Lori Barbero
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Born | Minneapolis |
Nationality | United States of America |
Genres | punk rock |
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Birth name | Lori Anne Barbero |
Born | Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | November 27, 1961
Genres | Punk rock |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
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Years active | 1987–present |
Lori Anne Barbero (born November 27, 1961) is an American musician and singer who rose to notoriety as the drummer of the Minneapolis-based punk rock band Babes in Toyland, which she joined in 1987. After the dissolution of Babes in Toyland in 2001, Barbero subsequently played drums for the bands Eggtwist and Koalas. In 2015, she reunited with Babes in Toyland, performing on an international tour with the band.
Early life[edit | edit source]
Barbero was born in Minneapolis on November 27, 1961. She is of Filipino and Scandinavian descent. At the age of fourteen, her father moved the family to Pearl River, New York, where she attended high school, graduating in 1978.
During her teenage years, Barbero often ventured into New York City to attend concerts, specifically at CBGB,
After the dissolution of Babes in Toyland in the early 2000s, Barbero worked as a music manager, and for a time was Courtney Love's assistant during the recording of America's Sweetheart (2004), beginning in 2002. She was subsequently employed by the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas as an assistant production manager for a total of seven years, beginning in the late 2000s. She was also part owner of the now defunct Minneapolis label Spanish Fly Records, whose roster included Smut, Dumpster Juice, Milk, REO Speedealer, Sleep Capsule, and Likehell.
Personal life[edit | edit source]
As of 2014, Barbero divided her time between Minneapolis and Austin, Texas.
References[edit | edit source]
Gaar, Gillian G. (2002) [1992]. She's a Rebel: The History of Women in Rock and Roll (2nd ed.). Seal Press. ISBN 978-1-580-05078-4. OCLC 495287089.
- Leon, Michelle (2016). I Live Inside: Memoirs of a Babe in Toyland. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-873-51999-1. OCLC 922220168.
- Neutron, Conan; Barbero, Lori (May 24, 2020). "Episode 166: Lori Barbero". Conan Neutron's Protonic Reversal (Podcast). Archived from the original on 2021-12-19 – via YouTube.
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