“I made up songs as soon as I could speak,” says Gordon Gano, the jovial singer and guitarist of Violent Femmes, a band that seemed fully formed when Gano was still a teenager. The band’s self-titled ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Folk pop veterans Violent Femmes are touring North America this fall, ending the run where it all began for the band in Milwaukee.

The debut Violent Femmes album turns 45 this year. to celebrate the band is going on a West Coast tour. That starts February 26 and runs through early march. The trek is dubbed "45 Years of Violent ...

It only took four notes for the crowd to ignite into a song about drug use, possibly masturbation on Saturday night at the Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory. The song became a cult classic in the ’80s ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR)- Folk-punk legends Violent Femmes are making a stop in Roanoke this summer as part of their “45 Years of Violent Femmes” tour. The acoustic-driven group formed in 1981 in Milwaukee ...

Violent Femmes have announced US tour dates for this fall. The band will be hitting the road on October 3 in Wilmington, Delaware, and will wrap up the tour on October 18 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

On Aug. 2, drenched in nostalgia and sweat, the concertgoers at San Francisco’s Stern Grove Festival reminisced about early years of youthful angst as the Violent Femmes flooded the grove with their ...

Violent Femmes wrapped up their fall tour with a homecoming concert at the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee on Oct. 19. It was their second consecutive night performing in their hometown, the setlist ...

Folk pop veterans Violent Femmes are touring North America this fall, ending the run where it all began for the band in Milwaukee. The Riverside Theater Oct. 18 will be the final stop of the Femmes' ...