Event Listing - Music
Thu May 15

Gordon Gano & the Ryan Brothers

with special guest: keyboardist of The Talking Heads


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$15
Tickets

Location
Date and Time
Boom Boom Room
1601 Fillmore Street
San Francisco, CA 94115 map
cross street: Geary
district: Japantown/Fillmore

Thu May 15 (Doors at 8pm, Show at 9:45pm)

Description
Violent Femmes lead singer and originator Gordon Gano brings his brand new sensational - present day music makin' ridiculously fetchingly and plain excellent band Gordon Gano & the Ryan Brothers to the Boom Boom Room for their Debut Show on the West Coast.

Gordon Gano of The Violent Femmes, a multi-platinum recording artist, is one of the most influential songwriters in alternative rock music. He has influenced bands such as Weezer, Arcade Fire, Interpol, and Gnarls Barkley, who recently recorded "Gone Daddy Gone" for their hit record St. Elsewhere. Brothers Billy and Brendan Ryan, formerly of The Bogmen, currently score films (The Heartbreak Kid) and have joined Gano in a new musical collaboration, appropriately titled *GanoRyan*.