Violent Femmes are an American folk punk band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The band consists of founding members Gordon Gano (guitar, lead vocals) and Brian...
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Violent Femmes is the debut album by Violent Femmes. Mostly recorded in July 1982, the album was released by Slash Records on vinyl and on cassette in...
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This is the discography of Violent Femmes, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based alternative rock group, which consists of 10 studio albums, 19 singles, five live...
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Hallowed Ground is the second studio album by Violent Femmes, released on May 14, 1984. Like the band's first album, the songs were mostly written by...
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Violent Femmes. Trouser Press wrote that "Gano’s songwriting and delivery have their usual odd character and some of the old passion, but the Femmes don’t...
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Why Do Birds Sing? (redirect from American Music (Violent Femmes song))
Why Do Birds Sing? is the fifth studio album by Violent Femmes, released on April 30, 1991. It was the band's last album with original drummer Victor DeLorenzo...
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Crazy (Gnarls Barkley song) (redirect from Crazy (Violent Femmes single))
previously covered the Violent Femmes song "Gone Daddy Gone" on their album St. Elsewhere. Gnarls Barkley described the Violent Femmes' version as: "I might...
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Freak Magnet (category Violent Femmes albums)
Freak Magnet is the eighth studio album by Violent Femmes, released in 2000. It contains the single "Sleepwalkin'." Originally scheduled for a 1998 release...
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Gordon Gano (category Violent Femmes members)
is the singer, guitarist and songwriter of American folk punk band Violent Femmes. Gano was born in New York City to actor parents Norman and Faye Gano...
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The Blind Leading the Naked (category Violent Femmes albums)
The Blind Leading the Naked is the third album by Violent Femmes. It was produced by Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads and released in 1986. The title is...
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Brian Viglione (category Violent Femmes members)
American drummer best known for his work with The Dresden Dolls and Violent Femmes. For a short time, he was also a member of New York City's cabaret punk...
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Debacle: The First Decade (category Violent Femmes compilation albums)
a compilation released by Violent Femmes in 1990. All tracks are written by Gordon Gano, except where noted Violent Femmes Gordon Gano – vocals, guitar...
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Add It Up (1981–1993) (category Violent Femmes compilation albums)
Add It Up (1981–1993) is a compilation album released by Violent Femmes in 1993. All tracks are written by Gordon Gano, except where noted Gordon Gano...
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Blister in the Sun (category Violent Femmes songs)
"Blister in the Sun" is a song by American rock band Violent Femmes, originally released on their 1983 self-titled debut album. It was later released as...
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"Special", by Stephen Lynch from A Little Bit Special, 2000 "Special", by Violent Femmes from The Blind Leading the Naked, 1986 "Special", by Vitamin C from...
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Rock!!!!! (category Violent Femmes albums)
Rock!!!!! is the seventh studio album released by Violent Femmes in 1995. It was originally released only in Australia, before becoming available in the...
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Brian Ritchie (category Violent Femmes members)
(with Violent Femmes) "Femmes' Brian Ritchie to become an Aussie". onmilwaukee.com. Retrieved 10 May 2022. "The Weird Story of why the Violent Femmes Broke...
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Gone Daddy Gone (category Violent Femmes songs)
Gano and originally recorded by his group Violent Femmes as the first single for their first album, Violent Femmes. The lyrics use a complete verse from Willie...
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(with Sly Stone) 2015 – Happy New Year (with Violent Femmes) 2016 – We Can Do Anything (with Violent Femmes) 2016 – BNL Rocks Red Rocks (with Barenaked...
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Guy Hoffman (category Violent Femmes members)
released A Good Day to Die. Hoffman joined Violent Femmes in 1993. Two versions of "Blister in the Sun", the Femmes' signature song, were recorded with Hoffman...
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New Times (album) (category Violent Femmes albums)
New Times is the sixth studio album released by Violent Femmes in 1994, and the first to not feature original drummer Victor DeLorenzo on drums, who'd...
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Victor DeLorenzo (category Violent Femmes members)
actor and filmmaker who was the founding drummer for the folk-punk band Violent Femmes. DeLorenzo was born in 1954, the son of Victor and Charlotte DeLorenzo...
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by Guthrie's daughter Nora Gutherie and also features appearances by Violent Femmes, Jaime Wyatt, Jesse Ahern and Woody's grandson Cole Quest. The album...
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Viva Wisconsin (category Violent Femmes live albums)
“October 25-31, 1998 Violent Femmes did an acoustic tour of their home state of Wisconsin. Two guitars, two drums and three voices. Femmes back to basics,...
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the American rock band Violent Femmes (which loosely translates from French as "violent women"). The leader of Violent Femmes, Gordon Gano, produced Louise...
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Napolitano of Concrete Blonde, Andy Partridge of XTC, Gordon Gano of Violent Femmes, Michael Hutchence of INXS, Ed Kowalczyk of Live, Shaun Ryder of Happy...
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Permanent Record: The Very Best Of is a greatest hits album by the band Violent Femmes. It was released on July 12, 2005. All tracks are written by Gordon...
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the Violent Femmes song "Blister in the Sun". The inclusion of the song in the commercial provoked an internal conflict between members of the Violent Femmes...
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Hotel Last Resort (category Violent Femmes albums)
Hotel Last Resort is the tenth studio album by American rock band Violent Femmes. The album was released on July 26, 2019, by Add It Up Productions and...
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and alternative 1980s punk rock, ska, and new wave from such bands as Violent Femmes, Echo & the Bunnymen, the Specials, the Jam, Siouxsie and the Banshees...
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