Babylon Mystery Orchestra

About Babylon Mystery Orchestra

DEFIANCE...It is the heart and soul of rock music.

Rock music has always stood against cultural and musical elitism. But what happens when rock music itself becomes the voice of the cultural elites BABYLON MYSTERY ORCHESTRA

The name itself conjures up images of a grandiose conspiratorial nature. And so it is with the musical entity that bears this fascinating name. Consisting exclusively of one Sidney Allen Johnson, Babylon Mystery Orchestra adheres to a singularity of vision and purpose that emphasizes the artistic and pontific nature of what music could and should be.

The music of Babylon Mystery Orchestra is a blend of Gothic and Traditional Rock music with elements of Heavy Metal and Doom that produce that elusive result that so many artists strive for and so few achieve: Originality. Central to the nature of this original sound is the insistence on Johnson to make the lyrics the central characteristic of the BMO sound. Literally everything revolves around them. This could be a dangerous and even foolhardy approach in the hands of a lesser artist lacking a significant preponderance of ideas from which to draw from. Sidney Allen Johnson and his Babylon Mystery Orchestra are full of ideas that are as controversial as they are colorful. Always delivered with Johnson's pontificating "fire and brimstone" baritone voice. Other people have questions, Johnson h