Hands Off Gretel Explained

Hands Off Gretel
Origin:Barnsley, England
Genre:Punk rock, grunge, alternative rock, post-grunge
Years Active:2015–present
Label:Hands Off Gretel
Current Members:Lauren Tate
Becky Baldwin
Sean Bon
Sam Hobbins
Past Members:Danny Pollard
Joe Scotcher
Laura Moakes

Hands Off Gretel is a rock band, affiliated to the UK Punk scene, formed 2015 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. The current line-up is Lauren Tate (guitar, vocals), Sean Bon (guitar) Sam Hobbins (drums) and Becky Baldwin (bass)[1] The band have achieved press coverage in the Basingstoke Gazette, music magazine Vive Le Rock and website Louder Than War. Their music often explores the themes of loneliness, guilt, and girlhood.

Tate has performed as a solo artist, both predating and since the band's formation and also performs RnB/Hip Hop under the alias Delilah Bon.[2]

History

The band was formed in 2015, Tate already having released an album as a solo artist. 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."[3] 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."[4]

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."[5]

A second album I Want The World was released on 29 March 2019. Vive Le Rocks 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."[6] Later that year, Tate released a new solo album, Songs for Sad Girls.[7]

Discography

Hands Off Gretel

Studio albums

Demos Album

Singles/ EPs

Compilations

Lauren Tate solo career

Studio albums

Singles/EPs

MP3 singles

Delilah Bon

Studio album

Singles/EPs

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hands Off Gretel - About. Hands Off Gretel.
  2. https://www.soundspheremag.com/features/lauren-tate-on-creating-as-delilah-bon-taking-a-break-from-hands-off-gretel Lauren Tate on creating as Delilah Bon, taking a break from Hands Off Gretel, "Editor" retrieved October 13 2023
  3. Web site: Hands Off Gretel at The Talking Heads. Basingstoke Gazette. 19 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181219092356/https://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/leisure/music/15279264.hands-off-gretel-at-the-talking-heads/. 19 December 2018. live.
  4. Web site: Hands Off Gretel: Burn the Beauty Queen - Album Review. Ged. Babey. 18 September 2016. 11 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190327102019/https://louderthanwar.com/hands-off-gretel-burn-beauty-queen-album-review2/. 27 March 2019. live.
  5. 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
  6. Hands Off Gretel I Want The World review by Paula Frost, Vive Le Rockissue 61, p87
  7. Web site: Lauren Tate's Track By Track Guide To Her New Album Songs For Sad Girls. Kerrang!. 10 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191110204242/https://www.kerrang.com/features/lauren-tates-track-by-track-guide-to-her-new-album-songs-for-sad-girls/. 10 November 2019. live.
  8. Web site: Hands Off Gretel discography. Discogs. 18 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181219001143/https://www.discogs.com/artist/4311754-Hands-Off-Gretel. 19 December 2018. live.
  9. Web site: Lauren Tate solo discography. Discogs.
  10. Web site: Delilah Bon discography. Discogs.

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