Husker Du : Classic or Dud, Search and Destroy.

Then all through the nineties I never listened to any of their records. A couple of months ago, I decided to put on New Day Rising. And I was left feeling ... well, nothing. If anything, it sounded like the Mother of All Emo Records, which would of course be a bad thing.

Funny how a decade can change one's perceptions so greatly.

Anyway, I heard "Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely" on the radio today for the first time in a long time and it sounded like the Foo Fighters! (Except for the fact that it was much more well written, of course!)

I also really like reading Julio's early posts.

Woah. That is almost exactly the list I'd post, 'cept I'd add in "Books About UFOs" 'cuz it's sweet.

I don't like Zen Arcade that much as an album. I love some of the tracks on it, but I'd be way more likely to listen to New Day Rising all the way through.

Fucking classic, even now. The only album that's not up to scratch is Candy Apple Grey.

"Brick on your head, 'cause you're a fuckhead" to the naysayers.

It occurs to me now Warehouse is the one, that was the name of only album of Husker Du I had. It was about 60% enjoyable as I recall.

The singles were always good, don't get me wrong...Eight Miles High was great too. I heard their version of that before anyone else's, actually. I don't feel cheated by that at all.

That was the Hated's theory, anyway...

Incidentally, listening to DNA and sirone late last year made me realize how the bass could work and what a blind spot that was for me even though those aren't exactly rock. I haven't heard 'zen arcade' in ages so i should revisit this.

(thanks sundar, that must've been one of my v first posts on ilm though for better or worse I could never use a word like 'quality' or 'integrity' again nor 'influence' or 'emotion' without explaining it)

(Did I just say that?)

Also, Greg Norton, being the most underrated member of the band, is such a great bassist. I walk around most days with a loop of "Statues" running on repeat in my brain.

Any coincidence that this thread has been revived just after that special sometime in April when we add another hour?

Sugar's Copper Blue is better than the last Husker records, though, whoever said that was OTM.

Search: side one of New Day Rising, played in the sequence it was released

Destroy: "Reoccurring dreams", "The Baby Song", about half of Warehouse: Songs & Stories.

So here's a question that I've had for twenty years:

Why is it that on the inside of Zen Arcade it says "All songs written by whoever sings it except for "Someday" that Grant wrote"?

Didn't Grant also sing it, so it would still fall under "song written by singer" rule?

Ah, I see it's the only song with lyrics on the album that has two songwriters. Still, Grant Hart sang a song that he wrote.

ahem, Bob Mould was a writer for WCW, not WWF.

and, classic - new day rising (the song). fucking great.

Classic. Nothing beats the first side/half of New Day Rising.

Classic. Those SST records are timeless

They could at least have given Greg one of these weird credits like "Yoko: Wind" to beef up his instruments line.

Oops, wrong thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdFryHOAmlQ

Would love to see a copy of the insert from Land Speed record. It had a list of bands that people should check out. It has always stuck in my head that there was a band listed called the Maggot Brains listed which had me wondering about the array of influences on original US punk bands, though it could have just sounded like a good name and only have distant connection to the Funkadelic lp.

I love the band just as they're heading into the psychedelic stuff so Zen Arcade & New Day Rising and the live in London dvd which has me as a skinny 17 year old thrashing about. Probably also Metal Circus though I haven't heard it in ages. & definitely live sets from late 83- around 86.

I also love the Bob Mould '89 tour stuff that was recorded with Tony Maimone and Anton Fier as a rhythm section. Think there may have been a 2nd guitarist for some of that too.
Not sure what exactly is in circulation but do really like it.

The one time I saw Sugar I was so bored I started reading the book that was in my pocket.

There's a how to buy the Huskers in the new Brian Jones cover Mojo as I discovered minutes after my last posting. Thought there must be an edition due so looked it up and lo and behold.

Good news from Numero:

The rumors are true. On January 30, 1985, Hüsker Dü recorded a peak high performance to 24 track tape at Minneapolis’s First Avenue club in front of their hometown massive. This performance was supposed to come out as a live album later that year, but the band’s rapid upward trajectory caused priorities to shift. The tapes were shelved – thought to be possibly lost in the same 2011 house fire that consumed a precious portion of the Hüsker Dü archive. Nearly 40 years later, these tapes have been rescued from the abyss, and we’ve tasked the team at Steve Albini’s Electrical Audio on the transferring and Beau Sorensen at Tiny Telephone for the mixdowns.

Today we are dropping the first batch for your listening pleasure alongside a limited '85 era tour shirt available this week only. We have a bunch of boxes of ephemera, photos, and tapes to go through so sit tight; we’re in the midst of a miracle year.

Streaming services have the first part of the '85 show mentioned.

awesome

EGAD!!

Is this the widely bootlegged radio broadcast where they play early versions of Candle Apple Grey tracks?

With the You're So Square cover?

Is this coming out on a physical medium?

sounds great, and i want that t-shirt dammit

gah me too

On their Instagram stories they said:

"I don't know what the plan is for vinyl and CD but we have this 85 tour shirt up for pre order. Will only be available this week."

I bought the shirt, fuck yeah

How does one order the shirt?

https://numerogroup.com/products/husker-du-85-tour-shirt?variant=44718110212294

oooh thanks, tshirt ordered!

YES

haha yes I too am a sucker for a repro vintage tour shirt

Been wearing my XL Warehouse tee I bought from Virgin Megastore in 1992. Super baggy tees are good in this hot, hot weather.

the same 2011 house fire that consumed a precious portion of the Hüsker Dü archive

I'm a glass-half-empty kind of guy because this is the first time I've heard of this and it really fucking sucks. (Happy about the live release, day 1 purchase for me, but still bummed about this among other world events.)

yeah I had never heard of that either, can someone summarize?

Grant Hart’s childhood home in South Saint Paul burned down. He had inherited it (I think) but in any event it was still in the family and had a lot of memorabilia. Fortunately Grant had donated some of his archive to the Minnesota Historical Society shortly before.

Want the shirt!

My guess is they are doing a run based on advanced orders, but it would be hilarious if ILX bought them out and the only people with shirts were ILXors.

No chance. All my HD loving friends already knew about it before ilx (except me)

Knew about, but did they order it?! Now is our chance to corner the market!

xp one of Grant's cats survived that fire by taking shelter in a guitar case, which is a pretty great silver lining

Oh they sure did
xp

Weirdly I don't recall seeing it mentioned in the SST group.

I was at the Montreal show listed on that shirt. in the basement of Berri church. very tempted.

Ordered my shirt!

They were not sold out of smalls lol

Yeah I expect that most of us vintage HD fanz, even meee, have expanded a bit.