They were over seas , like UK they were huge!!! Just never got that in America, they said it in a doco, over seas they were playing arenas and getting limos then they get back to the states and it's small clubs. Maybe it's Japan or somewhere. Actually it's europe, THEY SAID IY IN THIS DOCO, DID U LISTEN, OR u meen states?
Wow, just wow. When Kat talks, she sounds so sweet and innocent and yet when she sings, she releses so much power that you just can't believe the sweet person you were talking to...can relese that much. Babes in Toyland are kickass.
Got to hang with Lori in Austin while on tour a few years ago. Freakin down to earth and rad to hang out even for a short while. Minneapolis has been home to some excellent musicians. No matter how well known they become. Much love and respect. Always. You are our mothers.
I only got into this band about 3 weeks ago after years of reading about them, i regret taking so long to listen to them, fucking inspirational! I like every song iv'e heard of there's, its crazy lol.
People like Kat and Courtney have always existed and always will. The only difference was, in the 90's, people actually paid attention and they got famous, so you guys know about them. Ever heard of the Coathangers, Little Claw, Anemia Prevails or any of the other millions of loud, angry, awesome girls making music of all types? Seek it out for fricks sake. The corporate ogre isn't gonna spoon feed them to you and your nostalgia is holding our culture back.
Nah Kat was an innovator. Truly on of a kind. Besides i couldn’t careless about empowered woman bs, I like Kat because she rocked hard. Babes were cool as shit
I met Lori Barbero several years ago. She was bartending in an Austin, Tx incredible dive (The White Horse). There were several of us, no one knew who she was and she was very nice. We didn't know and she didn't tell us. Cool.
Weren't Kat and Courtney Love in several early bands together? I remember the late 80's and early 90's alternative which was cool, I thought Nirvana was good though. It was the B and C crew like Candlebox and Bush that really killed the alternative stuff.
Tim Kilgore The band went under a few names Sugar Babylon, Sugar Baby Doll etc. But is on RUclips full EP as Pagan Babies. Listen to it through cable ear/headphones otherwise it will sound unintelligible
@@dukehalliday3622 No, she wasn't. Courtney did some rehersal with BYT (she wasn't able to play, at the time) at their first, but then flew to LA to organise concerts, as per Kat interview.
I'd consider it their weakest LP, but I still like it. It's still got good songs on it though like Sweet '69, Surd, Oh Yeah!, and Hello. I also really like their cover of All By Myself...I do agree that there was something different about the production. Or maybe it has to do with as Kat said in the video, the vocal harmonies. They're pretty layer-y.
I saw this band in 1996 in a parking lot south of Mission in San Francisco and it was one of t he best shows I've seen even though I froze my ass off. It's too bad today's music is so weak. The 90's was a strong decade for music. Enjoy.
ohhhh , So courtney love wants to be these girls but never could do it .So she lives off Nirvana money . But Babes n Toyland is real deal bad ass . Love it . New in 2020.
Yeah, Courtney pays medical bills for one band member (Kat) and employed another (Lori) as her personal assistant for years. She lived in the Four Seasons and the Château Marmont, drove a Porsche Courtney bought her. Courtney had her sent catered dinner every single night, even Saturdays and Sundays. She met movie stars and rock stars, flew even more places around the world than when her band was big and touring, and was gifted jewellery by Courtney after an event who said, “here, of course you won’t wear it. I don’t. But you can probably sell this for like $60,000 if you ever need to.” Considering how they did and occasionally do still talk about her, I think Courtney has proven to be a good ally and advocate to these girls. Which is more than deserving, because she lived (however briefly) rent free with Lori, sharing a bedroom, and learned quite a lot from Kat too.
True pioneers! Babes, L7 and Lunachicks were pre-Riot Grrrl and considered themselves equal with dudes, not apart. I love Bikini Kill, Bratmobile and Heavens to Betsy, but these other 3 bands created a path for them to follow
I get what they were trying to do. I just wish Nemesisters had been a better record, especially considering that they never followed it up. So much of the raw fury and loose garage band vibe that made them great was missing.
Now this was filmed while I was working with JJ and Ida No at Fred Meyers and we were super into Babes in Toyland. The Shattered Theater often copied clothes - and some girls stole the clothes - from babes in toyland and - on occasion yr Boy Courtney - so nicknamed from 1991 on - was often worried about - because I didn't want them to leave Portland cuz they were the best warmest girls with the best band I think E V E R
Kat, you will never read this but, you were cuter and more of a badass than Courtney. you actually made me cry with a song, she never could.It was "Gone".
