Babes in Toyland

Babes in Toyland
Formed: 1987 in Minneapolis, MN
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Disbanded: 1997
Styles: Alternative Pop/Rock, Grunge, Riot Grrrl
Group Members: Kat Bjelland, Lori Barbero, Maureen Herman, Michelle Leon
Biography: Babes in Toyland is about as harsh as rock music gets -- guitarist Kat Bjelland screams and thrashes her guitar to the gut-pounding, throttling beat of bassist Maureen Herman and drummer Lori Barbero. Over their two albums and two EPs, the all-female trio offers no escape from their strongly female-oriented, ...Read full biography
Fontanelle
Released: 1992
Label: Reprise
Critics' Rating:
Babes in Toyland's most focused and powerful statement, Fontanelle was vaguely associated with grunge upon its release, and tossed in with the Pacific Northwest-centered riot grrrl movement after the fact. ...Read full review
Spanking Machine
Released: 1990
Label: Rykodisc
Critics' Rating:
Courtney Love was briefly a member of Babes in Toyland in the mid-'80s, and listening to the group's debut album, Spanking Machine, more than a decade after it first came out, one can't help but wonder ...Read full review
More Babes In Toyland albums: Main Albums (8), Compilations (10), Singles & EPs (2)
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