The post The Story Behind Violent Femme’s Widely Misinterpreted Classic “Blister in the Sun”: Podcast appeared first on Consequence. “I had been to a poetry reading and exchanged a number with a woman ...

Formed as an acoustic punk band in 1981 in Milwaukee, the Violent Femmes eponymous debut album became the first and only album in Billboard history to enter the charts with a platinum certification—a ...

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, and to celebrate, they’ll be ...

When you think of a power trios in rock, you may think of Rush, ZZ Top, Cream, The Jimi Hendrix Experience or Nirvana — bands that packed a punch through a stack of amps. But consider the unexpected ...

The Violent Femmes’ song “Blister in the Sun” is one of the songs of the 1980s. It’s both a cult classic and a pop hit with the acoustic opening, that piercing cartoonish voice, and those ...