Interview with Baby and the Nobodies

April 13, 2026

Interview with Baby and the Nobodies

By Mick Michaels

Cosmick View: Hello, and welcome to The Cosmick View/Metal Babe Mayhem Ten Pounder. Thanks for taking some time out of your day to speak with us. It's greatly appreciated.

CV: What do you see as your music's biggest contribution? What is setting you apart from others?

Rev: Baby and the Nobodies music is real, live and in your face, there is a little polish but it's rock and roll. Our biggest contribution to the world is our style and our messages in the lyrics. We combine so many things into our music and I think that sets us apart, we don't pigeon-hole ourselves into a genre, Some call us Punk, some call us Rock, one dude called us Classic Rock (I don't see that, but oh well! Ha ha!), and we have heard Pop-Punk which we don't really see either. At the same time, we are punk-ish, very Rock n Roll and you can see we have some pop influences as well.

CV: Do you think modern music is still evolving? Or are things relatively the same as it’s always been?

Rev: I think music is always evolving, but at the same time it is very cyclic too. Maybe not in the same sense that each style comes back exactly as it was, but musical styles seem to come back around and evolve when they do. The 50's Rock and Roll was the result of the Blues influence prior, and the 60's took rock to a folk-ish swirl, into the 70's with the AOR long songs and epic guitar solos, etc., 80's Glam and New Wave, 90's Grunge and Alt-Rock etc., etc., etc. It's all still rock n roll, but different takes and different feelings located within. As long as AI doesn't try to write music and pass it off as talent, I think music will always exist.

CV: Do you think music in general still draws people to want to listen and engage while maybe even inspiring the audience to imagine becoming an artist themselves?

Rev: I do think that good music (subjective, I know) draws people to want to listen, I also think that to write good music, one has to write from the soul. I think that if songs are well written, they will engage the audience emotionally, and that will inspire them to listen and engage with the artists on a more personal level. You always hear people criticizing song writers because “all they write are break-up songs” or “It's all political” people write about what they are passionate about, or something that affected them so much it consumed them at that time. But, if one person at one show connects with that song, the writer did a bang up job.

I absolutely LOVE playing for an all ages crowd and watching kids in general take in the music, you can see their minds working and thinking “I want to do that” I love it.

CV: Many believe that an artist or band’s success relies on good PR, good distribution, and good booking. This may be true to some degree. If that’s the case and the focus, where does that leave good songwriting? Do you think that the state of modern music has possibly forgotten about the importance of good songs like so many critics believe?

Rev: To be completely honest, I do feel that songwriting has become far less important to some artists. Some people write for the wrong reasons. Some people write just to write. I think that loses the passion, if you write because you literally can't not write songs, because the songs exist and need to be brought forth, I think there is a passion that comes out in those songs that far too many artists are missing. I don't like hearing a song when it's 'technically good' but lacks passion and feeling. I don't like hearing an artist or band that is just damn good at what they do but they don't have any songs that are good. It happens far too often.

Good PR and distribution really does help though, to be fair. If no one can find you, does it really matter if you have good, well written songs?

CV: As there are often times when an artist can find that they’re repeating themselves, how do you keep the music you write fresh?

Rev: Keeping fresh ideas, fresh concepts and fresh songs is important, but you also have to figure out that just because you might be tired of hearing something over and over, every new face in the crowd and every new town you perform those songs in, might well be the very first time someone heard them.

I personally always try to learn new things, sure I listen to new music, but I also go back and listen to far older music with different ears than I did the last time. As people we are constantly evolving and changing, and an old Johnny Cash song might just feel or sound different to you this year than it did 5 years ago. But I always try to take that old Social D guitar riff and play it a little different and see where it takes me. Or I learn some new progression I've never tried before, or a new guitar scale, or mode. Always learn. It helps to have great inspiration, see things, be things and learn things.

CV: Tell us a little about your latest project?

Rev: Baby and the Nobodies has a great new record out on F-Bomb Records called “Ready Or Not” available on CD and vinyl. It is eight new songs that again, don't necessarily stick to any single genre, but still all sound like they come from the same group. Writing this record was an amazing time, I really enjoyed the writing process and the recording process. We are looking forward to playing shows in new places and seeing a lot of new faces as we support the record. We are literally always writing and with a couple of newer faces in the gang we have a lot of killer resources we can write from.

CV: What’s your thoughts on artists and bands currently relying on backing tracks to keep the live performances going? Many critics believe it’s a slap in the face to fans. What do you think?

Rev: I'm going to date myself a little, the very first time I saw The Scorpions I felt a little let down when no one was near a microphone and the chorus of Rock you Like a Hurricane had all of these backing vocals and gang vocals. I really get when artists and super groups get older they may feel they need backing tracks, but I saw the Rolling Stones this past year, and they didn't need them why would the Scorpions or Motley Crue need them in the 90's?

I have also seen it the other way around with groups that have three people and tons of samples and keys along with their guitar drums and bass, but I think that has more to do with the style of music than anything else. I mean the Beastie Boys had a DJ, sort of backing tracks, but warranted for the type of music... Am I Right?

CV: What more can fans expect to see coming from you in the coming months?

Rev: A lot of live shows are on the horizon, we are branching out further and further each time we leave our state. We have interim plans of hitting the UK soon, and we have several videos in the works. Baby and the Nobodies are going to play in your town very soon! Keep up with us on our website at http://babyandthenobodies.com and stay up to date on all of our socials you can find there. Listen to the new record on Amazon music, Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music and everywhere else you listen to music.

But the CD from https://vanitymusicgroup.bigcartel.com/category/f-bomb-recordsand get the record from our site or when we come see you in your town.

CV: Thanks again for taking the time to share with our readers. We wish you all the best and continued success.

Rev: Thank you so very much for taking the time to listen to me ramble on.... I truly appreciate The Cosmick View and other like you guys, it's things like this that allow people to get to know new music and new artists from all over. And a big Thank You to all of our fans present and future! Check us out!

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https://www.babyandthenobodies.com/

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My name is Mick Michaels...I'm an artist, music fan, songwriter, producer, author, show host, big dreamer and guitarist for the traditional Heavy Metal band Corners of Sanctuary. Writing has always been a creative outlet for me; what I couldn't say in speech, I was able to do with the written word. Writing has given me a voice and a way for me to create on a multitude of platforms including music and song, articles, independent screenplays, books and now, artist interviews. The Cosmick View is an opportunity to raise the bar and showcase artists in a positive and inspirational light. For me, it's another out-of-this-world adventure.