Did he really? I had no idea.
I liked their music, but was turned off by their pro-homosexual agenda at the time.
Gordon Gano, The lead singer of the Violent Femmes declared his Born again status a number of years ago. He toured with the same band and had a number of songs that no body wanted to hear.
Everybody wanted them to play their classics.
It is my understanding, but I could be wrong, that it was the Bass player that wrote most of the Violent Femmes stuff back in the day.
I am or was a fan of their music. For a three piece band to put out so much sound is still amazing.
I never thought of them having a homosexual agenda, overtones in one song yes, but an agenda ?
Much like the Doors for me. While I can accept that Morrison experimented with the occult, I don’t believe he actually was a devil worshiper etc..
Most of what I hear from them is literally a test of their audience and what their audience will follow.
After all, Jim Morrison called his audience a bunch of slaves. He knew the game.
I don’t mean to pile on, however I would like to point you to this interview with Jim Morrison from 1970.
It’s very likely that he was drunk when he gave this interview, but he is extremely deliberate with his words.
Very prophetic for 1970.
Media and culture.
His thoughts about sexual repression, historically may have been true, but have become the complete 180 of what we see today. This part he got wrong. I don’t think he thought the left would use sexual freedom to destroy capitalism.
It is 26 minutes, but very well worth it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQfr-BtcDII