I made up songs as soon as I could speak," says Gordon Gano, the jovial singer and guitarist of Violent Femmes, a band that seemed fully formed when Gano was still a teenager. The band's self-titled ...

In this modern musical era where singles rule, the idea of an artist putting out a cohesive piece of work as an album carries far less cultural impact than it used to. Though its become increasingly ...

Early during a tribute show for the late Irish songwriters Sinéad O’Connor and Shane MacGowan, Gordon Gano of the Violent Femmes appeared with a broken-looking violin and bow. Tentatively and ...

But we lost our audience that way.” Despite the controversy, lead vocalist and guitarist Gordon Gano penned the songs for both albums at the same time while still in high school. “We could ...

I made up songs as soon as I could speak," says Gordon Gano, the jovial singer and guitarist of Violent Femmes, a band that seemed fully formed when Gano was still a teenager. The band's self ...