The Milwaukee PBS manufacturing of the Chicago/Midwest Emmy Award-Profitable 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’s also obtainable 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 file 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 throughout the Violent Femmes’ fortieth Anniversary tour.
As soon as hailed because the “soundtrack to male puberty,” Violent Femmes’ first file amplified teenage angst and alienation within the 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 a number of 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 High 200, it has now bought three million copies worldwide and remains to be in rotation on right now’s prime rock stations, substantiating it as greater than a easy battle cry for a misunderstood youth. As we speak, it stands as a pillar of an American underground motion, and among the finest early examples of different rock.
“We’re excited to share this unimaginable 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 tip 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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