@astronot29 Why did you post your statement here? or did you post your statement on every video uploaded from the U.S.A.? You do know that there is no one alive today that had anything to do with that.
Yeah, the drummer heard Alice Cooper's "Halo Of Flies" from the Killer album & got all inspired. What a great song. Heard a pretty decent cover by The Melvins last year...I was just playing Cub, L7, Catholic Girls the other day and BIT was the highlight. Hard to believe Karen Carpenter was a decent drummer, and April Lawton of Ramatam was playing solid rock gtr in 1972. Only girl bands were GTO's, Fancy, Fanny & The Runaways back then it seemed...oh and members of Finn Riggins and Beggar's Opera
Or Made Out Of Babies, Queen Adreena, Sleigh Bells, The Gin Palace...etc etc. Well put, I completely agree. People who moan on about how music's "no good anymore" do my head in.
funny but bevis and butthead introduced me to this band. I know the name of the episode had "babes" in it. "babes R us" maybe? A shame when you buy the show it doesn't have the music videos in it. You can find some good bands that way.
I saw them once in La Crosse, WI. That show was SO loud. Pretty cool music, but a bit "noisier" than my usual tastes. I think my dad said they used to hang at the CC Club where he bartended for many years.
it's a shame they didn't get really big during their time. They totally deserved it.
They got big enough for us to be talking about them right? Loved them at the time
They were huge . In my mind anyway and when I saw them live it blew my mind
Alternative, and especially grunge, were falling by the wayside around 1995. Rap and electronic were replacing actual singers and musicians
They were over seas , like UK they were huge!!! Just never got that in America, they said it in a doco, over seas they were playing arenas and getting limos then they get back to the states and it's small clubs. Maybe it's Japan or somewhere. Actually it's europe, THEY SAID IY IN THIS DOCO, DID U LISTEN, OR u meen states?
@@christhayil8354 are u saying that rappers aren’t real musicians?
Kat's voice is so sweet when she's speaking.
I know! It's surprising.
@@lolah3838 not too surprising because she has that singing voice that can be really sweet.
It’s 2024 I’m now 45 years old & still play Nemesisters CD in my car 🥰
I’ve had it since I was like 16 … loved it then love it now & always will 🤘🏼👩🏻
Wow, just wow. When Kat talks, she sounds so sweet and innocent and yet when she sings, she releses so much power that you just can't believe the sweet person you were talking to...can relese that much.
Babes in Toyland are kickass.
How I started playing bass? My brother got his hand stuck in a pasta machine and couldn't play, so he gave it to me...
5:12
Gail-Ann Dorsey started playing exactly the same way. What are the odds?
maureen is so funny even if she didn't ever try to be
All 3 are fire signs, no wonder they have such fierce, passionate music.
And they're all fire signs.
Babes In Toyland were by far the best of the early 90s girl grunge bands and it's great to see some footage of these cool chicks. Rock-on Kat!!!
All Riot Grrrls that are left in this world lets make a goddamn band rrright now!
MTV editing... makes my brain hurt.
To this day, still one of my favorite bands ever
these girls are fun, relaxed, talented and totally intense live!
Got to hang with Lori in Austin while on tour a few years ago. Freakin down to earth and rad to hang out even for a short while. Minneapolis has been home to some excellent musicians. No matter how well known they become. Much love and respect. Always. You are our mothers.
ugh I love them so much
Kat is one of the prettiest girls I've ever seen!
+Napalm Death people age
Napalm Death what's not natural about it?
Napalm Death true.
+Napalm Death actually u have no idea what health issues that she's dealing with now, she looks beautiful in real life still I've met her recently
+Napalm Death she looks fine. stop exaggerating.
I only got into this band about 3 weeks ago after years of reading about them, i regret taking so long to listen to them, fucking inspirational!
I like every song iv'e heard of there's, its crazy lol.
comments like these are so cool cuz now you've been a fan for almost 15 years!!
People like Kat and Courtney have always existed and always will. The only difference was, in the 90's, people actually paid attention and they got famous, so you guys know about them. Ever heard of the Coathangers, Little Claw, Anemia Prevails or any of the other millions of loud, angry, awesome girls making music of all types? Seek it out for fricks sake. The corporate ogre isn't gonna spoon feed them to you and your nostalgia is holding our culture back.
preach fam
Nah Kat was an innovator. Truly on of a kind. Besides i couldn’t careless about empowered woman bs, I like Kat because she rocked hard. Babes were cool as shit
@@Spooky_515"I don't care about women as people!"
