Hands Off Gretel

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Hands Off Gretel
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Hands Off Gretel performing in 2020
Background information
Origin Barnsley, England
Genres Grunge, alternative rock, post-grunge
Years active2015–2022
LabelsHands Off Gretel
Members Lauren Tate
Becky Baldwin
Sean Bon
Sam Hobbins
Past membersDanny Pollard
Joe Scotcher
Laura Moakes
Website www.handsoffgretel.co.uk OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Hands Off Gretel were an English rock band, formed 2015 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire.

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The last line-up was composed of frontwoman Lauren Tate, guitarist Sean Bon, drummer Sam Hobbins and bassist Becky Baldwin [1] The band self released 3 studio albums and several EPs before splitting up in 2022.

History

The band was formed in 2015. A preview for a Southampton concert in the Basingstoke Gazette reported "Hands Off Gretel's frontwoman Lauren Tate has made it her mission to ensure that strong young women have a voice in today's music industry." [2] Tate is also credited for the band's videos, album artwork, and designing of the band's merchandise.

In 2016, they released their debut album Burn The Beauty Queen, which received praise from Ged Babey in Louder Than War : "a massive achievement and over-ambitious album which marks the start of a career that could well see them becoming as big as Nirvana, Marilyn Manson or Miley Cyrus over time….. given the breaks, and skillful management." [3]

Their performance at The Great British Alternative Festival at Butlins in Skegness was reviewed by Vive Le Rock . Reviewer Paula Frost commented on how Tate "entered with yet another iconic look, this time dressed in gold with lines drawn across her face [...] She knows how to get the audience snapping away." [4]

A second album I Want The World was released on 29 March 2019. Vive Le Rock's Paula Frost awarded the album 8/10, commenting "It's not often you get a band who can emit intimidation and cuteness all at once." [5] Later that year, Tate released a new solo album, Songs for Sad Girls. [6]

Tate has also performed as a solo artist, both predating and since the band's formation and split and also performs RnB/Hip Hop under the alias Delilah Bon . [7]

Discography

Hands Off Gretel

Studio albums

  • Burn The Beauty Queen (Hands Off Gretel, 2016) [8]
  • I Want The World (Puke Pop, 2019)

Demos Album

  • "Bedroom Sessions'" (Hands Off Gretel, 2016) [8]

Singles/ EPs

  • "Be Mine" (Hands Off Gretel, 2015) [8]
  • "My Size" (Hands Off Gretel, 2016) [8]
  • "The Angry EP" (Puke Pop, 2020) [8]

Compilations

  • Devolution Issue 41 - Devolution magazine [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Hands Off Gretel - About". Hands Off Gretel.
  2. ↑ "Hands Off Gretel at The Talking Heads". Basingstoke Gazette. 11 May 2017. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  3. ↑ Babey, Ged (18 September 2016). "Hands Off Gretel: Burn the Beauty Queen - Album Review". Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  4. ↑ Hands Off Gretel live review from The Great British Alternative Festival 2018 by Paula Frost accompanied by full page photograph of singer Lauren Tate by Gerry Underwood, Vive Le Rock, Issue 58 pp102-103
  5. ↑ Hands Off Gretel I Want The World review by Paula Frost, Vive Le Rock issue 61, p87
  6. ↑ "Lauren Tate's Track By Track Guide To Her New Album Songs For Sad Girls". Kerrang!. 20 September 2019. Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  7. ↑ Lauren Tate on creating as Delilah Bon, taking a break from Hands Off Gretel, "Editor" retrieved October 13 2023
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Hands Off Gretel discography". Discogs. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
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