The Milwaukee PBS manufacturing of the Chicago/Midwest Emmy Award-Successful Violent Femmes: fortieth Anniversary with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra will make its nationwide debut on PBS stations throughout the nation tonight Friday, December 13 at 9 PM ET with an encore broadcast at 10:15 PM ET. It is usually out there to stream on Violent Femmes: fortieth Anniversary with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.
A celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Violent Femmes’ iconic debut self-titled album, the documentary options the Femmes performing hits from the document together with “Blister within the Solar,” “Kiss Off,” “Add It Up” and “Gone Daddy Gone” with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. It was produced and recorded by Milwaukee PBS on the Bradley Symphony Middle on October 3, 2023 in the course of the Violent Femmes’ fortieth Anniversary tour.
As soon as hailed because the “soundtrack to male puberty,” Violent Femmes’ first document amplified teenage angst and alienation within the Nineteen Eighties with such songs as “Kiss Off,” “Add It Up,” and “Gone Daddy Gone,” written by Lead Vocalist and Guitarist Gordon Gano earlier than he’d even gotten his driver’s license. The album, which was largely autobiographical, would later show to embody among the strongest anthems of a disenchanted youth that the world has ever identified. And whereas it took 10 years to go Platinum and hit the Billboard Prime 200, it has now bought three million copies worldwide and continues to be in rotation on in the present day’s prime rock stations, substantiating it as greater than a easy battle cry for a misunderstood youth. At present, it stands as a pillar of an American underground motion, and the most effective early examples of other rock.
“We’re excited to share this unbelievable live performance with our viewers in addition to PBS stations across the nation,” mentioned Debbie Hamlett, normal supervisor of Milwaukee PBS. “Listening to this superb music with a ‘backup’ symphony is an expertise I hope you’ll always remember!”
To view the trailer, go to https://video.nhpbs.org/video/trailer-umwskj/?utm_source=nhpbs-footer-video&utm_medium=nhpbs-footer&utm_campaign=nhpbs-footer
The Violent Femmes: fortieth Anniversary with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra live performance will air on most PBS stations on December 13 and on remaining stations from December 14 till the top of the month. For a whole program schedule, go to https://whyy.org/television/whyy-tv-schedule/.
For extra data, go to https://vfemmes.com.
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