The influential all-female US punk band have reformed to delight a new generation of fans, but not before overcoming personal trauma and tragedy. We join them at their first reunion gig A left turn ...

Arzu Gokcen's first time seeing Babes in Toyland was such a life-changing event, she refused to go to high school the next day. "I told my mom, 'I've seen it all,' " recalled Gokcen, whose dramatic ...

Bjelland’s howling, demented, sinister act was eclipsed by the rise of Courtney Love. But now, with a Babes reunion planned, a generation who missed out will get their chance Babes in Toyland, the ...

Babes in Toyland formed in a post-punk musical underground where boys could wear dresses and girls could rage in combat boots. Their powerful music made most bands sound anemic by comparison, and this ...

As the reformed Minneapolis punk band play their first UK shows in 18 years, the solo artist and former frontman of Sonic Youth explains why Babes In Toyland are so vital Thurston Moore: “For me, for ...

Kat Bjelland turns off the bathwater at her home in Minnesota. After touring with a reunited Babes In Toyland for the first time in nearly 20 years, the singer and guitarist has some time off before a ...

We independently select everything we recommend. Buying through us may earn us a commission, which supports our work. Howling through the end of the ‘80s and the first half of the ‘90s, Babes in ...

Babes In Toyland have confirmed details of a reunion show. The punk band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1987 and released three albums – ‘Spanking Machine’ (1990), ‘Fontanelle’ (1992) and ...

Babes in Toyland were impossible to ignore during their rise in the late 1980s punk scene. Kat Bjelland, the blonde in the baby-doll dress, screamed, not sang, her lyrics. Lori Barbero, the drummer ...

The aggressive punk band Babes In Toyland recently re-formed after years apart. Guitarist Kat Bjelland, bassist Maureen Herman and drummer Lori Barbero started playing together in 1987 as part of a ...