The crush that I had on Kat Bjelland twenty years ago was borderline unhealthy.
“...you just can’t help but love one another...right now” my two favorite bands!!
Great video! Kat has such a magnetic aura about her. I love her voice!
I always loved Kat's look during 95'. The short hair look is pretty cool. Lori looks epic with her long hair, and Maureen is very pretty.
Kat was always sexy from day 1. The drummer is looking good in this one
“Lots of sugar, and all of this right here, makes me feel like i’m going to have a lot of...Diarrhea” LOOOL
I've recently discovered babes in toyland and im obsessed 😍
I met Lori Barbero several years ago. She was bartending in an Austin, Tx incredible dive (The White Horse). There were several of us, no one knew who she was and she was very nice. We didn't know and she didn't tell us. Cool.
Weren't Kat and Courtney Love in several early bands together? I remember the late 80's and early 90's alternative which was cool, I thought Nirvana was good though. It was the B and C crew like Candlebox and Bush that really killed the alternative stuff.
Tim Kilgore The band went under a few names Sugar Babylon, Sugar Baby Doll etc. But is on RUclips full EP as Pagan Babies. Listen to it through cable ear/headphones otherwise it will sound unintelligible
@@VanielDeeform you're right wth it's so strange how it sounds without ear buds
Yes Sugar Baby Doll n Courtney Was Also Briefly In Babes In Toyland
@@dukehalliday3622 No, she wasn't. Courtney did some rehersal with BYT (she wasn't able to play, at the time) at their first, but then flew to LA to organise concerts, as per Kat interview.
Kat looked reeeeaaaallly good with that short blonde wig on
Kat’s voice still to this day just lights a fire in my belly … I love that woman ❤🔥
So amazingly talented and professional. Loved them in the 90s and love them still.
I'd consider it their weakest LP, but I still like it. It's still got good songs on it though like Sweet '69, Surd, Oh Yeah!, and Hello. I also really like their cover of All By Myself...I do agree that there was something different about the production. Or maybe it has to do with as Kat said in the video, the vocal harmonies. They're pretty layer-y.
...REESE WITHERSPOON TWIN!!?? 😍🤩🥰
I don’t wear makeup like ever
*is wearing red lipstick*
1995 Great year for alternative rock, Love them then, love them now... amazing music!
I saw this band in 1996 in a parking lot south of Mission in San Francisco and it was one of t he best shows I've seen even though I froze my ass off. It's too bad today's music is so weak. The 90's was a strong decade for music. Enjoy.
I absolutely love the drums in this band.
they talk and act so sweet, a complete 180 wow. where are they now? hope they keep on rockin
@@glennmarz652 damn. i will pray for her
Babes In Toyland's Fans from 90's to 2019?...
2020!
two sags and a leo.... FIREEE!!!
luv these girls :)
“More hips?!” Lmao
Fucking amazing band. One of a kind.
The song in the beginning is called ''Drivin'" ,from the album Nemesisters
one of the best albums ever!!!!!!!even better than pearl jam,s ten!
Supremely bad-ass band.
Thanks for posting this ARockJ! I miss the Babes!
Babes in Toyland are so special, there is no band like this one. (If there is tell me)
She really is a babe.
... does this video make anyone else miss Cake Magazine? Oh, those good ol' days in the 612 XD
EXELENT!! thank you so much
ohhhh , So courtney love wants to be these girls but never could do it .So she lives off Nirvana money . But Babes n Toyland is real deal bad ass . Love it . New in 2020.
Hole > BIL. Also, Kat is dying of liver failure and Courtney is helping to put her in a care home
@@asong4thedead Exactly
Yeah, Courtney pays medical bills for one band member (Kat) and employed another (Lori) as her personal assistant for years. She lived in the Four Seasons and the Château Marmont, drove a Porsche Courtney bought her. Courtney had her sent catered dinner every single night, even Saturdays and Sundays. She met movie stars and rock stars, flew even more places around the world than when her band was big and touring, and was gifted jewellery by Courtney after an event who said, “here, of course you won’t wear it. I don’t. But you can probably sell this for like $60,000 if you ever need to.” Considering how they did and occasionally do still talk about her, I think Courtney has proven to be a good ally and advocate to these girls. Which is more than deserving, because she lived (however briefly) rent free with Lori, sharing a bedroom, and learned quite a lot from Kat too.
True pioneers! Babes, L7 and Lunachicks were pre-Riot Grrrl and considered themselves equal with dudes, not apart.
