin.<ref name="Wall Admin"/><ref name="Morrow">{{cite web|url=https://heavyandwierd.wordpress.com/2013/10/07/interview-with-suze-demarchi-of-baby-animals/|title=Interview with Suze DeMarchi of Baby Animals|date=7 October 2013 |publisher=Heavy and Weird|access-date=16 June 2016}}</ref>

In April 2013 the Baby Animals line-up of Bortolin, Demarchi, Leslie and Skelton released their first new single in 20 years, "Email". It was followed by the release of a new album, ''[[This Is Not the End (Baby Animals album)|This Is Not the End]]'', in late May.<ref>{{cite news|author=Christine Sams |url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/not-the-end-demarchi-rocks-up-with-the-band-20130520-2jwz0.html |title=Not the End: DeMarchi Rocks up with the Band |newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=16 March 2012|access-date=15 July 2014}}</ref> This was the first album released by new label [[Social Family Records]], which peaked at No. 19.<ref name="AusCharts"/><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.air.org.au/features/label-spotlight-social-family-records/ | title = Label Spotlight – Social Family Records | publisher = Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR) | date = 15 July 2013 | access-date = 10 May 2016}}</ref>

In May 2016 the Baby Animals re-released ''Baby Animals'' as ''[[BA25 (album)|Baby Animals 25th Anniversary]]'' (or ''BA25''), to celebrate 25 years since the original release of their debut.<ref name="ARIA Report 1370">{{cite web | date = 30 July 2007 | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20160530140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20160531-0000/Issue1370.pdf | title = The ARIA Report | publisher = [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) | issue = 1370 | page = 6 | url = http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/issue1370.pdf | archive-date = 30 May 2016 | access-date = 16 June 2016 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="SFR"/> This expanded version includes live songs, unreleased tracks, B-sides and pre-studio demos.<ref name="SFR">{{cite web | url = http://store.socialfamilyrecords.com/artist/the-baby-animals/ | title = The Baby Animals ''BA25'' | publisher = Social Family Records | access-date = 14 May 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160509095544/http://store.socialfamilyrecords.com/artist/the-baby-animals/ | archive-date = 9 May 2016 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref> Also in that month they provided two gigs with the original line-up performing the debut album in full and the new line-up playing tracks from ''This Is Not the End''.<ref name="Wall Admin"/> Baby Animals performed a national headline tour with [[The Screaming Jets]] in June and July 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/baby-animals-and-screaming-jets-team-for-co-headline-tour-20170321|title=Baby Animals And Screaming Jets Team For Co-Headline Tour|publisher=Noise 11|date=21 March 2017|access-date=22 March 2017}}</ref> A live album was released in November 2017.

=== ''Greatest Hits'': 2018–present ===
In February 2018, Baby Animals released "Tonight"<ref name="Tonight - single">{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/tonight-single/1328117758|title= Tonight – Single|website=iTunes Store|date= 2 February 2018|access-date=29 March 2018}}</ref> which lead singer Suze DeMarchi wrote after her father died suddenly.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bloodlinesmusic.com.au/baby-animals-release-first-new-music-5-years-single-tonight-tour-dates/|title= BABY ANIMALS RELEASE FIRST NEW MUSIC IN FIVE YEARS WITH SINGLE 'TONIGHT' + TOUR DATES|publisher=Bloodlines Music|date=February 2018|access-date=29 March 2018}}</ref> In January 2019, the band announced their first [[Greatest Hits (Baby Animals album)|greatest hits]] would be released in February 2019. The album will include three new recordings including a cover of [[Linda Ronstadt]]'s "[[How Do I Make You]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/the-baby-animals-cover-linda-ronstadt-for-their-first-greatest-hits-album-20190131|title= The Baby Animals cover Linda Ronstadt for their first Greatest Hits album|publisher=noise11|date=31 January 2019|access-date=3 February 2019}}</ref> From November 2019, The Baby Animals co-headlined the "They Who Rock 2019" tour with [[The Angels (Australian band)|The Angels]]. To promote the tour, The Angels released a cover of The Baby Animals' "One Word" and the Baby Animals covered The Angels' "Marseilles", both released on 1 October 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/the-angels-cover-baby-animals-and-baby-animals-cover-the-angels-20191001|title=The Angels Cover Baby Animals and Baby Animals Cover The Angels |website=noise11 |date=1 October 2019|access-date=1 October 2019 }}</ref>
In 2020 the Baby Animals were part of the Red Hot Summer Tour series of outdoor shows around Australia, alongside Boom Crash Opera, Killing Heidi, The Angels, The Living End, James Reyne and headliner, Hunters and Collectors.

