Brian Ritchie

~ Person

Relationships

member of:	The Green Mist Violent Femmes (from 1980 to present)
original member of:	The Break (Australian surf rock band)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/artist/323328 [info]
official homepages:	http://www.brianritchie.com/ [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/brian_ritchie [info]
stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/artist/4FJei38mF0i0vsOdMYW2Gu [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000619859 [info]
VIAF ID:	62870689 [info]
Wikidata:	Q2255815 [info]
Songkick:	https://www.songkick.com/artists/218099 [info]

Appearances

Date	Title	Credited as	Attributes	Artist	Length
	instruments
1981-09-12	Johnny (live, 1981-09-12: Beneath It All Cafe, Milwaukee, WI, USA)		bass	Violent Femmes	5:27
1981	Waiting for the Bus (demo)		bass	Violent Femmes	2:08
1982-07	Blister in the Sun		bass	Violent Femmes	2:25
1982-07	Gone Daddy Gone		bass and xylophone	Violent Femmes	3:06
1982-07	Kiss Off		acoustic bass guitar	Violent Femmes	2:57
1983-08-31 – 1983-09-01	Gimme the Car		bass	Violent Femmes	5:05
1983-08-31 – 1983-09-01	Ugly		bass	Violent Femmes	2:22
1984-01	Black Girls		bass and mouth harp	Violent Femmes	5:42
1984-01	Country Death Song		bass	Violent Femmes	5:03
1984-01	Jesus Walking on the Water		bass	Violent Femmes	3:07
1985-03-29	Degradation			Violent Femmes	0:35
1985-07 – 1985-09	Children of the Revolution		bass and guitar	Violent Femmes	4:19
1985-07 – 1985-09	Old Mother Reagan		bass	Violent Femmes	0:32
1986-02	Dance, Motherfucker, Dance!		bass	Violent Femmes	3:17
1990-11-08	Kiss Off (live, 1990-11-08: Palace Theatre, Melbourne, Australia)		bass	Violent Femmes	5:00
1991-07-21	Add It Up (live, 1991-07-21: The Boathouse, Norfolk, VA, USA)		bass	Violent Femmes	6:14
1992-04-06	Vancouver (live, 1992-04-06: Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC, Canada)		didgeridoo	Violent Femmes	2:14
1998	Country Death Song (live, 1998)		acoustic bass guitar	Violent Femmes	4:55
	4 Seasons		acoustic bass guitar	Violent Femmes	3:07
	36‐24‐36		bass	Violent Femmes	1:48
	36‐24‐36		guitar	Violent Femmes	1:48
	Add It Up		bass	Violent Femmes	4:44
	Add It Up		acoustic bass guitar	Violent Femmes	4:45
	Agamemnon		bass guitar and organ	Violent Femmes	2:57
	America Is		bass	Violent Femmes	2:11
	America Is		guitar	Violent Femmes	2:11
	American Music		acoustic bass guitar, didgeridoo, electric guitar and handclaps	Violent Femmes	3:50
	Bad Dream		autoharp	Violent Femmes	3:31
	Breakin’ Up		acoustic bass guitar and reed organ	Violent Femmes	4:02
	Breakin’ Up		guitar and solo	Violent Femmes	4:02
	Color Me Once		bass	Violent Femmes	4:10
	Didgeriblues		didgeridoo	Violent Femmes	2:35
	Do You Really Want to Hurt Me		acoustic bass guitar, bouzouki and electric guitar	Violent Femmes	4:51
	Don’t Start Me on the Liquor		bass guitar	Violent Femmes	4:08
	Fat		bass	Violent Femmes	1:49
	Flamingo Baby		acoustic bass guitar and ukulele	Violent Femmes	2:37
	Freak Magnet		bass	Violent Femmes	2:35
	Gimme the Car		bass	Violent Femmes	5:09
	Girl Trouble		acoustic bass guitar	Violent Femmes	2:58
	Good Feeling		bass	Violent Femmes	3:52
	He Likes Me		acoustic bass guitar	Violent Femmes	3:07
	Hey Nonny Nonny		acoustic bass guitar	Violent Femmes	4:35
	I Danced		guitar and solo	Violent Femmes	2:13
	I Hate the TV		guitar	Violent Femmes	2:10
	I Hate the TV		bass	Violent Femmes	2:10
	I Held Her in My Arms		bass	Violent Femmes	2:53
	I Held Her in My Arms ("previously unreleased", Add It Up)		bass	Violent Femmes	3:01
	I Saw You in the Crowd		bass guitar and electric piano	Violent Femmes	4:07
	I’m Free		acoustic bass guitar, banjo, electric guitar and mouth harp [jaw harp]	Violent Femmes	3:25
	Jesus of Rio		double bass	Violent Femmes	3:33
	Jesus Walking on the Water		bass	Violent Femmes	3:09
	Key of 2		bass guitar, nose flute and piano	Violent Femmes	3:31
	Lack of Knowledge		acoustic bass guitar and electric bass guitar	Violent Femmes	1:55
	Lies (live) (live, 1992-04-03: Leavey Activities Center, Santa Clara, CA, USA)		bass	Violent Femmes	5:49
	Life Is a Scream		bass guitar [8-string slide wah wah bass]	Violent Femmes	1:55
	Life Is an Adventure		organ	Violent Femmes	2:55
	Look Like That		acoustic bass guitar, electric guitar and glockenspiel	Violent Femmes	2:46
	Machine		double bass, keyboard and theremin	Violent Femmes	4:39
	Mirror Mirror (I See a Damsel)		bağlama (saz) family, double bass and reed organ	Violent Femmes	4:30
	More Money Tonight		electric bass guitar	Violent Femmes	3:59
	New Times		bass guitar, electric sitar and keyboard	Violent Femmes	4:07
	Nightmares		bass guitar [bass]	Violent Femmes	3:33
	Out the Window		acoustic bass guitar	Violent Femmes	2:52
	This Island Life		double bass and electric sitar	Violent Femmes	5:31
	Used to Be		acoustic bass guitar	Violent Femmes	3:39
	When Everybody’s Happy		double bass	Violent Femmes	3:35
	World We’re Living In		bass	Violent Femmes	5:16
	performed
	Gotta Get to Peekskill		guest	Dropkick Murphys feat. Violent Femmes	2:46
	produced
	4 Seasons			Violent Femmes	3:07
	Agamemnon			Violent Femmes	2:57
	American Music			Violent Femmes	3:50
	American Music			Violent Femmes	3:37
	American Music (LP version)			Violent Femmes	3:51
	Bad Dream			Violent Femmes	3:31
	Balkan Falcon			Violent Femmes	3:59
	Blister 2000			Violent Femmes	2:58
	Blister in the Sun			Violent Femmes	2:09
	Breakin’ Up			Violent Femmes	4:02
	Color Me Once (live version)			Violent Femmes	4:39
	Dahmer Is Dead			Violent Femmes	0:41
	Death Drugs			Violent Femmes	3:16
	Didgeriblues			Violent Femmes	2:35
	Do You Really Want to Hurt Me			Violent Femmes	4:51
	Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?		additional	Violent Femmes	?:??
	Don’t Start Me on the Liquor			Violent Femmes	4:08
	Flamingo Baby			Violent Femmes	2:37
	Girl Trouble			Violent Femmes	2:58
	He Likes Me			Violent Femmes	3:07
	Hey Nonny Nonny			Violent Femmes	4:35
	I Danced			Violent Femmes	2:13
	I Saw You in the Crowd			Violent Femmes	4:07
	I Wanna See You Again			Violent Femmes	2:46
	I’m Free			Violent Femmes	3:25
	I’m Nothing			Violent Femmes	2:35
	Jesus of Rio			Violent Femmes	3:33
	Key of 2			Violent Femmes	3:31
	Lack of Knowledge			Violent Femmes	1:55
	Life Is a Scream			Violent Femmes	1:55
	Life Is an Adventure			Violent Femmes	2:55
	Living a Lie			Violent Femmes	2:21
	Look Like That			Violent Femmes	2:46
	Machine			Violent Femmes	4:39
	Machine (Dogpile remix)			Violent Femmes	4:44
	Machine (LP version)			Violent Femmes	4:39
	Mirror Mirror (I See a Damsel)			Violent Femmes	4:30
	More Money Tonight			Violent Femmes	3:59
	New Times			Violent Femmes	4:07
	Out the Window			Violent Femmes	2:52
	She Went to Germany			Violent Femmes	2:25
	Sweet Worlds of Angels			Violent Femmes	4:06
