Violent Femmes

Genres: Rock, Folk, Acoustic, Alternative Rock, Punk Rock

Violent Femmes

Ranking

  • Rank: #40 of 411 bands on the BandRank leaderboard
  • ELO score: 1069
  • Record: 6 wins, 1 loss, 0 ties in head-to-head votes

Bio

Violent Femmes are an American folk punk band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. The band consists of founding members Gordon Gano and Brian Ritchie, joined by multi-instrumentalist Blaise Garza, and drummer John Sparrow. Former members of the band include drummers Victor DeLorenzo, Guy Hoffman (1993–2002), and Brian Viglione (2013–2016). Violent Femmes are considered to be an integral part of the then-underground folk punk and alternative rock scenes of the 1980s, and remain influential or inspirational to the subsequent movements, particularly on folk rock, indie rock, grunge, pop punk, emo, and the late 1980s and 1990s alternative rock scene.

Bio source: Wikipedia

Albums

  • Violent Femmes (1983)
  • Hallowed Ground (1984)
  • Why Do Birds Sing? (1991)

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