- Artist: Backyard Babies
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- Release Date: September 10, 2002
- Type: Contains explicit content
- Genre: Rock
Review
By the time the Backyard Babies had an album debut with Diesel and Power, they had already had a few years under their belts as a young and defiantly glam-influenced band called Tyrant, which then mutated into an early version of the Backyard Babies before starting to really pick things up. This great trawl through the vaults -- two discs-worth covering recordings from 1989 to 1992 -- sums up that time for those interested, showing that the whole Scandinavian garage sound of the '90s hardly came out of nowhere. Liner notes, presumably by the indefatigable Dregen himself, though it's not really clear, reference everyone from the Ramones and the Stooges to the Cult and Faster Pussycat, and plenty of others in between; a collage of influences that would all obviously come to bear later on. The author is perfectly and thoroughly without airs when it comes to talking about everything (best bit, about "Bad Boys" Spinal Tap. For real?), and it's that easygoing attitude towards the band's past which makes From Demos to Demons such a treat: just take it as it comes rather than as any sort of serious statement and you won't be disappointed. Certainly hearing the high school wannabe Iron Maiden/Mötley Crüe era efforts like "Murder" and "Darkness" (the latter with vocals that are pure Raunchy Young Lepers in sheer ridiculousness) is pure hilarity in the light of history. Plenty of the song titles say it all: "Down Down Down," "Suffer Hard," "Warriors of Glory," "Party Pussy," "No More School," and "Something to Swallow." Two videos are included as bonuses on the first disc, while the packaging, with scads and scads of photos and memorabilia packaged in a box laid out like a studio master tape container, provides the icing on the cake. About the only thing missing would be a testimonial from Bill Gazarri, but that's what happens when you grow up in Nassjo Sweden and can't get to the Sunset Strip. ~ Ned Raggett, All Music GuideTracks
CD 1
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| I Love You So | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (4:10) |
| Murder | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (2:28) |
| Explane | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (1:40) |
| Down Down Down | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (2:53) |
| Suffer Hard | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (3:15) |
| Darkness | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (3:01) |
| Open Your Eyes | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (2:09) |
| Warriors of Glory | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (2:25) |
| Party Pussy | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (4:25) |
| No More School | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (:57) |
| Downtown | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (3:32) |
| Bad Boys | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (3:40) |
| Firing Guns | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (3:17) |
| Kickin' Up Dust | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (4:30) |
| All Too Much | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (4:19) |
| Lies | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (7:28) |
| God's Favourite [Multimedia Track] | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (12:08) |
| Bad to the Bone [Multimedia Track] | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies |
CD 2
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Something to Swallow | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (4:41) |
| Strange Kind of Attitude | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (5:04) |
| Juicy Lucy | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (4:37) |
| Like a Child | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (6:31) |
| God's Favourite | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (5:21) |
| Should I Be Damned | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (4:20) |
| Bite and Chew | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (5:05) |
| Dogtown | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (3:20) |
| Lies | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (4:45) |
| S.T.M.M. F#6 | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (1:53) |
| Bad to the Bone | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (3:11) |
| Love | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (3:53) |
| Wild Dog | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (3:29) |
| Heaven in Hell | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (4:57) |
| Diesel and Power | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (4:54) |
| Lonely X-Mas | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (4:00) |
| Electric Suzy | Backyard Babies | Backyard Babies | (3:12) |