	Thanksgiving (No Way Out)			Violent Femmes	3:39
	This Island Life			Violent Femmes	5:31
	Tonight			Violent Femmes	1:56
	Used to Be			Violent Femmes	3:39
	When Everybody’s Happy			Violent Femmes	3:35
	recording engineer for
	A Story		additional	Violent Femmes feat. Pierre Henry	5:00
	Machine			Violent Femmes	4:39
	vocals
1981	Waiting for the Bus (demo)			Violent Femmes	2:08
1982-07	Blister in the Sun			Violent Femmes	2:25
1982-07	Gone Daddy Gone			Violent Femmes	3:06
1982-07	Kiss Off			Violent Femmes	2:57
1983-08-31 – 1983-09-01	Gimme the Car			Violent Femmes	5:05
1983-08-31 – 1983-09-01	Ugly			Violent Femmes	2:22
1984-01	Black Girls			Violent Femmes	5:42
1984-01	Country Death Song			Violent Femmes	5:03
1985-07 – 1985-09	Children of the Revolution			Violent Femmes	4:19
1985-07 – 1985-09	Love & Me Make Three		lead vocals	Violent Femmes	2:53
1985-07 – 1985-09	Old Mother Reagan			Violent Femmes	0:32
1986-02	Dance, Motherfucker, Dance!			Violent Femmes	3:17
1990-11-08	Kiss Off (live, 1990-11-08: Palace Theatre, Melbourne, Australia)			Violent Femmes	5:00
1991-07-21	Add It Up (live, 1991-07-21: The Boathouse, Norfolk, VA, USA)			Violent Femmes	6:14
	4 Seasons			Violent Femmes	3:07
	36‐24‐36			Violent Femmes	1:48
	Add It Up			Violent Femmes	4:44
	Agamemnon			Violent Femmes	2:57
	America Is			Violent Femmes	2:11
	American Music			Violent Femmes	3:50
	Color Me Once			Violent Femmes	4:10
	Don’t Start Me on the Liquor			Violent Femmes	4:08
	Fat			Violent Femmes	1:49
	Freak Magnet			Violent Femmes	2:35
	Gimme the Car			Violent Femmes	5:09
	Girl Trouble			Violent Femmes	2:58
	Good Feeling			Violent Femmes	3:52
	He Likes Me			Violent Femmes	3:07
	Hey Nonny Nonny			Violent Femmes	4:35
	I Hate the TV			Violent Femmes	2:10
	Key of 2			Violent Femmes	3:31
	Lack of Knowledge			Violent Femmes	1:55
	Lies (live) (live, 1992-04-03: Leavey Activities Center, Santa Clara, CA, USA)			Violent Femmes	5:49
	Life Is a Scream			Violent Femmes	1:55
	Look Like That			Violent Femmes	2:46
	Mirror Mirror (I See a Damsel)			Violent Femmes	4:30
	More Money Tonight			Violent Femmes	3:59
	New Times			Violent Femmes	4:07
	Nightmares			Violent Femmes	3:33
	Out the Window			Violent Femmes	2:52
	World We’re Living In			Violent Femmes	5:16
	design
	Freak Magnet			Violent Femmes
	instruments
1981 – 1983-09-01	Violent Femmes (remastered & expanded)		acoustic bass guitar	Violent Femmes
1981 – 1983-09-01	Violent Femmes (remastered & expanded)		xylophone	Violent Femmes
1981 – 1983-09-01	Violent Femmes (remastered & expanded)		electric bass guitar	Violent Femmes
1982-07	Violent Femmes		electric bass guitar	Violent Femmes
1982-07	Violent Femmes		acoustic bass guitar, electric bass guitar and xylophone	Violent Femmes
1982-07	Violent Femmes		electric bass guitar	Violent Femmes
1982-07	Violent Femmes		acoustic bass guitar, electric bass guitar and xylophone	Violent Femmes
1982-07	Violent Femmes		acoustic bass guitar	Violent Femmes
1982-07	Violent Femmes		xylophone	Violent Femmes
1982-07	Violent Femmes		acoustic bass guitar	Violent Femmes
1982-07	Violent Femmes		acoustic bass guitar, electric bass guitar and xylophone	Violent Femmes
1982-07	Violent Femmes		electric bass guitar	Violent Femmes
1982-07	Violent Femmes		acoustic bass guitar	Violent Femmes
1982-07	Violent Femmes		xylophone	Violent Femmes
1982-07	Violent Femmes		xylophone	Violent Femmes
