Handsome & Gretyl

"Handsome & Gretyl"
Single by Babes in Toyland
from the album Fontanelle
B-side "Pearl"
Released 1991
Format 7"
Recorded Recorded April 1991 at Six Feet Under, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Genre alternative rock, grunge
Length 3:32
Label Insipid
Writer(s) Kat Bjelland
Babes in Toyland singles chronology
"House/Arriba"
(1990)		 "Handsome & Gretyl"
(1991)		 "Bruise Violet"
(1992)

"Handsome & Gretyl" is the third single by Babes in Toyland. It was released on black 7" vinyl,[1] and the songs later appeared on the band's second studio album, Fontanelle.

Artwork

There are two versions of the single's cover. The most known one is of singer, Kat Bjelland, sitting in a police car with blood on her legs after getting into a car accident in Arizona in 1988. Drummer Lori Barbero talks about this incident in an 1989 issue of the zine, No Idea:

“

Lori: I was driving in Arizona last week and I was thinking about being in a car accident, 'cause we've been in both earthquakes in San Francisco -- the major ones -- and I was thinking, "Gosh, we haven't been in a car accident." And right then, I just went "Oh my fucking God." And a tire flew off a guy's truck, through the gulley, out into the air a hundred miles an hour, and it blew the windshield out and tore the sunroof off and totaled the van. As soon as the accident was over I kept going...
All: "I can't believe what I was thinking about."
Kat: "We have a picture of it." [2]

 ”

The other version of the cover features drummer Lori Barbero, with what appears to be a nosebleed.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Handsome & Gretyl"  K. Bjelland 1:51
2. "Pearl"  K. Bjelland 1:57
Total length:
 3:08

Musicians & personnel

Babes In Toyland
Technical Personnel

References

  1. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Babes-In-Toyland-Handsome-And-Gretel-Pearl/release/722260
  2. ↑ Barbero, Bjelland. (1989). No Idea. Missing or empty |title= (help);