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Title: Babes in Toyland’s Fontanelle
Condition: New
Author: Selena Chambers
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 1501377558
EAN: 9781501377556
ISBN: 9781501377556
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic USA
Genre: Music Dance & Theatre
Release Date: 09/02/2023
Description: Babes in Toyland was one of the most influential and underrated bands of the 1990s. They rode the wave of the Minneapolis grunge scene crafting a unique sound composed of self-taught instrumentation and unabashed banshee raging vocals. Their stage presence was enigmatic, their lyrics vitriolic, and their Kinderwhore fashion ironic and easy to emulate. But what made them most inspiring was their ethos and a unique brand of sisterhood that inspired fans to create Riot Grrl and form legendary bands such as 7 year Bitch, Bikini Kill, and Hole.Despite the media's politicization of them as an "all-female" band, the Babes insisted their music wasn't a political statement but about personal expression. They would dismiss labeling their act as feminist, but their actions sent a positive message of what a female space within music could look like. Now, almost 30 years after their most seminal record, Fontanelle, was released, the legend of the band is being resurrected and re-spun to reclaim their proper space and context in the history of music and women in rock.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 165mm
Item Length: 121mm
Book Series: 33 1/3
Release Year: 2023

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