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Turned Out A Punk

Episode 369 - Brian Ritchie (Violent Femmes, Plasticland)

Turned Out A Punk

Turned Out A Punk

Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Turned Out A Punk brings ALL their equipment on the bus! Today on the show, the Violent Femmes’ 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!!!

Also, don’t miss the brand new 30th anniversary reissue of the Violent Femmes’ “Why Do Birds Sing?” (and the reissue of “Add It Up” on vinyl!) on Craft Recordings, in stores now!

Also Touched On:

Love for the Violent Femmes

Being into proto-punk

The Blue Magoos

Lunch with The Modern Lovers

Lou Reed

Creem

barricading the editor of Rock Scene in a studio

Zines

X-Press Zine: Pre Drivin’ N Cryin’

Going to Yes and loving prog

Finding the Velvet Underground

Recording with The Velvet Underground

Busking out of necessity

“Slash is only label that wanted us.”

Jonathan Richman: “You kinda sound like I sounded when I was your age!”

hardcore

being broke but still being a “sell-out”

& SO MUCH MORE!!!



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and feeding me and the kids. So, Hello and welcome to another edition of Turned Out of Punk. I'm your host

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Damien Abraham and once again I'm bringing you a conversation with someone who

2:19.8

grew up listening to Punk may or may not still be involved with punk but had the life changed

2:23.8

by the genre in a major way. And see, on the show, someone that changed my life in a major way through

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their music, Brian Ritchie from the band The Violent Fems also did solo stuff and more on that in one second

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