Babylon Zoo is an alternative rock band formed by Jas Mann in the early 1990s.http://www.allmusic.com/artist/babylon-zoo-p173913/biography Its music was developed by mixing styles and combines grunge, dance and electronica influences.http://www.last.fm/music/Babylon+Zoo In interviews, Mann described the band's sound as "intergalactic space rock for the 21st century."http://www.last.fm/music/Babylon+Zoo Though marketed as a group, Babylon Zoo was run almost entirely by Mann, who wrote and sang all of the songs, played all of the instruments on albums and produced all of the band's recordings.http://www.last.fm/music/Babylon+Zoo

Babylon Zoo's first single "Spaceman" shot to the top of the English charts after it was released in 1996.http://www.allmusic.com/artist/babylon-zoo-p173913/biography It sold 250,000 copies in one week and set a new record as the fastest-selling debut single in the United Kingdom's history.http://www.allmusic.com/artist/babylon-zoo-p173913/biography It was also the country's fastest-selling single since The Beatles released "Can't Buy Me Love" in 1964.http://www.babylonzoo.net/articles/article_13.htmlhttp://www.allmusic.com/album/a-hard-days-night-uk-r1700346

"Spaceman" remained at the top of the charts for five weeks, but held on to its records until Britney Spears released "...Baby One More Time" three years later in 1999.http://www.babylonzoo.net/articles/article_13.htmlhttp://www.last.fm/music/Babylon+Zoo Levi's Jeans executives heard the song on English radio and made a deal with Mann to use it in one of their commercials.http://www.allmusic.com/artist/babylon-zoo-p173913/biography

Though Babylon Zoo garnered international fame with "Spaceman," their 1996 album The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes did not perform as well as record executives were hoping it would.http://www.allmusic.com/artist/babylon-zoo-p173913/biography Mann regrouped and released a second album in 1999 titled King Kong Groover.http://www.last.fm/music/Babylon+Zoo That album also did not find commercial success and EMI dropped the band from its label later that year.http://www.last.fm/music/Babylon+Zoo

The final Babylon Zoo recording was released in 2000 and called "Love Lies Bleeding." http://www.myspace.com/fireguidedlight#more It was only available via online download.http://www.myspace.com/fireguidedlight#more Since the end of Babylon Zoo, Mann recorded three songs with a friend under the name Mariachi Static and founded a short-lived record company called Hub Records.http://www.myspace.com/fireguidedlight#more

• Jasbinder "Jas" Mann - Singer, songwriter, musician, producerhttp://www.discogs.com/artist/Babylon+Zoo#t=Credits_All&q=&p=1http://www.last.fm/music/Babylon+Zoo

• 1996: The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes
• 1999: King Kong Grooverhttp://www.discogs.com/artist/Babylon+Zoo