Husker Du : Classic or Dud, Search and Destroy.

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A white-hot punk/pop blast? Or under-produced , tinny nonsense?

What do I think? Zen Arcade/Flip Your Wig/Warehouse are ace, overall Classic.

Search : "Pink Turns to Blue" (Zen Arcade), "Ice Cold Ice" (Warehouse)

Destroy : "The Baby Song" (Flip Your Wig)

Best Laugh : "Land Speed Record"

If only they had turned the bass, snare and kick drum up a bit post-Zen Arcade, they would have sounded ten times better. Then again, isn't that what Sugar did, and they weren't great. As you were - Classic.

― Dr. C, Friday, 9 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Classic, although I always thought Sugar's "Copper Blue" was better than any of the Husker Du albums because of that. Although search Zen Arcade, Flip your wig and Everything falls apart. They all have great songs too. I listened to Flip your wig recently and I thought it might have dated but it still sounds good. Destroy "Warehouse songs and stories", the songs are piss-poor and the production is damn annoying.

― , Friday, 9 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Dud. Listening to Husker Du now, it becomes clear that there are only 1 or 2 good songs out of the 20 or so on each CD. I go for underproduced tinny nonsense. Pink turns to Blue is good, but what else is good on Zen Arcade? Nothing. That song about the news is okay, until you realise it's going nowhere and actually isn't so catchy after a number of repititions.

― , Friday, 9 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Classic. If only because Bob Mould is now working for WWF Wrestling as a writer i believe, which has got to be cool. I'd like to see what day jobs other ex indie-punkers have to suffer (or maybe always did...?)

anyway

search: New Day Rising + Candy Apple Grey Destroy: Nova MOb

― Georgie, Friday, 9 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'll admit that it's tough to get past some of the trebly production, but I think Husker Du are third degree classic. Zen Arcade is one of few double records where I don't feel the need to keep hitting skip. That record still roars like no other. I also love Metal Circus, Flip Your Wig, New Day Rising and Candy Apple Grey; otherwise, it's a bit patchy. I'd probably laugh at hearing their superfast hardcore stuff again. "Punch Drunk" fits more lyrics in 30 seconds than an entire Led Zeppelin record. "Hoolabaloolablunk kickinpunchinkinkinpunch boolarbuulloola grrahh!!!!"

I'll agree that Sugar were the better band, though they didn't exactly blaze the trails that Husker Du did. Better rhythm section, more focused attack, etc. Some of David Barbe's songs are really good, but he's no Grant Hart, is he?

― Andy, Friday, 9 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

essential if only for "eight miles high."

― sundar subramanian, Friday, 9 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I wouldn't say classic or dud, but tremendously overrated. Bob Mould is a great guitar player but you'd never know it from the way those damn albums were produced. Grant Hart sings like a lachrymose Jim J Bullock. Juvenile lyrics (and not in a good way). Rhythm section stinks for the most part. Despite ALL THAT:

search: Metal Circus, "Pink Turns to Blue", "Eight Miles High", "Gir Who Lives On Heaven Hill", "Eiffel Tower High" (their greatest song, I think)

destroy: Sugar (way booooooooringgggggg)

― Kris S., Friday, 9 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

dud. granted, i have had limited exposure to their noise but i always came away from it remembering only the buzzing and silly vocals, bob mould has a terrible voice, sorry. there were never any details to stick with you, nothing to distinguish one song from another. and they should have been shot before becoming the alleged "godfathers" of grunge. but that is just me, i am still hoping someone will do a frank and walters - classic or dud.

― keith, Friday, 9 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Classic. No discussion. "Zen Arcade" is the one you have to search because it's simply one of the best rock albums ever. Fuck audiophile whining about production & other useless shit. Vision, loud guitars, good screaming voice. I'm not to wild about "Flip Yr Wig" though. Destroy: "Nevermind" ;)

― Omar, Saturday, 10 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'm leaning toward dud. I like about half of Flip Your Wig, but Zen Arcade did absolutely nothing for me. That's what I would consider a so-called classic that doesn't live up to the hype (or whatever that earlier ILM thread was called.) Warehouse Songs And Stories pretty much sucks, as do all of Grant Hart's songs. I haven't been in the mood for straight-up punk for a long time, so it's probably just me.

― Mark Richardson, Saturday, 10 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Classic. What's wrong with you lot. Can't you appreciate great guitar pop when you hear it. The last album, Songs and stories, is truly something. Can't believe the band split up after releasing that one. Fuck the Smiths (who released a couple of dreadful albums). In terms of quality Husker du were matched by only a few in the 80's.

There were so many great bands that husker du inspired- Pixies (who taught a certain K. Cobain about songwriting), afghan whigs, Royal trux, and that's to name a few.

In their time they made intense, emotional, angry guitar rock. They had honesty and integrity. MBV took a lot from them (weren't they the British version of the Du). Of course, Bob Mould would follow with Sugar, whose Copper Blue was in part influenced by Loveless.

Right now, with Fushitsusha in hibernation (they have not found a replacement for theitr drummer) we could really do with something like husker du.

― J.Desouza, Sunday, 11 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I was always more of a Grant Hart man myself - and was only listening to the ridiculously themed, but much better than Sugar "Last Days Of Pompeii" by Nova Mob this morning. Odd how that keeps coming back to my turntable.

Search "Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely" and "She Floated Away", Destroy "Crystal". I knid of like The Baby Song too.... (I see my tatses obvious run counter to nearly everyone else round here).

Definate Classic though - even with the knitting needle production.

