The debut album “Violent Femmes” was released on April 13, 1983, and passed without a lot of notice at first. On its initial release, it didn’t even crack the Billboard 200 album charts.

The Violent Femmes‘ self-titled debut album — which contains classics like “Blister in the Sun,” “Add it Up,” “Gone Daddy Gone,” “Kiss Off,” and more — turns 40 this year, ...

Violent Femmes have unveiled 2023 US tour dates to celebrate their 1983 self-titled debut’s 40th anniversary with “cover-to-cover” performances of the album’s entire tracklist.

S ongs change your life. Maybe it was a record spinning in sleepy coastal town on a trip to Europe, a dubbed cassette you used to listen to each morning on dawn patrols or a surf journey detoured to ...

Violent Femmes have announced a new 40th anniversary reissue of their 1983 self-titled debut featuring more than a dozen demos, B-sides, and live performances. They’ve also shared the a version ...

Milwaukee three-piece Violent Femmes didn’t coin the term “folk-punk” and they might not have been the first to play it. But after their 1983 self-titled debut, these one-time street ...

The Violent Femmes will play their debut album in its entirety with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra on Oct. 3, the MSO announced in a Facebook post Tuesday.. Tickets will go on sale June 9, the ...

Gordon Gano was still a high school kid when he wrote all the songs on Violent Femmes’ 1983 self-titled debut, an album that captured teen angst with songs such as “Blister In The Sun ...