"Blister In The Sun", Violent Femmes & The Band Out of Time

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Sometimes it takes a while for a band to find their audience. Maybe their sound isn’t quite refined. Perhaps their debut doesn’t quite connect. Could be their hometown crowd aren’t receptive. For Violent Femmes, right out the gate their debut was a perfect encapsulation of who they were: snaking basslines, minimalist drums, scrappy acoustic guitar and frontman Gordon Gano’s snottily-yelped teenage desperation. But in 1983 it wasn’t a hit. They were a nineties band trapped in the wrong decade. Folk and punk in equal measure, this is the story of the Violent Femmes’ self-titled debut.

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00:00 Introduction
00:39 The Origins of Violent Femmes
07:01 Violent Femmes' Self Titled Debut
15:25 The Follow-Up: Hallowed Ground
18:20 The Legacy of Violent Femmes

Soundtrack
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