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The Best of Babes In Toyland and Kat Bjelland is a CD/DVD compilation featuring songs by Babes in Toyland and Kat Bjelland's other projects, including her work in Crunt, Katastrophy Wife, and Pagan Babies. It was released in 2004 by WEA International in the United Kingdom.
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- November 29, 2004
The Best of Babes in Toyland and Kat Bjelland è un album di raccolta del gruppo musicale statunitense Babes in Toyland, pubblicato nel 2004. Il disco contiene brani dei Babes in Toyland ma anche brani di altri gruppi in cui ha militato Kat Bjelland , come Crunt, Katastrophy Wife e Pagan Babies.
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1963–1981: Early life
Katherine Lynne Bjelland was born on December 9, 1963, in Salem, Oregon, to Lynne Irene Bjelland (née Higginbotham). She is of English and German descent. Bjelland was raised by her mother and stepfather, Lyle Bjelland, until age 3, when her mother separated from her stepfather and gave him full custody, after which he raised her as his own. She was not made aware of her biological father until age 18, and did not meet him until age 23. "[It] was weird", Bjelland recalled of the revelation. "...
1982–1986: Early musical projects
At age nineteen, Bjelland purchased her first guitar, a Rickenbacker 425, from a pawn shop for $200. In Woodburn, she joined The Neurotics, and then an all-female band called The Venarays, which Bjelland has described as "rock with a '60s edge". The Neurotics were composed of Bjelland (rhythm guitar); her uncle David Higginbotham (lead guitar); Marty Wyman (vocals); Brian McMillan (drums); and Laura Robertson (bass). Commenting on the band, she said: "After The Neurotics I got this band toget...
1987–2001: Babes in Toyland
Hoping to form a new band, Bjelland relocated from Portland to Minneapolis around 1986, and shortly after met Lori Barbero, a bartender, at a barbecue. She convinced Barbero to play in her band as a drummer, despite the fact that Barbero had no musical training. Barbero agreed, and the pair joined with bassist Michelle Leon, forming Babes in Toyland. Bjelland has said she intentionally sought out bandmates who had no instrumental experience: "Lori didn't know how to play when I met her. Miche...
Influences
As a child, Bjelland's favorite band was Rush, particularly their fourth album 2112. "It was kind of a band that girls didn't like, just guys liked them... I liked them because they had weird, spacey other-land lyrics, and lots of breaks, and really cool instrumentation", she said. As an adolescent, she also listened to popular rock bands such as Kiss and Cheap Trick. She would later credit Cocteau Twins, The Miracle Workers, and the Wipers as early influences, and also said she listened to B...
Voice and instrumentation
Bjelland has been noted by music critics for her unique screaming vocals, which have been likened to those of Ozzy Osbourne and Diamanda Galás. Journalist Richard Cromelin noted in a 1992 Los Angeles Times profile that "She retches her enraged lyrics, her screams skid across the beat and collide with the blunt riffs. Her voice erupts into laughs and gargles, then croons down low with eerie detachment." She has also incorporated speaking in tonguesin several songs. Commenting on her musical as...
Babes in Toyland 1. Spanking Machine(1990) 2. Fontanelle(1992) 3. Nemesisters(1995) Crunt 1. Crunt(1994) Katastrophy Wife 1. Amusia(2001) 2. All Kneel(2004)
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Babes in Toyland was an American alternative rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, formed in 1987. The band was founded by vocalist and guitarist Kat Bjelland, along with drummer Lori Barbero and bassist Michelle Leon, who was later replaced by Maureen Herman in 1992.
