Violent Femmes

A new British independent poll conducted by Ipsos Mori concluded that the people who do the most illegal downloading also buy the most music. Read More

I've been waiting forever to find the right time to post this. Read More

It has always been about the music for me. Read More

When I was a teenager the Violent Femmes had me wrapped around their proverbial finger. Read More

Following the release of their first album, the difficult to pin down Under the Sun, Gordon Gano and the Ryan Brothers will be performing at the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett tonight at 8 p.m. Gano, of course, is the former lead singer/songwriter of the post-punk group The Violent Femmes, an innovative group founded in the early '80s and known for songs like "Blister in the Sun" and "Good Feeling," as well as spearheading the folk-punk genre. Read More

One of the best-known lyrics Gordon Gano penned for his band the Violent Femmes comes in the middle of the song "Kiss Off." Gano sarcastically sings, "I hope you know that this will go down on your permanent record," capturing, in a cliché just about every school kid can remember hearing, the angst, rebellion and teenaged snottiness of a generation. Read More