1982-07 – 1983-09-01	Violent Femmes		electric bass guitar	Violent Femmes
1982-07 – 1983-09-01	Violent Femmes		electric bass guitar	Violent Femmes
1982-07 – 1983-09-01	Violent Femmes		acoustic bass guitar	Violent Femmes
1982-07 – 1983-09-01	Violent Femmes		xylophone	Violent Femmes
1982-07 – 1983-09-01	Violent Femmes		acoustic bass guitar	Violent Femmes
1982-07 – 1983-09-01	Violent Femmes		electric bass guitar	Violent Femmes
1982-07 – 1983-09-01	Violent Femmes		xylophone	Violent Femmes
1982-07 – 1983-09-01	Violent Femmes		acoustic bass guitar	Violent Femmes
1982-07 – 1983-09-01	Violent Femmes		xylophone	Violent Femmes
1984-01	Hallowed Ground		guitarrón mexicano [mariachi bass]	Violent Femmes
1984-01	Hallowed Ground		mouth harp [jews harp]	Violent Femmes
1984-01	Hallowed Ground		celesta	Violent Femmes
1984-01	Hallowed Ground		marimba	Violent Femmes
1984-01	Hallowed Ground		bass [slide bass]	Violent Femmes
1984-01	Hallowed Ground		electric bass guitar	Violent Femmes
1984-01	Hallowed Ground		guitarrón mexicano [mariachi bass]	Violent Femmes
1984-01	Hallowed Ground		guitarrón mexicano [mariachi bass]	Violent Femmes
1984-01	Hallowed Ground		celesta	Violent Femmes
1984-01	Hallowed Ground		marimba	Violent Femmes
1984-01	Hallowed Ground		bass [slide bass]	Violent Femmes
1984-01	Hallowed Ground		electric bass guitar	Violent Femmes
1984-01	Hallowed Ground		mouth harp [jew's harp]	Violent Femmes
1984-01	Hallowed Ground		electric bass guitar	Violent Femmes
1984-01	Hallowed Ground		bass [slide bass]	Violent Femmes
1984-01	Hallowed Ground		marimba	Violent Femmes
1984-01	Hallowed Ground		celesta	Violent Femmes
1984-01	Hallowed Ground		mouth harp [jews harp]	Violent Femmes
1984-01	Hallowed Ground		guitarrón mexicano [mariachi bass]	Violent Femmes
1984-01	Hallowed Ground		electric bass guitar	Violent Femmes
1984-01	Hallowed Ground		bass [slide bass]	Violent Femmes
1984-01	Hallowed Ground		marimba	Violent Femmes
1984-01	Hallowed Ground		celesta	Violent Femmes
1984-01	Hallowed Ground		mouth harp [jews harp]	Violent Femmes
1985-07 – 1985-09	The Blind Leading the Naked		slide whistle	Violent Femmes
1985-07 – 1985-09	The Blind Leading the Naked		bass, guitar family, mouth harp and slide whistle	Violent Femmes
1985-07 – 1985-09	The Blind Leading the Naked		bass	Violent Femmes
1985-07 – 1985-09	The Blind Leading the Naked		mouth harp [jaw harp]	Violent Femmes
1985-07 – 1985-09	The Blind Leading the Naked		bass, guitar family, mouth harp and slide whistle	Violent Femmes
1985-07 – 1985-09	The Blind Leading the Naked		guitar	Violent Femmes
1991-07-20	BBC Live		bass	Violent Femmes
1998-10-25 – 1998-10-31	Viva Wisconsin		acoustic bass guitar, conch, harmonica, shakuhachi, soprano saxophone, theremin and xylophone	Violent Femmes
2000-04-22	Archive Series No. 2: Live in Chicago: Q101	Brian Tairaku Ritchie	bass guitar	Violent Femmes
2000-04-22 – 2004-04-22	Archive Series Nos. 1 & 2	Brian Tairaku Ritchie	bass guitar	Violent Femmes
2000-04-22 – 2004-04-22	Archive Series Nos. 1 & 2	Brian Tairaku Ritchie	shakuhachi	Violent Femmes
2004-04-22	Archive Series No. 1: Live in Iceland: “According to Tradition”	Brian Tairaku Ritchie	shakuhachi	Violent Femmes
2004-04-22	Archive Series No. 1: Live in Iceland: “According to Tradition”	Brian Tairaku Ritchie	bass guitar	Violent Femmes
	3		bass guitar [bass]	Violent Femmes
	3		bass	Violent Femmes
	Debacle: The First Decade		bass	Violent Femmes
