{"product_id":"freak-magnet-bonus-tracks","title":"Freak Magnet [Bonus Tracks]","description":"The Violent Femmes: Brian Ritchie (vocals, guitar, shakuhachi, keyboards, bass, percussion); Gordon Gano (vocals, guitar); Guy Hoffman (vocals, drums, percussion).\u003cbr\u003eAdditional personnel: Pierre Henry.\u003cbr\u003eProducers: Violent Femmes, Warren Bruleigh, Pierre Henry, Tom Grimley.\u003cbr\u003eEngineers include: Martin Brass, Bil Emmons, Warren Bruleigh.\u003cbr\u003eViolent Femmes: Brian Ritchie (bass instrument); Guy Hoffman (percussion); Gordon Gano.\u003cbr\u003ePersonnel: Brian Ritchie (vocals, guitar, shakuhachi, keyboards, percussion); Gordon Gano (vocals, guitar); Guy Hoffman (vocals, drums).\u003cbr\u003eAudio Mixers: Warren A. Bruleigh; David Vartanian; Martin Brass.\u003cbr\u003eAudio Remasterer: Keith Blake.\u003cbr\u003eLiner Note Author: Gordon Gano.\u003cbr\u003eRecording information: Big House; Nine Lives; Odin; Re, DV's Pervision Room; Son; SoundTrack.\u003cbr\u003eDespite approaching middle age, the Violent Femmes--and in particular, frontman Gordon Gano--remain rock's premier poets of pissed-off, resentful adolescence, which is both their strength--consistency--and their weakness--the pose now seems more like, well, a pose rather than a heartfelt expression. Fortunately, Gano is by now such a pro songwriter that he can fake pretentious teen angst quite convincingly, and his uniquely choked vocal style--he sounds alternately like Buddy Holly, Tom Verlaine, Lou Reed, and David Byrne--hasn't aged a bit. The band's sound remains, as before, a mix of acoustic punk and rockabilly, and it's heard to particularly good advantage here on the very funny title song, \"Hollywood Is High,\" and the anthemic \"Mosh Pit.\" In a nice historic touch, the Femmes also pay homage to their Minnesota ancestors the Trashmen on the \"Surfin' Bird\"-derived \"New Generation\" (co-credited, if you can believe it, to avant-garde jazzman Albert Ayler), an obscure oldie whose comic dementia is obviously of a piece with the Femmes' general esthetic.","brand":"MovieMars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50855220150559,"sku":"826663068221","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/7833\/0399\/files\/06642557bb8a519f2a9c60fc4c4137e3_33ca2e7d-3f49-412c-aab5-6b5e5672553a.jpg?v=1777940524","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemars.com\/products\/freak-magnet-bonus-tracks","provider":"MovieMars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}