Name: | Gordon Gano |
Occupation: | Rock Singer |
Gender: | Male |
Height: | 163 cm (5′ 5”) |
Birth Day: | June 7, 1963 |
Age: | 57 |
Country: | Connecticut |
Zodiac Sign: | Gemini |
Gordon Gano
Trivia
Physique
Height | Weight | Hair Colour | Eye Colour | Blood Type | Tattoo(s) |
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163 cm (5′ 5”) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Before Fame
Influenced by Lou Reed and Hank Williams, Sr., he decided to start writing music. He formed Violent Femmes in 1980.
Biography
Biography Timeline
Gano was born in Connecticut to actor parents Norman and Faye Gano. The Gano family moved to Wisconsin in 1973, when his father opened an American Baptist church in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee. Rev. Gano, an accomplished actor, also formed a community theater group in Oak Creek, and Gordon appeared in many of its productions, notably “Sing Out, Sweet Land” in 1976. His father played guitar, and exposed his son to a wide array of musical genres, including country and western, show tunes, and gospel. The liner notes to the Violent Femmes’s compilation album Permanent Record describe Gano as “a devout Baptist”.
In 1979 the Gano family moved to nearby Hales Corners, where his father took over an existing American Baptist congregation. At this time Gordon began attending Milwaukee public school—Rufus King High School, from which he graduated in 1981. After graduating from high school, he worked briefly as an encyclopedia salesman.
Gano joined Violent Femmes in Milwaukee in 1981 with bassist Brian Ritchie and drummer Victor DeLorenzo. They soon developed an enthusiastic following thanks to songs such as “Blister in the Sun,” “Kiss Off” and “Add It Up” (all included on their self-titled debut album). The band has experimented with a variety of sounds over the course of its career, such as country and western (Hallowed Ground) and pop-rock (The Blind Leading the Naked). Gano plays guitar, sings and writes most of the band’s songs.
During a Violent Femmes hiatus in the late 1980s, Gano formed a gospel-punk group called The Mercy Seat with vocalist Zena Von Heppinstall, bassist Patrice Moran, and drummer Fernando Menendez. They toured internationally for two years and released a self-titled album in 1987 on Warner Music Group’s Slash Records. The album was re-released digitally in 2009 on Wounded Bird Records.
Gano released his first solo album in 2002, titled Hitting the Ground. He shared vocal duties with Manuel Cruz, lead singer of the Portuguese rock band Ornatos Violeta in the song “Capitão Romance,” with Gano singing in Portuguese. Gano also played violin on Ben Vaughn’s 1990 album Dressed in Black.
Gano wrote, recorded and performed with ex-members of The Bogmen, Billy and Brendan Ryan, under the name Gordon Gano & The Ryans. Their only album, Under the Sun, was released in September 2009 on Yep Roc Records.
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