Violent Femmes

It's been that long for me too (1999 at Bumbershoot) and yeah, they were really great.

hey I was at the '99 Bumbershoot as well! Not where I saw the Femmes though. Great weird Sonic Youth show that year.

Ha, small world! I have the vaguest recollection of SY, I've never been much a fan, so I likely wandered off somewhere else. Didn't they play after Master Musicians of Jajouka?

nah that was Lee sitting in with them iirc

I also saw Cat Power do a great "wavering on the high wire" solo set

Yeah, I love them. I saw them play at SUNY Albany with TMBG in 1997ish? They always make me happy when I listen to them. Was singing "American Music" the other day.

haven't seen the violent femmes since the US tour for the blind leading the naked, sometime in (the fall of?) 1986. went with a bunch of high school friends; we'd all graduated the year before. the femmes had "the horns of dilemma" along, a saxophone destruction unit consisting (i think?) of peter balestrieri and steve "funhouse" mackay. noisy, atonal, free as fuck. most of my friends hated them, said they'd ruined the show, but i loved everything about it.

haha yes that was the horn section I was referring to, had forgotten their name but you are OTM and it was great

I very distinctly remember a young woman, probably in her early 20s at the time, holding her hands over her ears yet still staring, fascinated

new song is cool, sound & arrangement reminiscent yeah of the 1st lp, energy level is much reduced tho

first saw them at Folk City, January 1983

it's 2015 and i'm here to apologize for using the verb "spazz out"

First saw them in Providence in 1984. The marched through the crowd with snare drums, then broke into "Prove My Love." Awesome. New song is pretty forgettable, though.

Saw 'em around 83 or so . Loved them then, lost interest later, and haven't checked back (yet) for no real reason. But maybe I should.

JK Rowling reviews the first album, apparently for real:

http://ramalbumclub.com/post/150765863879/week-75-violent-femmes-by-violent-femmes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDpcVKtxB4g

i was listening to the radio the other day and i heard this song that sounded like some kind of fake Donovan ethno hippie weirdness, but definitely not '60s. i had this feeling that maybe i was listening to animal collective, because it sounded like what i always imagined animal collective might sound like. or i thought it was king lizard, and i felt a pang because i didn't want to admit i liked that band, lol. well, reader, it was the violent femmes! pretty good. i didn't know they made music like this and probably would've been more eager to check out the discog if i'd heard this before.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XidZ1sY8ujw
Candlelight Song

The original lineup talks about making the first record and how they got together in Milwaukee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIu-QeO5Y3I

This was really good. Thanks.