Australian hard rock quartet the Baby Animals were led by vocalist
Suze DeMarchi, who previously recorded for EMI as a solo act. Frustrated by the experience, she returned from England to her native Perth and in 1989 formed Dee Dee and the Rockmen with drummer
Frank Celenza; a year later, the twosome founded the Baby Animals with guitarist
Dave Leslie and bassist
Eddie Parise. Although the group's self-titled debut LP went multi-platinum Down Under, international sales paled in comparison, and shortly after the release of their 1993 sophomore effort,
Shaved and Dangerous, the Baby Animals' American label, Imago, folded. When DeMarchi's throat surgery also forced the band to cut short their tour, the Baby Animals soon disbanded; DeMarchi later wed
Extreme's
Nuno Bettencourt, relocated to the U.S., and mounted a solo career with 1999's Telelove. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide