Early days

Babylon Leaf were formed in 2001 by three lads from Buckley who knew they were on to something after singing a few tunes together with just one acoustic guitar at local pubs and talent competitions. Soon after Neil and Hanny parted company with Danny and met up with Dave and Paul who came from other local bands Sappy/Pud (now Kickin* Yoshi) and BWs/Bagpus. After one bizarre night of "decks, drums n rock n roll" it was time to up the tempo...

Next came Tom: six smashed tambourines, one bloodied hand and some dosh to invest in some bongos and congas later, the band had a percussionist. Rich joined the guys at the end of 2002, completing the line-up and relieving Dave of bass duties in order to concentrate on drumming. Babylon Leaf became a fully kitted-out six-piece.

Slow Down

After being together for three years in various guises, Babylon Leaf began work on new original material. They gigged at pubs and clubs around North Wales and North West England and gained a decent-sized following. At the end of 2003 they played further afield in cities such as Liverpool and Nottingham.

Babylon Leaf also recorded and produced their first demo EP in January 2003 entitled 'Slow Down' - all completely self-financed.

Limbo

Following the amicable departure of Dave on drums, the band took some time to concentrate on families, careers and semi-permanent trips to Tenerife, Battle and um, Wrexham. They still played together occasionally (usually acoustically), showed their faces at the odd plug n' play around North Wales... some new tunes were written...

Back from the dead

Boz used to play drums and sing with Rich on bass in High Times. After an indefinite hiatus with that Boz has been welcomed into the Babylon fold on drums at the tail end of 2008. The band are practising new covers and original material and have recently appeared at The Tivoli in Buckley supporting The Alan Crawford Band.