Elizabeth Bedlam

BackGash!: The Ballad of Bebe Blood Elizabeth Bedlam

Bebe Blood was one of the most unwashed and offensive women anyone had ever met. Yet she was insanely popular, respected, and feared throughout the local underground music scene. Often she was hailed as a genius of performance art by reviewers and journalists of all backgrounds. Her critics knew better than to say anything to the contrary. One thing that really set Bebe Blood apart from all the other women and girls in the scene was the fact that she'd sleep with anything. Yet no one considered or even dared mutter the word slut. No, Bebe Blood had concubines, slaves, worthless maggots. She'd kick them in the face and they'd thank her and kiss her boot, begging for more. When the band goes to the UK to tour she falls in love with Al, who sadly becomes a junkie and tries to take Bebe down with him. "Bebe don't leave!" He shouts as Bebe flees from his mother's house. Bebe loves Al but she had more to do, she couldn't stay there anymore. She hated the UK more than she hated Detroit. At home, Bebe is still heartbroken, but when she learns of Al's overdose, she knows her days of living The Life are over. She retires from music and becomes the stuff of underground legend. "It was amazing, man" some random guy would recount years later. "How would you know?" "Because man, I was there." He'd take a hit from a cigarette thinking about his days long past. "I was there."