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Whenever bands add me on MySpace, I usually just check what genre they’re in, and if it’s anything that appeals to me, I accept and make a mental note to listen to them later. I rarely ever remember to.

That, however was not the case with Billion Dollar Babies. For some reason, I hung around their profile, listened to the songs, and from the very first song, I loved it. I went and downloaded all the songs on their website, and listened even more. From that day, I was pretty much stuck.

All the songs have so much energy, it’s almost impossible to sit still, and since I learned the lyrics, I can’t keep myself from singing along either. It’s hard, it’s awesome vocals and great rhythm, it’s amazing riffs, it’s sex and lyrics that makes you think.

I recall reading somewhere that the guys were referred to as “Swedish Monsters”, and they ARE. Franki Rich runs all over the stage and gives it all, and still manages to deliver every single line with an enthusiasm that is hard to beat,  and Robban could do some serious damage to those drums, even when he’s using his other hand to spin the drumstick.  Nic Lester shows us a great mix of all those rock star moves and his awesome bass playing.  Jon Silver looks like he’s about to make love to his guitar, and Pat Kramer, also on guitars, always manages to get the girls stuck looking into his eyes, not even realizing they’re doing it until the next song starts.

Next year, we can expect a full length album from them, and their MySpace tells us they now have a major label… Even though not a word is said about WHICH label. Where’s Nancy Drew when you need her?

Their latest CD, Stand Your Ground was released in 2007, and has been called something as great as “Perfect on every level”, and I’ve heard many positive things about their recently released video for “Restless Minds”.

Sure, reviews are a good thing when it comes to knowing if a band id great or not, but I think there’s lots of other things that tells us exactly that. One thing I have noticed is that every time I’ve seen Billion Dollar Babies in concert - and the number is growing all the time - I always meet someone, usually in the bathroom or in the line at the bar, who turns to me and says “That band… They were so great, who are they?”.

To check them out, got to http://www.billiondollarbabies.nu/start.html or http://www.myspace.com/bdbabies.

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