Sweet Baby (band)

Sweet Baby (originally known as Sweet Baby Jesus) was a pop punk band that originated from Berkeley, California, and was part of the 924 Gilman Street scene. They were signed to Ruby Records.

The band was formed in 1986 by singer Dallas Denery and singer/guitarist Matt Buenrostro with Crispy Jim (later of The Saddlebacks) on bass and Dr. Frank (the frontman of The Mr. T Experience) on drums. Frank and Crispy Jim did not appear on any Sweet Baby recordings, having been already replaced by Sergie Loobkoff (Samiam, Knapsack) and Richie Bucher (Jüke, Wynona Ryders), respectively. Aaron Elliott aka Aaron Cometbus also played drums for them on their 1989 US tour. They had two songs on the Maximum Rock and Roll compilation Turn it Around (1988), "She's from Salinas" and "Pathetic." In 1989, they released their only LP, It's A Girl on Ruby Records (a Slash/Warner subsidiary). Their song "Andorra" was on the Lookout Records compilation double LP The Thing That Ate Floyd released in 1992. Lookout Records re-released the band's It's A Girl album on compact disc in 1995, and Eccentric Pop Records released a remastered vinyl LP version with a bonus 7" containing unreleased studio and live tracks in 2015.

In January 2005, their song, "Baby Baby Baby Baby Baby Baby Baby, I Love You" was featured on Bravo in an advertisement for the show Queer Eye for the Straight Girl.

The East Bay, California based punk rock band now known as Green Day was originally called Sweet Children, but changed their name before releasing their first EP 1,000 Hours to avoid confusion with Sweet Baby.

Discography

Studio albums

• It's a Girl! (1989)

Split albums

• Hello Again (with Brent's TV) (1996)

Demos

• Never Mind the Bassets, Here's the Sweet Baby Jesus (1987)

Compilation appearances

• "She's from Salinas" on Bay Mud – David Hayes self-released cassette (1986)
• "Baby Baby Baby Baby Baby Baby Baby (I Love You)" and "Saw You at the Movies" on Lethal Noise, Vol. 2 – David Hayes self-released cassette (1987)
• "She's from Salinas" and "Pathetic" on Turn It Around! – Maximumrocknroll (1987)
• "Looking for Love" and "This Talk About the Girl" on 9 Song Demo + Berkeley Sampler – BBT Tapes (1987)
• "Andorra" on The Thing That Ate Floyd – Lookout Records (1988)
• "Loving Every Girl in the World" and "Find a New Love" on Lest We Forget: 45 Unreleased Songs by 35 Great Old Berkeley Bands – BBT Tapes (1991)
• "Don't Do That" and "Champagne from Her Shoe" on Down in Front: Outtakes and Unreleased – 24 Songs – No Idea Records (1999)

Band members

Main line-up

• Dallas Denery – lead vocals (1985-1989; 2008)
• Matt Buenrostro – guitar, backing vocals (1985-1989; 2008)
• Richie Bucher – bass (1986-1989; 2008)
• Sergie Loobkoff – drums (1986-1989)

Other members

• Crispy Jim – bass (1985-1986)
• Frank Portman – drums (1985-1986)
• Ivy DuBois – bass (1989)
• Aaron Cometbus – drums (1989; 2008)

External links

• Dallas Denery's homepage at Bowdoin College
• Trouser Press's Sweet Baby Bio
• A Dallas Denery Fan Bio and Interview
• Larry Livermore on the Denery Brothers
• Dallas Denery interview on Bowdoin Cable News
• Matthew Buenrostro interview coinciding with 2015 LP reissue
• Dan Panic on Sweet Baby

This page was last edited on 3 February 2024, at 23:39