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In Does Rock 'N' Roll Kill Braincells?!, we quiz a grizzled artist on their own career to see how much they can remember – and find out if the booze, loud music and colour-sorted M&Ms has knocked the knowledge out of them. This week: Violent Femmes frontman Gordon Gano. 1: JK Rowling once reviewed the Violent Femmes’ eponymous 1983 debut album. What score did she give it? “Somebody showed it to me. I know it was favourable. She liked it, but I don’t recall an exact scoring system.” WRONG. She rated it 8.5 out of 10, commenting that on first listen she has “an […]The post Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Gordon Gano, Violent Femmes appeared first on NME.
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