So the band name THE BABYS seemed to turn out as a mistake and undermined the musical perfection. „Maybe the choice of our name wasn´t the best thing to do and thwarted our plans in the end“, John ponders. „On the other hand I liked the contrast that there was a rock band called THE BABYS. I personally I liked that name very much. It even made the whole thing interesting. People didn´t know what to expect. I liked that.“
John Waite doesn´t belong to those who prefer the most lesser resistance, as it is going to be shown later on explicitly...

„Image is important“, he meanwhile knows from experience. „But you can´t pretend someone else. I roll my own and I drink beer. On the other hand I read Proust and play the piano. Actually I´m full of contradictions. And hey - who cares when I say f*** on the radio every now and then? That´s me. You get what you see. I won´t change myself just because of the image. But it´s different when you´re in a band. When you say something like: The Pope is an ..., the whole band has to bear the consequences. You are responsible for them that´s why you shouldn´t do that. It wouldn´t be okay.“

Meanwhile he has worked off the difficulties within THE BABYS: „You can´t change it. I´ve never woke up in the middle of the night, thinking: 'God, I wish it would have never happen.' I´ve done my best to keep the band together but I lost faith and when this happens it´s better to stop. But I´m really proud of THE BABYS. We made it, despite the bad press. We´ve been better than people thought.“

„For me THE BABYS was the best musical experience of my life“, remembers Ricky Phillips (left).

„Five guys with nothing in their heads but music, 24/7. John used to say: 'Ricky, no matter whether it´s 3 AM, when you have a song in your head, ring me up. We make some coffee and go for it.' “

„I think 'Head First' was our best shot“, John thinks many years later. „The last two albums didn´t have that kind of effect. The fact that we stopped being a British band and became more and more into Anglo-American took away some of our energy.

I think we were fading when we started to work with keyboards that much. It wasn´t our style really. We tried to capture different things but all together we have been a guitar-band, more than anything else. ‚On The Edge’ was more mainstream, as we were ready to be. Actually we didn´t want to sound that American. Somehow it happened and the thing that made ‚Head First’ and ‚Broken Heart’ that exceptional was missing.“

Beside the five official BABYS albums, the 1978 bootleg „Official Unofficial Album“ has been a mystery for a long time. (Btw, in my opinion it´s the best one beside the first BABYS album.) Only a few knew about it. It includes ten tracks in its rawest state. One recognizes „I´m Falling“ and „If You Could See Me Fly“ worked off on
„Broken Heart“. The middle part of the official „If You Could See Me Fly“, however, is missing on the official unofficial version, but for that it appears in „I Wear Your Ring“. But for the listeners to note are as well as completely new and surprising elements.

May „The Official Unofficial Album“ sound like demo material, which it really is in the end, to me -- many fans surely agree -- it is rough and unsophisticated Rock´n Roll.

Jonathan Cain joins Journey, Ricky Phillips turns to several projects, works among others as a session musician and writes two songs for the soundtrack of „The Terminator“ (starring Arnold Schwarzenegger), which opens him the doors for movie and TV works. Wally Stocker and Tony Brock join the band of Rod Stewart but Wally decided to take new chances in Air Supply in 1983 and then Humble Pie in 1989.

Tony Brock, however, stays till 1991. During that time he also takes a trip to Eddie Money, Jimmy Barnes and Robert Hazard.