AAANNNDD...Meg saw (and met) the Femmes in Santa Cruz at the Catalyst.
Pics are HERE!! Click
HERE!!!
This is our page for The Violent Femmes, straight out of Wisconsin. The Femmes are Gordon Gano (vocals and guitar), Brian Ritchie(bass), and Guy Hoffman(drums/percussion). Their former drummer was Victor Delorenzo.
Here is a picture
of the Femmes (Guy, Gordon, Brian):
Here is a picture of Gordon when we went to see the Femmes at a concert put on by a local radio station (KOME):
Here's Brian (photo from Violent Femmes Official Web Site)
Here
is a picture of Guy from the Violent Femmes site
Gordon Gano
Albums:
Violent Femmes, Slash 1983
Hallowed Ground, Slash 1984
The Blind Leading the Naked, Slash/Warner, 1986
3, Slash/Warners 1988
Debacle: the first decade, Liberation,1990
Why Do Birds Sing? Slash/Reprise 1991
Add It Up, Slash/Reprise 1993
New Times, Electra 1994
Machine. Electra 1994
Rock!!!!!, Mushroom/Liberation 1995....released only in Australia/New Zealand
Viva Wisconsin!!!, 1999
Freak Magnet, Beyond Music/BMG 2000
Singles:
Gone Daddy Gone/Good Feeling
Ugly/Gimme the Car
Children of the Revolution/World Without Mercy
Nightmares/World We're Living In
I Held Her in My Arms/ Flamingo Baby(live)
Breakin' Up/Peter Jest
Tonight
Compilations/Soundtracks/Etc.
Slash Cuts; Slash/London 1985.. Contains a live version
of "Faith"
I was A Teenage Zombie... (soundtrack) 1984 "Good
Feeling"
The Crow, (Soundtrack) 1994... "Color Me Once"
Levi's 501 Jeans. CD contains a commercial VF recorded
for Levis. 1994
Reflex magazine Sept/Oct 1991 issue. Contains a flexidisc
of an early live performance of
"Special" recorded in 1981.
Woodstock 94 A&M 1994... Medley: Dance Motherfucker,Dance!!!/Kiss
Off
Mystery Men Soundtrack
South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut soundtrack
Videos:
No, Let's Start Over... Polygram Home Video 1986.
released only in
England
Woodstock 94. A&M 1994... Medley: Dance, Motherfucker
Dance!!!/Kiss Off
Promotional Videos:
Gone Daddy Gone... Directed by Doug and Steve Martin
Children of The Revolution... Mick Haggerty
Nightmares... Martin Atkins
American Music... Adam Bernstein
Used To Be... Phil Waters
I held Her In My Arms... Mick Haggerty
Machine...Sean Casey
Tonight... Sean Casey
(info found on the Femmes Official page)
The Violent Femmes Official Web Page. This page kicks ass!
I need a date to the prom
would you like to come along
nobody would go to the prom with me, baby
they didn't like american music
they never heard american music
they didn't know the music was in my soul, baby
- American Music-
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