Interview with Violent Femmes' Brian Ritchie | From the Music Desk

In this hilarious interview Brian Ritchie shows incredible recall of events and stories in Milwaukee from long ago. Ritchie describes winning a costume contest despite not dressing up, witnessing Bruce Springsteen's famous "bomb scare" show in Milwaukee because he had nowhere else to go when the show initially got canceled, and he describes the story that the song American Music tells through it's melody.

[@fotojay]

Cool interview. Thanks for posting!

[@brocklesner5306]

Amazing Musician. 👏 love his work! Finally got to see him a couple months ago. Great interview!

[@mads1097]

love to hear him talk about milwaukee!

[@Belguimofficial]

Such an underrated band! BR is one of the best bass players that’s ever lived! The three original Femmes live, NOTHING like it!

[@thorman944]

"we tried to sound like the Ramones, but acoustic"... think about it... 9 words that almost perfectly describe the Violent Femmes.

[@thorman944]

515 views, 15 likes, 2 comments to an interview with what may be the greatest bass player who ever lived. this is insane. I play guitar 90%, keyboard drums and bass the other 10%, but Brian Richie has always been one of my favorite musicians of all time.

[@John-or4rp]

I know Brian's Sister Stephenie. She is a beautiful soul who has Cerabal Palsy. We became good friends because I picked Stephenie and her husband Kurt up on a city bus on a daily basis. My name is John and I am a bus driver in Milwaukee and I can honestly say that Stephenie misses her brother Brian. He will understand what I am saying.