Babes In Toyland - Sweet '69

Interprète: Babes In Toyland

Titre: Sweet '69

Année: 1995

Billboard: #37

Babes in Toyland est un groupe de rock alternatif américain, formé en 1987 à Minneapolis dans le Minnesota. Le groupe est composé de Kat Bjelland (guitare et chant), Lori Barbero (batterie), et Michelle Leon (basse), remplacée par Maureen Herman en 1992.

Le groupe doit sa spécificité et son originalité au contraste net entre l'image de poupée de la chanteuse Kat Bjelland d'une part, et la puissance crue de sa voix et l'agressivité des textes d'autre part. Un des facteurs de leur succès a été leur participation, en 1993, au festival de Lollapalooza. Leur chanson Bruise Violet, de l'album Fontanelle, est une attaque contre Courtney Love de Hole, fondatrice du groupe, et plus tard renvoyée de celui-ci.

Babes in Toyland is an American punk rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1987. The band was formed by Oregon native Kat Bjelland (lead vocals and guitar), with Lori Barbero (drums) and Michelle Leon (bass), who was later replaced by Maureen Herman in 1992.

Between 1989 and 1995, Babes in Toyland released three studio albums; Spanking Machine (1990), the commercially successful Fontanelle (1992), and Nemesisters (1995), before becoming inactive in 1997 and eventually disbanding in 2001. While the band was inspirational to some performers in the riot grrrl movement in the Pacific Northwest, Babes in Toyland never associated themselves with the movement.

In August 2014, Babes In Toyland announced that they would be reuniting, touring and possibly recording again. As of February 2015, the band has booked several shows.