Turned Out A Punk brings ALL their equipment on the bus! Today on the show, the Violent Femmes\u2019 BRIAN RITCHIE stops in to talk punk! Listen in as Damian sits down, with the founding member of one of his favourite bands to talk about going from being one of the most hated bands in Milwaukee, to touring the world. From the heavy influence of the Modern Lovers, to jamming with the Velvet Underground, to being harassed on the street by Sacred Order: THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED!!!\n
\n\nAlso, don\u2019t miss the brand new 30th anniversary reissue of the Violent Femmes\u2019 \u201cWhy Do Birds Sing?\u201d (and the reissue of \u201cAdd It Up\u201d on vinyl!) on Craft Recordings, in stores now!\n
\n\nAlso Touched On:\n
\n\nLove for the Violent Femmes\n
\n\nBeing into proto-punk\n
\n\nThe Blue Magoos\n
\n\nLunch with The Modern Lovers\n
\n\nLou Reed\n
\n\nCreem\n
\n\nbarricading the editor of Rock Scene in a studio\n
\n\nZines\n
\n\nX-Press Zine: Pre Drivin\u2019 N Cryin\u2019\n
\n\nGoing to Yes and loving prog\n
\n\nFinding the Velvet Underground\n
\n\nRecording with The Velvet Underground\n
\n\nBusking out of necessity\xa0\n
\n\n\u201cSlash is only label that wanted us.\u201d\n
\n\nJonathan Richman: \u201cYou kinda sound like I sounded when I was your age!\u201d\n
\n\nhardcore\xa0\n
\n\nbeing broke but still being a \u201csell-out\u201d\n
\n\n& SO MUCH MORE!!!\n
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