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Originally Posted by All_Nite_Dinah
The violent femmes were one of the best things to ever come out of Wisconsin.
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LOL - sorry but what ELSE has come out of Wisconsin?!
Anyways.. yeah. Long time fan here. Though only like their early stuff really. They've been around for ages! I remember listening to them when still at home with the Parents (13 years ago) and my neighbor came over and said he used to listen to them when he was in Uni...
Violent Femmes, along with Pixies, REM and maybe Pavement are what made college radio back in the day.
Seen them a few times actually too. Most recently last year at ATP. They stuck out like a sore thumb on the line up (same stage as Throbbing Gristle for instance, wtf?!). The crowd knew their 2-3 big numbers but mostly they didn't like em much. It didn't help that they went on about god/religion a bit too...
I've played some acoustic nights and have done a couple covers of them as well...