THE KISSING DISEASE out now!
order online at cdbaby
"Raw and desperate, careening over cliffs, small hands on fire, trying furiously, tangled in bed sheets, dragging and retching, babies buried alive and clawing at their coffins, drunken wedding dresses covered in spiders, guilt, shame, sex, vomit, and Day-Glo. Listening to The Kissing Disease... is like getting run over by a feminist fire truck. Baby Guts howls their way through 14 songs in just under 30 minutes and hardly even come up to breathe. Lyrical themes that range from the war of the body, siamese twins, and the world's ugliest woman, The Kissing Disease stands its ground amongst it's foremothers in the great riot grrrl hall of fame... You are left with an album that sounds as if it could be the soundtrack to the life of an ugly ballerina who breaks both her legs, cuts off all her hair, and then sets herself on fire on her wedding day."

Corrie Harrigan
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JULY 7, 2008
I wrote a biography for our band. You can buy The Kissing Disease now, what are you waiting for? We have a new drummer named Ben.

MAY 18th, 2008
Tiny Cuts is now on our myspace for listen! and also for download! 11 days til cd release, can you feel it?!

APRIL 25th, 2008
our new single Drag is now available for listening and download at our myspace!
also, a new review from scenepointblank: "...This is a band that would not have sounded at all out-of-place in the Pacific Northwest in the late 1980s. They clearly are tapping into that sound, not in a nostalgic, knockoff way, but as a genuine re-expression of the original idea." read on...

APRIL 23rd, 2008
Laura was voted Best Female Vocalist by City Pages!
"BEST VOCALIST (FEMALE)
Winner: Laura Larson of Baby Guts
Beautiful female voices are something to be treasured. The sorrowful, bluesy wails of Joanna James, for instance, or the lilting harmonies of Allison LaBonne and Maria May of the Owls. But sometimes we're left wanting something less polished and more primal from our local ladies—and Laura Larson of Baby Guts is happy to fill the niche. Her traditional-singing voice is utilitarian at best, but in the land of the scream she is queen. If you're thinking, "But anyone can scream," think again—a great scream, especially one that doesn't cause permanent damage to the vocal chords, is an elusive skill. On the band's eight-track debut, Gasoline, Larson's screeches, shrieks, growls, and howls fling the listener headfirst through a plate-glass window of blind rage and wordless agony. "What will it take to keep my mouth shut?" she full-throat-hollers in the thrashtastic "Rocket Hips." We hope Larson never finds the answer."

APRIL 12th, 2008
We’re (finally) finishing up on our first for-real full length (well, the punk version of full-length, which is about 30 minutes) album, THE KISSING DISEASE, to be released at the end of May on Guilt Ridden Pop! CD release party is May 29th at the 7th Street Entry!
Website update crap includes new old review and an updated discography, including a tracklisting for The Kissing Disease!

JANUARY 6th, 2008
recording at Pachyderm

photos by James Risser

DECEMBER 30th, 2007
This week we finished recording at Pachyderm Studios. It was fast and exhausting. We took some pictures and will post them and maybe sneak some new music onto our myyyysppaaaccee soon.

NOVEMBER 25th, 2007
Hey we made a split 7" with our bestfriends UNICORN BASEMENT. It's shark themed, hand-printed, hand-bound, hand-numbered. Totally DIY man! It's 5 bucks. Contact us to order!

SEPTEMBER 27th, 2007
New review by Verbicide online:
"Some more jaded music journalists might write off Baby Guts as an atavistic throwback to the bygone riot grrl glory days of 1992. From the Kathleen Hanna-shrill shout to the rudimentary garage-y punk rock thrust of the music, this has Pussywhipped written all over it. But to dismiss Baby Guts that hastily would be a crime, since they possess real power, charisma, and a raw beauty. All of this shines through on first number, “Sea Salt,” a raucous and vicious slab of solid punk rock. In a minute and nine seconds they get in, demolish the listener, and get out. The singer vomits forth a potently pernicious punk-fueled roar of cryptic lyrics. The music is as engaging and whiplash inducing. It’s arguable that no other song smashes as shockingly as “Sea Salt.” Yet the record still boasts riveting highs, such as the dark magic of “Molly Nicosia” or the bent shuffle of finale “Three Dollar Black Eyes.” Add to that skyscraper-high above average lyrics, and you have yourself a recipe for what could soon be one of the defining punk bands to ascend the stage (or the floor) in years. The singer demands, “I wanna hear the anthems of the girls.” Little does she know her potential for delivering those anthems. (Casey Boland)"

oh jeez. We also got PICKED TO CLICK by City Pages, which apparently is some sort of beauty pageant for the Minneapolis music scene. Cuz our picture makes us look great.

AUGUST 13th, 2007
Really nice Minnesota Daily article about Baby Guts, Kitten Forever, and girls girls GIRLS!

AUGUST 5th, 2007
ok so the Star Tribune called us "one of the best new female-fronted bands in town." look.
also in the works are the following:
-a split SHARK vinyl with our good friends Unicorn Basement in September
-a split vinyl with our good friend Gordon Hangun Man sometime this fall
-a fall tour, perhaps?
-we're also working a brand-new full length album that will hopefully be done around January.
sit tight!

JULY 18th, 2007
Gasoline is now at colleges and radio stations across the U S AAAA so you can call and request Baby Guts whenever and wherever you want! If they don't have it, hey man just let us know and we'll get one out there ASAP.
We got a couple of new reviews by truepunk.com and Amplifier magazine.
Also we're going on a baby tour soon so check and see if we're coming to a town near you.

JUNE 19th, 2007
a bunch of new website crap added! now you can buy our stuff and look at the reviews we get from catty online bloggers. cool! and we are going on tour in august. our myspace has the dates cuz it's a pain in the ass to update the website too. -laura

MAY 16th, 2007
the website is finally here - not completely done, but at least we got some bows up!

"gasoline" was just re-released on guilt ridden pop & you can find it all over town. go to extreme noise, they need you.

baby guts is going to be on the current's 'the local show' on sunday 5/20 and on radio k's 'off the record' on friday 5/25. we will be playing some neat all ages and 21+ shows this summer, click the flea for show specifics.

there are also some tshirts available, hand printed with a silkscreen by taylor and laura. send an email or come to a show if you're interested.



kitten forever - the pocketknife - lambs of god - extreme noise - arise! - castle grey skull - unicorn basement - atomic annie - cheap thrills - everyday people - teavana - peddling records - hangun man - the bedlam theatre - sleeping in the aviary - dance to panic