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.

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.

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, ...

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 ...