Permanent Record - Live & Otherwise is a DVD released by the Violent Femmes

Violent Femmes

Violent Femmes were an American alternative rock band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, initially active between 1980 and 1987 and again from 1988 to 2009...

 on July 12, 2005. The first thirteen tracks were filmed during a live concert at The Boat House in Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. With a population of 242,803 as of the 2010 Census, it is Virginia's second-largest city behind neighboring Virginia Beach....

 on July 21, 1991. Tracks 14 through 20 are music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

s. The last track is footage of an impromptu performance of "Kiss Off", in front of the Downer Theater in the band's hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee is the largest city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the 28th most populous city in the United States and 39th most populous region in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. According to 2010 census data, the...

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Duration: 80 minutes. Tracks 1 though 13: 49 minutes

As noted in the packaging of the DVD, "The Boat House" concert has become famous for the intense heat endured during the performance. An unusually hot east-coast summer during 1991 added together with the heat generated by equipment and lighting had created a temperature of 130 degrees Fahrenheit on-stage as measured with a thermometer. The band members performed in tank-tops while many members of the audience chose to go shirtless to deal with the heat.

Line-up

• Gordon Gano
  Gordon Gano
  Gordon James Gano is an American musician. He is best known for being the singer, guitarist and songwriter of American alternative rock band Violent Femmes.-Early life:...
  
  
• Brian Ritchie
  Brian Ritchie
  Brian Ritchie was the bass guitarist for the alternative rock band Violent Femmes.In addition to his bass playing, Ritchie is proficient at the shakuhachi, a Japanese bamboo flute...
  
  
• Victor DeLorenzo
  Victor DeLorenzo
  Victor DeLorenzo was born on October 25, 1954, and is best known as the drummer for the folk-punk band the Violent Femmes.He grew up in Racine, Wisconsin and has lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, since. He has been a drummer since the age of sixteen, but an actor since the age of five...
  
  
• Guy Hoffman
  Guy Hoffman
  Guy Hoffman is a drummer and vocalist, formerly of such bands as Oil Tasters, BoDeans, Violent Femmes and Absinthe. He is a composer for such films as Field Day and a founding member of Radio Romeo.-Life:...
  
   (tracks 19, 20)
• Caleb Alexander (track 8)

Track listing

1. "Look Like That"
2. "Out The Window"
3. "Fat"
4. "Blister in the Sun
   Blister in the Sun
   "Blister in the Sun" is a song by the American alternative rock band Violent Femmes, originally released on their 1983 self-titled debut album. It has also been covered by Nouvelle Vague, on their 2009 album 3. This version was used in an episode Gossip Girl.In August 2007, Gordon Gano was the...
   
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5. "Prove My Love"
6. "Country Death Song"
7. "Old Mother Reagan"
8. "Confessions"
9. "Girl Trouble"
10. "Add It Up"
11. "Kiss Off"
12. "Good Feeling"
13. "More Money Tonight"
14. "Gone Daddy Gone/I Just Want To Make Love To You"
15. "Children of the Revolution"
16. "I Held Her In My Arms"
17. "American Music"
18. "Used To Be"
19. "Breakin' Up"
20. "Machine"
21. "Kiss Off"