I love Bikini Kill, Bratmobile and Heavens to Betsy, but these other 3 bands created a path for them to follow
Greatest Female Metal Band Ever ❤❤
Thanks for the new bands to check out. I've only heard of Queen Adreena and Sleigh Bells!
I get what they were trying to do. I just wish Nemesisters had been a better record, especially considering that they never followed it up. So much of the raw fury and loose garage band vibe that made them great was missing.
Agree! Overall a bad record. 'Hello' is a great song though
Now this was filmed while I was working with JJ and Ida No at Fred Meyers and we were super into Babes in Toyland. The Shattered Theater often copied clothes - and some girls stole the clothes - from babes in toyland and - on occasion yr Boy Courtney - so nicknamed from 1991 on - was often worried about - because I didn't want them to leave Portland cuz they were the best warmest girls with the best band I think E V E R
Courtney was obviously a Kat wannabe when she first started Hole.Just because Kat isn't as famous as Courtney no one noticed
No she wasnt. U only get that impression because they shared clothes. Stop saying that stuff. Its weird and embarrassing
@@ilovecats440you can look up what the song bruise violet is about.
@@ModPhreak kat said it wasnt about courtney
Girls were so much cooler in the 90s.
Eh
the bass player makes me feel.. so so gay there's just something about her that's appealing
God, they must of been a great live band!
One of the best grunge bands .
i think that riot grrrls is just grunge, and that grunge is just some heavy or hard punk / alternative.
favorite album
First discovered this band in high school and love them. Bad A$$ Chicks! A+++
kat is from oregon
Kat is my spirit animal
they are so cool im speechless/stunned,,,,,,
I was definitely born in the correct decade
Kat, you will never read this but, you were cuter and more of a badass than Courtney. you actually made me cry with a song, she never could.It was "Gone".
they're from my state! I absolutely love them
love them
@astronot29
Why did you post your statement here? or did you post your statement on every video uploaded from the U.S.A.? You do know that there is no one alive today that had anything to do with that.
They said that they're a family and love each other. Too bad a lawsuit threat made to Kat by the other two fucked it all up.
"Sweet '69"
I have a Tattoo of kat from nemesisters album ! And was obsessed as a teen! No wonder, im a Sagittarius
Thanks for sharing arockj
Good thing you wrote "in my opinion."
BABES !! Love you guys!
Great rocking girls...very genuine
Does anyone know what the name of the song at 1:44?
01:40 is Swamp Pussy from the first album, Spankin Machine
the following song is S.F.W from the third album, Nemesisters
discovered this band from beavis & butthead, these girls are cool
this is fantastic
That's true. I haven't listened to them. WHY!? I need to
Great video!
Minneapolis loves you girls!
I have loved Babes in Toyland since probably 1994.Does anyone know how Kat is doing? I heard she wasn't doing so good Hope that's not true.
That's fine. Glad you like the babes.
i love babes in toyland!!!
totally awesome..
they rawk hard
Yeah, the drummer heard Alice Cooper's "Halo Of Flies" from the Killer album & got all inspired. What a great song. Heard a pretty decent cover by The Melvins last year...I was just playing Cub, L7, Catholic Girls the other day and BIT was the highlight. Hard to believe Karen Carpenter was a decent drummer, and April Lawton of Ramatam was playing solid rock gtr in 1972. Only girl bands were GTO's, Fancy, Fanny & The Runaways back then it seemed...oh and members of Finn Riggins and Beggar's Opera
Where's the rest of the documentary?
@BlueRainSoda12 I always felt like there was some kinf od connection b/t BITand L7! Thanks for that info
the song is "Sweet 69" Saludos!
4:38 - 4:44 where i can watch that performance? i know is "he's my thing" but i can't find then
ruclips.net/video/dQH9KehuKiA/видео.html&ab_channel=TVnedtur
Or Made Out Of Babies, Queen Adreena, Sleigh Bells, The Gin Palace...etc etc. Well put, I completely agree. People who moan on about how music's "no good anymore" do my head in.
babes in toyland are so underrated! better then hole
apparently it's called 'drivin'.
funny but bevis and butthead introduced me to this band. I know the name of the episode had "babes" in it. "babes R us" maybe? A shame when you buy the show it doesn't have the music videos in it. You can find some good bands that way.
I dont have enough dreads in my life...
I saw them once in La Crosse, WI. That show was SO loud. Pretty cool music, but a bit "noisier" than my usual tastes.
I think my dad said they used to hang at the CC Club where he bartended for many years.
so so so gooooood
AWSOME BIATCHES!