Check out Hallowed Ground by Violent Femmes on Amazon Music. This is a somber song, featuring piano in addition to the band’s standard instrumental mix. GORDON GANO: lead vocals, electric and acoustic guitar, fiddleThe music on this Compact Disc was originally recorded on analog equipment. But we lost our audience that way. 3. Gordon’s father was a minister. 5:02 PREVIEW I Hear the Rain. We have attempted to preserve, as closely as possible, the sound of the original recording. We could’ve put out a double or put “Hallowed Ground” first and then the first album. 1:31 PREVIEW Never Tell. Violent Femmes proved the critics right on a coast-to-coast club tour late that year. The second album from one of the ’80’s most eclectic and innovative young bands, 1984’s Hallow Ground highlights music that is, at the same time, muscular, minimalist and mysterious. Like the band's first album, the songs were mostly written by singer/guitarist/lyricist Gordon Gano when he was in high school. To me, it’s more punk to defy your audience than to play what they want to hear. The material for the album was written and recorded before the release of their The album artwork is a photo of a sculpture created by Brian Ritchie was interviewed in 2018 about the album's divisive legacy: A departure from the straightforward rock style of their debut, Hallowed Ground was considerably divisive amongst fans and critics, with many at the time … 1984 Preview SONG TIME Country Death Song. We chose to make the first one a pop album and chose to make “Hallowed Ground” this sprawling exploration of American roots music.
Because of its high resolution, however, the Compact Disc can reveal limitations of the source tape.Slash Records Manufactured and Distributed by Warner Bros. Records Inc., Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.com. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2019 Green Vinyl release of Hallowed Ground on Discogs. So that was something he was into. The returned to the studios in early ’84 with producer Mark Van Hecke to begin work on a follow-up. After the surprise success of their landmark debut, Violent Femmes could have just released another collection of teen-rage punk songs disguised as folk, and coasted into the modern rock spotlight alongside contemporaries like the Modern Lovers and Talking Heads.Instead they made Hallowed Ground, a hellfire-and-brimstone-beaten exorcism that both enraged and enthralled critics and fans alike. Discover releases, reviews, credits, songs, and more about Violent Femmes - Hallowed Ground at Discogs. Joined by bassist Brian Ritchie and percussionist Victor De Lorenzo, the trio garnered a feverent local following before recording their self-titled debut album on Slash Records in 1983. "Country Death Song", for example, written by Gano during his high school classes, was inspired by the tradition of folk songsabout "terrible, horrific stories". People hated it. Hallowed Ground is the second album by Violent Femmes, released in June 1984. It’s a sound that has made Milwaukee-based trio Violent Femmes a pioneering force in modern music’s expressive potential.Formed in early 1982 on the thriving Milwaukee music scene, Violent Femmes was fashioned around the formidable singing, songwriting and multi-instrumental talents of Gordon Gano. We’re not considered in the Americana category. Hallowed Ground is the title cut from Violent Femmes' second album, released in 1984. They hated it because there were a few Christian songs on there. Complete your Violent Femmes collection. 1.
Vic and I weren’t religious, but we thought it was funny to play those songs for a punk crowd and rub them the wrong way. 2. Ironically, we had the material for both albums.
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