{"product_id":"violent-femmes-violent-femmes-33-1-3-book","title":"VIOLENT FEMMES - VIOLENT FEMMES - 33 1\/3 BOOK","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThrough rare access to the Violent Femmes and their archives, this book investigates the creation of such iconic songs as \"Blister in the Sun\", \"Kiss Off\", \"Add it Up\" and \"Prove My Love\", as well as the album's recording process.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe self-titled debut from Milwaukee post-punk acoustic trio the Violent Femmes is one of those rare albums that seems to have altered the course of popular music and influenced just about everyone who heard it while also managing to operate almost entirely outside of the mainstream. Released in 1983 to little sales or attention, the band was so iconoclastic that it couldn't even engender support from Milwaukee's anti-establishment punk scene. Over the ensuing years, though, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eViolent Femmes\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003emanaged to exert itself as an unstoppable cultural force, ascending the college radio charts and spreading through word-of-mouth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eViolent Femmes\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003edidn't sound like anything else when it was made, and it still doesn't sound like anything else. The album somehow exists both outside of time and as one of the most evocative and enduring artifacts of the alternative '80's.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished    14 May 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat    Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition    1st\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages    136\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN    9798765133514\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImprint    Bloomsbury Academic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions    165 x 121 mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeries    33 1\/3\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher    Bloomsbury Publishing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"ROCK \u0026 ROLL HALL OF FAME BOOKSTORE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47317991325865,"sku":"9798765133514-R","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0515\/5982\/5577\/files\/VIOLENT_FEMMES_33_1_3_BOOK.jpg?v=1786041336","url":"https:\/\/shop.rockhall.com\/products\/violent-femmes-violent-femmes-33-1-3-book","provider":"Rock \u0026 Roll Hall of Fame Museum Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}