100 Albums You Need To Own May 13, 2008 19:18:15 According to the Vancouver Sun, their self-titled Violent Femmes (1983) CD is #80 on the list of 100. For more information on this list and regards towards the VF, please visit the newspaper's article at http://www.canada.com/vancouve rsun/news/art...
Bouncing Back. Aug 14, 2007 12:08:51 Violent Femmes bounce back in Anaheim showReview: The band covers the many facets of its distinctive sound in a nearly two-hour performance.By ROBE...
Wendy's Commercial Makes Vi... Jul 19, 2007 04:07:41 The three members of the Violent Femmes seemed pretty buddy-buddy when they played Toronto's Massey Hall 15 months ago, but looks can apparentl...
Tickets for The Violent Fem... Jun 17, 2007 12:46:14 Check for tickets for The Violent Femmes below.http://www.ticketmaster. com/artist/736400?brand=noneCh eck the tour schedule for The V...
The Grandfathers of Folk-Punk. Rock's dadaist improvisors. Calcified fossils of teen angst. AMERICAN roots minimalists. The sonic personification of anxiety. Blues cubists. Spokesmen for misfits. These are just a few of the phrases that come to mind upon thinking of the Femmes.
Founded in Milwaukee in 1980 by Brian Ritchie and Victor DeLorenzo after an epiphany whereupon various deities showed Ritchie the name “Violent Femmes” written in the sky (or at least in Ritchie’s head). The lads needed a band worthy of the name. They never got it, but they did eventually find teenage singer-songwriter-tennis player Gordon Gano and added him in 1981. Gano’s original dowry of songs still forms the basis of the VF setlist (except for the fact that they don’t use a setlist, Ritchie calls the songs onstage).
They tired of practicing in Victor’s basement, so they headed for the inhospitable streets of Milwaukeein search of fans. Yeah right, in Milwaukee on the street if you’re not selling beer or bratwurst, forget about it. Luckily for them the Pretenders saw the band begging for spare change and asked them to openthe show for them. 2000 plus gigs later they are still plugging away with the same energy, plus weight, less hair. ^^check out vfemmes.com
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