Title: Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes
Year/Genre: 1983, Alternative Rock/Folk Punk
Condition: New
Cultural Facts:
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Recorded on a $10,000 budget after the band was discovered busking outside a Pretenders concert in Milwaukee.
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Songs like “Blister in the Sun” and “Add It Up” became cult anthems of adolescent frustration and awkward rebellion.
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Its stripped-down acoustic punk style influenced generations of indie and alt-rock acts through the 1990s and beyond.
