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 ...

But founding members Gordon Gano (guitar/vocals) and Brian Ritchie (bass) were faced with a dilemma. If they went chronologically, that means they’d be kicking off the show with their most ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...