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- Violent_Femmes abstract "Violent Femmes are an American punk rock band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, initially active from 1980 to 1987 and again from 1988 to 2009. As of 2013, they are active again. The band has performed as a trio, including singer, guitarist and songwriter Gordon Gano, bassist Brian Ritchie, and four drummers: Victor DeLorenzo (1980–1993, 2002–2009 and 2013), Guy Hoffman (1993–2002), Brian Viglione (2013–2016), and John Sparrow (2016-present).The Violent Femmes have released eight studio albums and fifteen singles during the course of their career. The band found immediate success with the release of their self-titled debut album in early 1983. Featuring many of their well-known songs, including \"Blister in the Sun\", \"Kiss Off\", \"Add It Up\" and \"Gone Daddy Gone\", Violent Femmes became the band's biggest-selling album and was eventually certified platinum by the RIAA. Violent Femmes went on to become one of the most successful alternative rock bands of the 1980s, selling over 9 million albums by 2005. After the release of their third album The Blind Leading the Naked (1986), the band's future was uncertain and they split up in 1987, when Gano and Ritchie went solo. However, they regrouped a year later, releasing the album 3 (1989). Since then, Violent Femmes' popularity continued to grow, especially in the United States where the songs \"Nightmares\" and \"American Music\" cracked the top five on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.".
- Violent_Femmes activeYearsEndYear "1987".
- Violent_Femmes activeYearsStartYear "1980".
- Violent_Femmes background "group_or_band".
- Violent_Femmes bandMember Brian_Ritchie.
- Violent_Femmes bandMember Gordon_Gano.
- Violent_Femmes formerBandMember Brian_Viglione.
- Violent_Femmes formerBandMember Guy_Hoffman.
- Violent_Femmes formerBandMember Victor_DeLorenzo.
- Violent_Femmes genre Folk_punk.
- Violent_Femmes genre Punk_rock.
- Violent_Femmes hometown Milwaukee.
- Violent_Femmes hometown Wisconsin.
- Violent_Femmes recordLabel Elektra_Records.
- Violent_Femmes recordLabel Mushroom_Records.
- Violent_Femmes recordLabel Reprise_Records.
- Violent_Femmes recordLabel Rough_Trade_Records.
- Violent_Femmes recordLabel Slash_Records.
- Violent_Femmes thumbnail Violent_Femmes_8221.jpg?width=300.
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- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink 3_(Violent_Femmes_album).
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- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Add_It_Up_(1981–1993).
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Alternative_Songs.
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Barenaked_Ladies.
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Beyond_(record_label).
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- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Cajón.
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Category:Alternative_rock_groups_from_Wisconsin.
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_buskers.
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_post-punk_music_groups.
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- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Category:People_from_Milwaukee,_Wisconsin.
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- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Children_of_the_Revolution_(song).
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- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Coachella_Valley_Music_and_Arts_Festival.
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Colin_Hay.
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Country_music.
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Crazy_(Gnarls_Barkley_song).
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Demo_(music).
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- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Gospel_music.
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- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Hallowed_Ground_(Violent_Femmes_album).
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink James_Honeyman-Scott.
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Jerry_Harrison.
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink John_Zorn.
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink MONA_FOMA.
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Milwaukee.
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- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Music_video.
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink New_Times_(album).
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Oil_Tasters.
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Oriental_Theatre_(Milwaukee).
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Permanent_Record:_Live_&_Otherwise.
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Permanent_Record:_The_Very_Best_of_Violent_Femmes.
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- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink RIAA_certification.
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Record_Store_Day.
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Recording_Industry_Association_of_America.
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Reprise_Records.
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Rhino_Entertainment.
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- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Rough_Trade_Records.
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Slash_Records.
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Somethings_Wrong_(album).
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Sousaphone.
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink South_Park:_Bigger,_Longer_&_Uncut_(soundtrack).
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Steve_Mackay.
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Street_performance.
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Summerfest.
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Sydney_Opera_House.
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink T._Rex_(band).
- Violent_Femmes wikiPageWikiLink Talking_Heads.