==Members==
'''Current members'''
* [[Suze DeMarchi]] – lead vocals, guitar (1989–1996, 2007–present)
* Dave Leslie – guitars (1989–1996, 2007–present)
* Mick Skelton – drums, percussion (2009–present)
* Dario Bortolin – bass guitar, backing vocals (2011–present)

'''Former members'''
* Frank Celenza – drums, percussion (1989–1996, 2007–2009, 2016)
* Eddie Parise – bass guitar (1989–1996, 2007–2009, 2016)
* Matt Cornell – bass guitar, backing vocals (2009–2010)

'''Timeline'''
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</timeline>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| [[Music recording sales certification|Certifications]]
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]] <ref name="ARIA peak positions">Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
*Top 50 peaks: {{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Baby+Animals|title=Baby Animals Australian Chart History|access-date=26 March 2019}}
*Top 100 peaks to December 2010: {{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|edition=pdf|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia|page=21}}
*"Lights Out at Eleven": {{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/ViFbHkU.jpg|title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 20 Mar 1994|publisher=Imgur.com (original document published by [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]])|access-date=26 March 2019}} N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]] <ref name="RIANZ peak positions">{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Baby+Animals|title=Baby Animals New Zealand Chart History|access-date=26 March 2019}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]] <ref name="SWE">{{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=Baby+Animals&cat=a|title=Baby Animals Swedish Chart History|access-date=29 March 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]] <ref name="UK">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/4637/baby-animals/|title=Baby Animals Full Official Chart History|publisher=official charts|access-date=26 March 2019}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Baby Animals (album)|Baby Animals]]''
|
* Released: 2 September 1991
* Label: [[Imago Records|Imago]] (72787-21002)
* Formats: [[Compact Disc|CD]]
| 1 || 21 || 50 || 70
|
* [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]: 8× Platinum<ref>{{cite web|url=http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/baby-animals-announce-25th-anniversary-tour-dates-original-lineup/|title=Baby Animals Announce 25th Anniversary Tour Dates With Original Lineup|date=3 December 2015|publisher=Music Feeds|access-date=29 March 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Shaved and Dangerous]]''
|
* Released: 30 August 1993
* Label: Imago (74321-16262)
* Formats: CD
| 2 || — || — || —
|
* ARIA: Gold<ref name="AusChart">{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|edition=pdf|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia|page=21}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Il Grande Silenzio]]''
|
* Released: 21 January 2008
* Label: [[Liberation Records|Liberation Blue]] (BLUE 152.2)
* Formats: CD, [[Music download|digital download]]
| 78 || — || — || —
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[This Is Not the End (Baby Animals album)|This Is Not the End]]''
|
* Released: 31 May 2013
* Label: [[Social Family Records|Social Family]] (SFR0002)
* Formats: CD, digital download
| 19 || — || — || —
|
|}

===Re-issues===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of re-issues, with selected chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/music-news-aria-albums-ariana-grande-debuts-at-no-1-20160528|title=ARIA Albums: Ariana Grande Debuts at No 1|publisher=Noise11|date=28 May 2016|access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[BA25 (album)|BA25]]''
|
* Released: 20 May 2016
* Label: [[Liberation Records|Liberation]] (LMCD0288)
* Formats: CD, digital download, [[Streaming media|streaming]]
| 73
|}

