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Singer and guitarist Gordon Gano, percussionist Victor DeLorenzo, and bassist Brian Ritchie formed the Violent Femmes in 1982,
in Milwaukee,Wisconsin. They were discovered when James Honeyman-Scott, of the Pretenders, saw them playing on a
street corner in front of thevenue the Pretenders were playing at that night. A self-titled debut was released in 1983 on Slash
Records, mixing a combination of folk andpunk music that appealed to many adolescents. Although the album was never a big
hit on the charts, it ended up going platinum near ...read more
Singer and guitarist Gordon Gano, percussionist Victor DeLorenzo, and bassist Brian Ritchie formed the Violent Femmes in 1982,
in Milwaukee,Wisconsin. They were discovered when James Honeyman-Scott, of the Pretenders, saw them playing on a
street corner in front of thevenue the Pretenders were playing at that night. A self-titled debut was released in 1983 on Slash
Records, mixing a combination of folk andpunk music that appealed to many adolescents. Although the album was never a big
hit on the charts, it ended up going platinum nearly tenyears after it's initial release. The record did, however, spawn some
successful singles, including "Blister in the Sun", "Add It Up", and "KissOff". Although the band released many other albums
(their third being produced by Jerry Harrison of the Talking Heads), none couldmeasure up to the success of the debut. « hide |
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