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Rip It Up, Issue 84, 1 July 1984, Page 23

4#* -a mm m :c © 2 a; * 4 •« VIOLENT FEMMES HALLOWED GROUND At the time when record stores are full of bad and vulgar stuff, the strange and lovely talent of the Violent Femmes is tempting; completely irresistible. Global notoriety has grown from the Violent Femmes’ mildly wicked but exceedingly warm performances. Those New Zealanders who saw the band during their all too brief tour of Godzone remember them with affection. 'Hallowed Ground 7 is the second album from this provocative, acoustic/electric streetband, the pride and joy of Milwaukee.u< m D: f-t '~4/, V’ «-rr ■ A / S'* y--1 ) 1 f ' f t RANK & FILE LONG GONE DEAD Country Punk, Cow Punk, Punk & Western ... these are strange labels but they come closest to describing Rank & File whose first album ‘Sundown’ has grabbed En-Zedders by the ears. Tales of illegal aliens, the KKK, the unemployed, hippies, lovers, punks and cowboys are spun by Rank & File in the classic story telling tradition of country & western music. “By combining a country innocence with an urban ambition, Rank & File produces such a warm, .uplifting music that the group would be equally compatible on a bill with a country artist like Merle Haggard or intense rock acts like X or the Clash.” ON UJea RECORDS & TAPES