===Live albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of live albums
! scope="col" style="width:12em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:16em;"| Details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Baby Animals Live''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/baby-animals-live/1315904857|title=Baby Animals Live|date=21 November 2017|publisher=iTunes Australia|access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>
|
*Released: 21 November 2017
*Label: Bloodlines
*Format: Digital download
|}

===Compilation albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of compilation albums
! scope="col" style="width:12em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:16em;"| Details
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Greatest Hits (Baby Animals album)|Greatest Hits]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/greatest-hits/1446239610|title=Greatest Hits|publisher=iTunes Australia|access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>
|
*Released: 15 February 2019
*Label: Bloodlines
*Format: Digital download
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of extended plays
! scope="col" style="width:12em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:16em;"| Details
|-
! scope="row"| ''The Essential Five''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/the-essential-five-ep/1347792332|title=The Essential Five (EP)|date=16 February 2018|publisher=iTunes Australia|access-date=29 March 2018}}</ref>
|
*Released: 16 February 2018
*Label: Bloodlines
*Format: Digital download
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:19em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year
! colspan="3" scope="col" | Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:11em;"| Album
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]] <ref>Peak positions for singles in Australia:
* All except noted: {{cite web |url=http://australian-charts.com/search.asp?search=baby+Animals&cat=s |title=Discography Baby Animals |publisher=australian-charts.com. Hung Medien |access-date=29 March 2018 }}
* For "Ain't Gonna Get": {{cite web|url=https://www.top100singles.net/2011/10/every-aria-top-100-single-in-1992.html#show|title=Every ARIA Top 100 Single in 1992|publisher=top 100 Singles|access-date=2 September 2016}}
* For "At the End of the Day / Backbone":{{cite web|url=https://www.top100singles.net/2011/10/every-aria-top-100-single-in-1993.html#show|title=Every ARIA Top 100 Single in 1993|publisher=top 100 Singles|access-date=2 September 2016}}
* For "Lights Out at Eleven":{{cite web|url=https://www.top100singles.net/2011/10/every-aria-top-100-single-in-1994.html#show|title=Every ARIA Top 100 Single in 1994|publisher=top 100 Singles|access-date=2 September 2016}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]] <ref name="RIANZ peak positions"/>
![[Mainstream Rock (chart)|US Rock]] <ref>{{Cite web |title=Baby Animals Albums (Top Albums) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts |url=https://www.musicvf.com/Baby+Animals.alb |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=www.musicvf.com}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Early Warning (Baby Animals song)|Early Warning]]"
|rowspan="3"| 1991
| 21 || —
|—
| rowspan="5" | ''Baby Animals''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Rush You]]"
| 30 || —
|—
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Painless (song)|Painless]]"
| 49 || 31
|29
|-
! scope="row"| "[[One Word (Baby Animals song)|One Word]]"
|rowspan="3"| 1992
| 15 || —
|46
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Ain't Gonna Get]]"
| 65 || 50
|—
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Impossible to Fly]]"
| 48 || —
|—
| non-album single
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Don't Tell Me What to Do (Baby Animals song)|Don't Tell Me What to Do]]"
|rowspan="2"| 1993
| 24 || —
|—
| rowspan="3" | ''Shaved and Dangerous''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[At the End of the Day / Backbone]]"
| 60 || —
|—
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Lights Out at Eleven]]"
| 1994
| 54 || —
|—
|-
! scope="row"| "Email"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/email-single/id627724030|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409175149/https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/email-single/id627724030|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 April 2016|title=Email – single|publisher=iTunes Australia|access-date=27 March 2016}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|2013
| — || —
|—
| rowspan="2" | ''This Is Not the End''
|-
! scope="row"| "Stitch"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/stitch-single/id668530450|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803145139/https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/stitch-single/id668530450|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 August 2016|title=Stitch – single|publisher=iTunes Australia|access-date=14 May 2016}}</ref>
| — || —
|—
|-
! scope="row"| "Tonight"<ref name="Tonight - single"/>
| 2018
| — || —
|—
| rowspan="2" | ''Greatest Hits''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[How Do I Make You]]"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bloodlinesmusic.com.au/baby-animals-announce-30th-anniverary-national-tour/|title=Baby Animals Announce 30th Anniversary National Tour|publisher=Bloodlines Music|date=January 2019|access-date=18 August 2019}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|2019
| — || —
|—
|-
! scope="row"| "Marseilles"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/marseilles-single/1477138731|title=Marseilles – single by Baby Animals |website=iTunes Australia|date=1 October 2019 |access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref>
| — || —
|—
| non-album single
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Ace of Spades (song)|Ace of Spades]]" (with [[Chris Cheney]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.noise11.com/news/baby-animals-cover-the-motorhead-classic-ace-of-spades-with-chris-cheney-20250411|title= Baby Animals Cover The Motörhead Classic "Ace of Spades" With Chris Cheney|website=noise11|date=11 April 2025|access-date=11 April 2025}}</ref>
| 2025
| — || —
|—
| non-album single
|}

