Babes in Toyland Drummer Charged with DUI
Babes in Toyland Drummer Charged with DUI

MINNEAPOLIS—A drummer for the 1990s rock band Babes in Toyland has been charged with a DUI.

Lori Barbero was charged after crashing her car through her garage and into her house early Monday. The 47 year-old was booked into the Hennepin County Adult Detention Center shortly before 3 a.m. and released a few hours later. According to the police, her blood-alcohol level was 0.20 percent–more than twice the legal driving limit. Barbero formed Babes in Toyland along with Kat Bjelland in the late 1980s and they were known as one of the first all-female bands to come out of the early-’90s grunge movement. Barbero was famous for her primal pounding drum style and flying dreadlocks and has been a staple of the Minneapolis music scene since the 1980s, when she was a booking agent at one of the city’s first punk rock clubs, the now-defunct Duffy’s.

Barbero could not be reached for comment and it is not clear whether she sustained any injuries.

Comments
posted on Apr 3 at 3:57 pm
Hey, at least she made it home, right?
posted on Apr 3 at 4:29 pm
Glad she didn't drive the tour bus. Speaking of Minn. I saw G' N' R' there with Soundgarden opening. The 'Illusions' 1&2 tour, of coarse Axle was late and then came on to play for only like an hour. I was there to hear SG anyway, 'rusty cage' 'jesus christ pose' talk about double WOW WOW......
posted on Apr 3 at 7:36 pm
don't
drive

drunk no no no no no no no no
posted on Apr 6 at 1:32 pm
I feel bad for Miss Barbro,. shes a nice person, and just made a poor choice.
posted on Apr 12 at 10:58 am
Jozay is all grown up
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