Babylon A.D. (album)
# Babylon A.D. (album)

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Babylon A.D. is the debut album by the American hard rock band of the same name, released in 1989. It contains the metal hits "Bang Go The Bells", "Hammer Swings Down" and "The Kid Goes Wild" which was also featured in the film RoboCop 2.

## Music Videos

In the music video for "The Kid Goes Wild", RoboCop attends a performance of Babylon A.D. and targets them for arrest. Interestingly, just two years later in 1991, the music video for the Guns N' Roses song "You Could Be Mine" featured the Terminator attending a performance of Guns N' Roses and targeting them for termination.

## Personnel

### Band members

* Derek Davis - vocals, acoustic guitar
* Dan De La Rosa - guitars
* Ron Freschi - guitars, backing vocals
* Robb Reid - bass, backing vocals
* Jamey Pacheco - drums

### Additional musicians

* John Matthews - guitars
* Jimmy Wood - harmonica
* Sam Kinison - vocals on "The Kid Goes Wild"

### Production

* Simon Hanhart - producer, engineer, mixing
* Clark Germain, Eric Rudd, Julie Last, Scott Ralston, Guy Snider, Thom Roberts, Micajah Ryan, Chris Fuhrman - assistant engineers
* Chris Bellman - mastering
* Hugh Syme - art direction
* John Scarpati - photography

## Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

| Year | Chart | Position |
| - | - | - |
| 1989 | The Billboard 200 | 88 |
