Nov, 2006
Brew City Sludge - Let's talk Drummers

Lane Klozier
Milwaukee's John Sparrow is one of the areas finest              players. His style is not limited to any specific

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Nov, 2006
Why can't I get just one cup?

Jonathon Moran
Violent Femmes bass player Brian Ritchie has moved to           Australia, and plans on opening a Japanese tea shop in       Sydney.

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October, 2006
Brian Ritchie - Flying High with the Femmes

C.E. Hanifin
Somewhere high above the sea separating Australia from New        Zealand, Brian Ritchie crossed from his 20s into 30.

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August, 2006
Bob Dylan,Flaming Lips,Violent Femmes....

John-Paul McCorley
Next came the Violent Femmes, with the drummer De Lorenzo       taking centre stage flanked by singer/guitarist Gano,       and 'lead' bassist Ritchie....

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June, 2006
Femme Calls Tasmania Home

Paula Wriedt, MHA
Minister for Tourism, Arts and the Environment

Legendary bass player and founding member of internationally renowned band....
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May, 2006
Violent Femmes - First Avenue

Mat Dogwillo, Thrifty Hiptster

They've been a rock staple, albeit an underappreciated one...
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May, 2006
Violent Femmes - American Music

An acoustic punk documentary - American Music Film

8 minute trailer for upcoming documentary film Violent Femmes in AMERICAN MUSIC - an acoustic punk documentary....
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May, 2006
Bass Player Magazine - Middle Way
Brian Fox

Onstage, opposite singer/guitarist Gordan Gano’s introverted angst and drummer Victor DeLorenzo’s wild Vaudevillian antics, Brian Ritchie appears calm...
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March, 2006
Mix Magazine
Photos and text by Steve Jennings

An American cult band since the 1980's, the Violent Femmes are reasserting their claim to coolness with the release of Permanent Record.... 
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Wednesday, July 7, 2004
Femmes flourish despite cult status
By Rob Williams, Winnipeg Sun

Blister in the Sun is The Violent Femmes' hottest song. The classic slice of '80s alternative angst is the band's best-known number -- which can be a blessing and a curse...
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April 25, 2004
SKC Garden, Belgrade

Violent Femmes were part of the mini-revolution that hit the American rock underground in the Seventies, from which later emerged REM, Husker Du, The Replacements and other bands who would lay the foundations of the "grunge" generation. Legend has it...
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Violent Femmes Cult of Personality
By Tim Cashmere

Violent Femmes may just be the ultimate cult band. After 21 years and one slight line-up diversion the band have maintained a cult status with a core audience who never seem to get much older...
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Jam Showbiz

A collection of articles published by Canadian newspapers.
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trouser press
[Ira Robbins/j. poet]

The Violent Femmes burst out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the early '80s, a remarkably original trio...
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Violent Femmes -- Peaceful Men
Story by Chris Ridder

The Violent Femmes took the national music scene by storm in 1982 after rising from humble Milwaukee roots...
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