18 June 2025
Promo photo – 2024
Another band that stands the test of time. These violent men got started in 1981,
had a 4-year hiatus between 2009 and 2013, and got back in business thereafter.
They gave the world 10 album so far, with 2019’s jaunty Hotel Last Resort as the
most recent one.
And for all the fans in the Northeast/Midwest…
Pretty cool poster for RIVERFEST in Canada.
Violent Femmes – Fleet Foxes – Josh Ross
16/17/18 August 2024
14 September 2023
Band: VIOLENT FEMMES
Active: 1979–2009, 2013–present
Album: HALLOWED GROUND
Their 2nd LP
Release: 15 June 1984
AllMusic wrote: “Hallowed Ground is a testament to their tenacity, courage,
and sheer obliviousness to industry ogling. Each track is as naked as it is bursting
with ideas, and as the landscape changes, the band changes with it, leaving
the listener at a crossroads.” Score: 4.5/5.
TUTV: Country/Hillbilly punk at its cutting best.
SINGLE
ALBUM
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VIOLENT FEMMES: Discography – Website – Facebook
TUTV: Facebook – Instagram – Twitter
Daily noise that works faster and harder than any stimulant
2 April 2023
Last September American/Celtic punks DROPKICK MURPHYS launched their 11th album, entitled This Guitar Kills Fascists. The LP accentuated the sharp-cutting lyrics of the late great and heavily influential (ask Bob Dylan) American folk hero Woody Guthrie (1912-1967).
And 2023 will be as prolific as last year. Another album is canned with Guthrie stories interpreted by DM. It’s called Okemah Rising and arrives on 12 May. More info here.
They just shared a new peppery piece from that LP named GOTTA GET TO PEEKSKILL features veteran rockers Violent Femmes. It’s an anti-Ku Ku Klux Klan belter.
Brian Ritchie (bassist of VF): “We have always loved the Dropkicks’ aggressive
approach to roots material. They don’t need any help, but it was a pleasure to contribute flamboyant acoustic bass guitar. I was moved by the vocal interplay between Gordon and Ken. Mysteriously, the end result sounds suspicious like Dropkicks meets Femmes. Which is a good thing!”
Take a deep breath.
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DROPKICK MURPHYS: Facebook – Instagram
6 March 2023
Milwaukee‘s infamous rock heroes VIOLENT FEMMES (1979–1987,
1988–2009, 2013–present) celebrate the 40th anniversary of their
splendid eponymous debut album on April 13.
The three femmes, guitarist and vocalist Gordon Gano, bassist and
backing vocalist Brian Ritchie, multi-instrumentalist Blaise Garza, and
drummer John Sparrow are gearing up to play the classic record in full
in May in North American cities.
Wait, don’t go yet, here’s more news. On Record Store Day, 22 April,
the album will receive a brand-new picture-disc vinyl edition. Craft
Recordings is pressing 3,000 copies of the record in the US.
More info here and here (list of shops).
VIOLENT FEMMES‘ debut LP on Spotify.
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VIOLENT FEMMES: Bio – Discography – Instagram
3 August 2021
Band: VIOLENT FEMMES (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.)
Active: 1979–1987, 1988–2009, 2013–present / 10 studio LPs
Deluxe album: WHY DO BIRDS SING?
Fifth LP, originally released on 18 May 1991.
Content: This 30th-anniversary 2-CD edition features a complete
1991 live set captured at The Boat House in Norfolk, VA, plus a trove
of previously unreleased outtakes/alternate takes, and new liner
notes by acclaimed songwriter/journalist Jeff Slate.
Their Culture Club cover
Out: 8th October 2021 via Craft Recordings
Order info: here
AllMusic wrote back then: “Every Violent Femmes fan has their favorite
record and these tend to vary wildly. More than likely, this one will not be
anyone’s favorite, but still has some redeeming moments. The strong opener
“American Music” is reminiscent of their classic songwriting style.”
Original album…
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VIOLENT FEMMES: Facebook – All Albums
(Image: cover of ‘BBC Live’ album)
8 January 2020
Band: Violent Femmes (Milwaukee, US)
Song: Blister In The Sun
Released: 1983
Album: Violent Femmes – the band’s self-titled debut LP
Here’s the lyrics video…
VIOLENT FEMMES: Facebook
Great longplayers from the past…
‘Hallowed Ground’
VIOLENT FEMMES
Release: 15 June 1984
Second LP
ALL MUSIC wrote: “The Femmes are nothing if not true to themselves, and Hallowed Ground is a testament to their tenacity, courage, and sheer obliviousness to industry ogling. Each track is as naked as it is bursting with ideas, and as the landscape changes, the band changes with it, leaving the listener at a crossroads; with each incantation, growling invective, and honey-whispered promise, they’re forced to either jump off the gospel train or ride it along with them into the mouth of Hell.”
Album in full…
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VIOLENT FEMMES: Discography – Website – Facebook
Sauvage women…