Violent Femmes were an American alternative rock band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, initially active between 1980 and 1987 and again from 1988 to 2009. The band performed as a trio, including: singer, guitarist and songwriter Gordon Gano, bassist Brian Ritchie, and two drummers, Victor DeLorenzo (1980–1993 and 2002–2009) and Guy Hoffman (1993–2002).
The Violent Femmes released eight studio albums and fifteen singles during the course of their career. The band found immediate success with the release of their self-titled debut album in 1982. Featuring many of their well-known songs, including "Blister in the Sun", "Kiss Off", "Add It Up" and "Gone Daddy Gone", Violent Femmes became the band's biggest-selling album and eventually went platinum by the RIAA. The Violent Femmes went on to become one of the most commercially successful rock bands of the 1980s and 1990s, selling over 9 million albums by 2005. After the release of their third album The Blind Leading the Naked (1986), the band's future was uncertain and they split up in 1987, when Gano and Ritchie went solo. However, they regrouped a year later, releasing the album 3 (1989). Since then, The Violent Femmes' popularity continued to grow on, especially in the United States where the songs "Nightmares" and "American Music" cracked the top five on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.
Violent Femmes is the debut album by Violent Femmes, released on November 30, 1982, and again one year later (with two extra tracks "Ugly" and "Gimme the Car").The album went platinum nine years after it was released.
In 2002, Rhino Records remastered the album, filled out the disc's length with demos, and added another disc of live tracks and a radio interview for a 20th anniversary special edition, with liner notes by Michael Azerrad. Most of the songs on the album were written when the songwriter, Gordon Gano, was still in high school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Violent Femmes peaked at #171 on Billboard's Top 200 album chart.
The cover photograph is by Ron Hugo and the little girl on the cover is called Billie Jo.
Violent Femmes
1982 Rhino Records
VIOLENT FEMMES
Gordon Gano(v/g), Brian Ritchie (b), Victor DeLorenzo (d)
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Track listing1. "Blister in the Sun" – 2:252. "Kiss Off" – 2:56 3. "Please Do Not Go" – 4:15 4. "Add It Up" – 4:44 5. "Confessions" – 5:32 6. "Prove My Love" – 2:39 7. "Promise" – 2:49 8. "To the Kill" – 4:01 9. "Gone Daddy Gone" – 3:06 10. "Good Feeling" – 3:52 nWu BONUS"Blister In the Sun" (Remix)US CD bonus tracks11."Ugly" – 2:2112."Gimme the Car" – 5:04 20th Anniversary Edition bonus tracks11."Girl Trouble" (demo) - 3:0712. "Breakin' Up" (demo) - 5:17 13. "Waiting for the Bus" (demo) - 2:08 14. "Blister in the Sun" (demo) - 2:35 15. "Kiss Off" (demo) - 2:49 16. "Please Do Not Go" (demo) - 4:18 17. "Add It Up" (demo) - 4:35 18. "Confessions" (demo) - 5:20 19. "Prove My Love" (demo) - 2:50 20. "Ugly" (UK single) - 2:22 21. "Gimme the Car" (UK single) - 5:07 20th Anniversary Edition bonus live disc1. "Special" (live) - 4:272. "Country Death Song" (live) - 5:25 3. "To the Kill" (live) - 4:19 4. "Never Tell" (live) - 7:17 5. "Break Song" (live) - 0:41 6. "Her Television" (live) - 2:28 7. "How Do You Say Goodbye" (live) - 2:43 8. "Theme and Variations" (live) - 0:54 9. "Prove My Love" (live) - 3:19 10. "Gone Daddy Gone" (live) - 3:32 11. "Promise" (live) - 3:09 12. "In Style" (live) - 3:43 13. "Add It Up" (live) - 6:15 14. Michael Feldman Interview from WHA-FM - 4:09 15. "Kiss Off" (live on WHA-FM) - 3:31 | Blister In the Sun (Lyrics)when I'm out walkin' i strut my stuff yeah i'm so strung out i'm high as a kite i just might stop to check you out let me go on... like I blister in the sun let me go on... big hands, I know you're the one body and beats, i stain my sheets i don't even know why my girlfriend, she's at the end she is starting to cry let me go on... like I blister in the sun let me go on... big hands, i know you're the one when i'm out walkin', i strut my stuff yeah i'm so strung out i'm high as a kite i just might stop to check you out when I'm out walkin', i strut my stuff yeah i'm so strung out i'm high as a kite i just might stop to check you out body and beats, i stain my sheets i don't even know why my girlfriend, she's at the end she is starting to cry when i'm out walkin' i strut my stuff yeah i'm so strung out i'm high as a kite i just might stop to check you out let me go on... like I blister in the sun let me go on... big hands, i know you're the one |
LINE UP
Gordon Gano (guitar, violin, lead vocals)Brian Ritchie (acoustic bass guitar, electric bass guitar, xylophone, vocals)
Victor DeLorenzo (drum set, Scotch marching bass drum, snare drum and tranceaphone, vocals)
Mark Van Hecke (piano on 'Good Feeling')
Luke W. Midkiff (percussion on 'Kiss Off')
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