Gordon Gano and the Ryans coming up at the Knitting Factory Brooklyn this Saturday, November 14th. Also on the bill are .357 Lover and Mimicking Birds. Doors are at 8:00 PM, Gano and the Ryans are on at 10:30.
Gano, as you probably remember, was the guitarists and singer with the Violent Femmes. Here's the story in a nutshell, and thanks in advance:
Gordon Gano and his band the Violent Femmes helped define post-punk's nerdy cool, establishing Gano as one of rock's most original singer/songwriters. After a seven-year hiatus, Gano is back to offer his bittersweet tunes to a whole new generation of fans. Along with Brendan and Billy Ryan (the Ryans), Gano released Under the Sun on September 15th, 2009.
In 1983, Gordon Gano and his band the Violent Femmes released their self-titled debut, still believed to be by many critics one of the best rock albums of our time. Described as, "The Grandfathers of folk-punk...rock's dadaist improvisers...the sonic personification of anxiety...blues cubists," and "...spokesmen for misfits," the band would go on to define ‘80s angst and be the unlikely poster children for the still nascent alternative music movement. Violent Femmes is famously the first album to ever gain platinum status without ever charting on the Billboard Top 100. To date, the album has sold nearly two million copies.
The music that inspired his collaboration with the Ryan brothers spawned during fertile sessions in the cafe's, bars and laundromats of New York City's West Village. Known for their own band the Bogmen and a healthy film score career (Fever Pitch, The Heartbreak Kid, MO) Brendan and Billy Ryan bring musicality and new color to Gordon's visceral lyricism and signature adenoidal drawl.
A direct inspiration to today's indie folk and pop artists alike (The Arcade Fire and Gnarls Barkley both regularly perform Gano's songs, the latter recording "Gone Daddy Gone" for their debut album St. Elsewhere), Under the Sun is only Gordon's second solo offering and surely his most cohesive. The ever-swimming shark, Gano and company move toward another chapter in the canon of rock.
Gano, as you probably remember, was the guitarists and singer with the Violent Femmes. Here's the story in a nutshell, and thanks in advance:
Gordon Gano and his band the Violent Femmes helped define post-punk's nerdy cool, establishing Gano as one of rock's most original singer/songwriters. After a seven-year hiatus, Gano is back to offer his bittersweet tunes to a whole new generation of fans. Along with Brendan and Billy Ryan (the Ryans), Gano released Under the Sun on September 15th, 2009.
In 1983, Gordon Gano and his band the Violent Femmes released their self-titled debut, still believed to be by many critics one of the best rock albums of our time. Described as, "The Grandfathers of folk-punk...rock's dadaist improvisers...the sonic personification of anxiety...blues cubists," and "...spokesmen for misfits," the band would go on to define ‘80s angst and be the unlikely poster children for the still nascent alternative music movement. Violent Femmes is famously the first album to ever gain platinum status without ever charting on the Billboard Top 100. To date, the album has sold nearly two million copies.
The music that inspired his collaboration with the Ryan brothers spawned during fertile sessions in the cafe's, bars and laundromats of New York City's West Village. Known for their own band the Bogmen and a healthy film score career (Fever Pitch, The Heartbreak Kid, MO) Brendan and Billy Ryan bring musicality and new color to Gordon's visceral lyricism and signature adenoidal drawl.
A direct inspiration to today's indie folk and pop artists alike (The Arcade Fire and Gnarls Barkley both regularly perform Gano's songs, the latter recording "Gone Daddy Gone" for their debut album St. Elsewhere), Under the Sun is only Gordon's second solo offering and surely his most cohesive. The ever-swimming shark, Gano and company move toward another chapter in the canon of rock.