	Freak Magnet		percussion	Violent Femmes
	Freak Magnet		bass	Violent Femmes
	Freak Magnet		keyboard	Violent Femmes
	Freak Magnet		bass	Violent Femmes
	Freak Magnet		other instruments	Violent Femmes
	Freak Magnet		shakuhachi	Violent Femmes
	Freak Magnet		guitar	Violent Femmes
	Happy New Year		acoustic bass guitar	Violent Femmes
	Hotel Last Resort		baritone guitar	Violent Femmes
	Hotel Last Resort		percussion	Violent Femmes
	Hotel Last Resort		acoustic bass guitar	Violent Femmes
	It’s Gonna Rain		electric bass guitar	Violent Femmes
	It’s Gonna Rain		guitarrón mexicano [mariachi bass]	Violent Femmes
	It’s Gonna Rain		marimba	Violent Femmes
	It’s Gonna Rain		bass [slide bass]	Violent Femmes
	It’s Gonna Rain		celesta [celeste]	Violent Femmes
	It’s Gonna Rain		mouth harp [jews harp]	Violent Femmes
	Rock!!!!!		acoustic bass guitar	Violent Femmes
	The Blind Leading the Naked		bass, guitar family, mouth harp and slide whistle	Violent Femmes
	The Blind Leading the Naked		bass, guitar family, mouth harp and slide whistle	Violent Femmes
	We Can Do Anything		acoustic bass guitar	Violent Femmes
	We Can Do Anything		acoustic bass guitar	Violent Femmes
	liner notes
2005-02	Viva Wisconsin			Violent Femmes
	produced
	Violent Femmes (remastered & expanded)			Violent Femmes
	Why Do Birds Sing?			Violent Femmes
	Why Do Birds Sing?			Violent Femmes
	Why Do Birds Sing?			Violent Femmes
	Why Do Birds Sing?			Violent Femmes
	vocals
1981 – 1983-09-01	Violent Femmes (remastered & expanded)			Violent Femmes
1982-07	Violent Femmes			Violent Femmes
1982-07	Violent Femmes			Violent Femmes
1982-07	Violent Femmes			Violent Femmes
1982-07	Violent Femmes			Violent Femmes
1982-07	Violent Femmes			Violent Femmes
1982-07	Violent Femmes			Violent Femmes
1982-07 – 1983-09-01	Violent Femmes			Violent Femmes
1982-07 – 1983-09-01	Violent Femmes			Violent Femmes
1982-07 – 1983-09-01	Violent Femmes			Violent Femmes
1984-01	Hallowed Ground			Violent Femmes
1984-01	Hallowed Ground			Violent Femmes
1984-01	Hallowed Ground			Violent Femmes
1984-01	Hallowed Ground			Violent Femmes
1985-07 – 1985-09	The Blind Leading the Naked			Violent Femmes
1985-07 – 1985-09	The Blind Leading the Naked			Violent Femmes
1985-07 – 1985-09	The Blind Leading the Naked			Violent Femmes
1991-07-20	BBC Live		background vocals	Violent Femmes
1998-10-25 – 1998-10-31	Viva Wisconsin			Violent Femmes
2000-04-22	Archive Series No. 2: Live in Chicago: Q101	Brian Tairaku Ritchie	background vocals	Violent Femmes
2000-04-22 – 2004-04-22	Archive Series Nos. 1 & 2	Brian Tairaku Ritchie	background vocals	Violent Femmes
2004-04-22	Archive Series No. 1: Live in Iceland: “According to Tradition”	Brian Tairaku Ritchie	background vocals	Violent Femmes
	Debacle: The First Decade			Violent Femmes
	Freak Magnet			Violent Femmes
	Freak Magnet			Violent Femmes
	Happy New Year			Violent Femmes
	Hotel Last Resort			Violent Femmes
	It’s Gonna Rain			Violent Femmes
	Rock!!!!!			Violent Femmes
	The Blind Leading the Naked			Violent Femmes
	The Blind Leading the Naked			Violent Femmes
	We Can Do Anything			Violent Femmes
	We Can Do Anything			Violent Femmes
	composed
	Love & Me Make Three
	Machine
	Theme and Variations
	Vancouver
	When Everybody’s Happy
	wrote
	A Story
	Balkan Falcon
	Break Song
	Color Me Once
	Degradation
	Didgeriblues
	Mosh Pit

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