==Awards and nominations==
===APRA Awards===
The [[APRA Awards (Australia)|APRA Awards]] are presented annually from 1982 by the [[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/History.aspx |title=APRA History |publisher=[[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA) | [[Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society]] (AMCOS) |access-date=25 April 2022 }}</ref>
{{Awards table}}
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| [[APRA Music Awards of 2019|2019]]
| "Tonight" (Suze DeMarchi / Dave Leslie)
| Urban Work of the Year
| {{shortlisted}}
| <ref name="noise11">{{cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/2019-apra-awards-nominees-announced-20190327|title= 2019 APRA Awards nominees announced|publisher=noise11|date= 27 March 2019|accessdate=29 March 2019}}</ref>
|}

===ARIA Music Awards===
The [[ARIA Music Awards]] is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of [[Australian music]]. They commenced in 1987. Baby Animals have won three awards.
{{awards table}}
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| rowspan="6"|[[ARIA Music Awards of 1992|1992]]
| rowspan="3"| ''Baby Animals''
| [[ARIA Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]]
| {{won}}
| rowspan="6"|<ref name="ARIA1992A">{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235813/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1992 | url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1992 | title = Winners by Year 1992 | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | archive-date = 26 September 2007 | access-date = 4 December 2013 }}</ref>
|-
| [[ARIA Award for Best Group|Best Group]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist - Album|Breakthrough Artist - Album]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| "Early Warning"
| [[ARIA Award for Single of the Year|Single of the Year]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[ARIA Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist - Single|Breakthrough Artist - Single]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3"|[[ARIA Music Awards of 1993|1993]]
| rowspan="3"| "One Word"
| Best Group
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="3"|<ref name="ARIA1993A">{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071214142945/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1993 | url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1993 | title = Winners by Year 1993 | publisher = [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) | archive-date = 14 December 2007 | access-date = 4 December 2013 }}</ref>
|-
| Single of the Year
| {{nom}}
|-
| Song of the Year
| {{nom}}
|-
|[[ARIA Music Awards of 1994|1994]]
| ''Shaved and Dangerous''
| Best Group
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="ARIA1994A">{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109051551/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1994 | url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1994 | title = Winners by Year 1994 | publisher = [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) | archive-date = 9 January 2012 }}</ref>
|-
{{end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Notes==
Taken from the book ''Baby Animals Guitar Tablature'', Published by EMI

==External links==
* {{Official website|thebabyanimals.com}}
* [http://www.rockwired.com/rockwired_interviews_the_baby_animals.html "''Rockwired'' Interviews Suze Demarchi of the Baby Animals"], by Brian Lush for ''Rockwired'', 2013

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