― Pete, Monday, 12 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

One only needs to look at the Replacements thread to see that I think they're a classic, growly vocals and all. _Zen Arcade_ was the first really aggressive album I ever got into.

― Dan Perry, Monday, 12 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Used to like them, don't really enjoy them any more. I think dance music has been gradually eroding my capacity for loud messy punk.

Search: most of New Day Rising and Metal Circus, "Chartered Trips", "Pink Turns to Blue", "Turn On the News" Destroy: roughly two-thirds of the catalogue -- a best-of would be nice here because none of the albums are an unassailable listen

― Ian White, Tuesday, 13 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Gave them a go once. One of what seems like a thousand bands I was told I'd like because I liked the Pixies. But I didn't like any of the songs, so that was that. They were emotional for certain, but I couldn't empathise.

I find it really really difficult to work out why I like some American guitar rock a lot and some so little.

I'm interested at the number of dud votes here, though. My concerns about the forum are slightly allayed ;)

― Tom, Tuesday, 13 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Husker who?

― the pinefox, Tuesday, 13 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

two months pass...

you know what, i have no friggin idea if i like warehouse or not, i mean, someone told me to buy it bc he said its a great album, one of the best of all time, i listened to it the first time, i liked it, i listened to it again i still liked it but not as much, then i told my freinds to listen to it to c what they think of it, they all gave me the same answer, all the songs sound the same, its garbage, so then i listened to it again, i hated it, im not sure if i like it or not, im confused, can u help me?

― Samantha Chin, Tuesday, 5 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Classic- Was there any other 80's band that so ably fused punk noize, psychedelia, and power pop? Mould's guitar may have overdominated the mix but given the kaleidoscopic whirl of feedback-drenched harmonies he got out of it I can forgive the resultant 'tinny' production. Hart's drumming was frantic and aggressive, and is it true Gregg Norton (rock's finest moustache?) now runs a hamburger stall in Minneapolis? We clearly need more moustaches in pop music.

― Stevo, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

two months pass...

Jesus Christ, come on. "Pink Turns To Blue", "Celebrated Summer", "Find Me", "I Will Never Forget You", "The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill" ..... Husker Du were the best band of the 80's - an American Beatles in a lot of respects. The sheer prolific amazingness of their 5 classic albums in 4 years hasn't been achieved in Rock since.

― David Gunnip, Monday, 13 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

two weeks pass...

dude, Husker Du were the best! sure the production wasn't great, but husker du made serious, angsty, loud catchy punkish poppish stuff into an *art* ... screw the buzzcocks! "zen arcade" seemed ridiculously thin and aggressive when i first got it, but one day i listened to it all the way through very loud and it was like a revelation, what a record! "new day" and "warehouse" - the aggressive and pretty sides of the same coin - are both killer also.

if you people really hate the band's production, pick up the live lp "the living end" - makes the "warehouse" stuff much less tame and actually sounds *good* (gosh...)

― jay, Friday, 31 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

screw the buzzcocks!

BLASPHEMER.

― Ian White, Friday, 31 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The Living End is fun, especially for the versions of the very early speed-punk stuff and some good unreleased trax like "Now That You Know Me". I have to disagree a little about the sound - for example,the cavernous echo on the snare on "Ice Cold Ice" sounds terrible! Some of the other tracks sound Ok - maybe recorded in smaller halls or something.

― Dr. C, Friday, 31 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I used to be a big Husker Du fan as a teenager. You couldn't claim to be an indie fan in the late eighties and not be a Huskers fan. Though I always liked the Replacements better, I liked Husker Du too.

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.

― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Friday, 31 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

one month passes...

No fucking contest. *****C*L*A*S*S*I*C***** Fuck. Who do you think Green Day and Nirvana learned from (listen to "Territorial Pissings" and "2000 Light Years Away")? I'm not incredibly fond of many of Hart's songs, but he has a few greats like "pink Turns to Blue" and "She Floated Away," and Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill, even if his lyrics were cheesey now and then. Productionwise, listen to the vinyl for a better representation of their sound. The CD's sound sucks. Plus, better production might have deprived us of listening to Mould try and wretch out his vocal chords to be heard over the din. Zen Arcade destroys all. No punk band was suppossed to be that good and advanced that quickly, and with such a range of emotion. As far as Mould is considered, Sugar is fucking great, as were pretty much everything he touched in Husker Du. 8 Miles High, Something I learned Today, In a Free Land all kick my ass left and right, while Could You be the One and Makes No Sense at All are the two greatest pop punk songs ever written (Ramones nonwithstanding). Search: almost everything Destroy: Nova Mob and about half of Warehouse.

― Jim B, Friday, 19 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

three years pass...

I don't think there's a single mention of "Makes No Sense at All" on this thread which I would think is surely their best song, right? A GREAT song. What, is it too obvious to mention this one?

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!)

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 8 April 2005 03:29 (twenty years ago)

I'm shocked that so many posters preferred Sugar, because I do too. "Copper Blue" got me into HD in the first place. That said, classic despite the boxy production. "Diane," all of "New Day Rising," "Flip Your Wig" up through "Private Plane," and "Candy Apple Grey" for "Sorry Somehow" and "Hardly Getting Over it."

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 8 April 2005 03:35 (twenty years ago)

I really like Zen Arcade. "Chartered Trips" just doesn't get enough love here (but the instrumentals are nice too). I think the distant smeared 'underproduction' is part of what makes it great.

I also really like reading Julio's early posts.

― the fucker that will burn you (sundar), Friday, 8 April 2005 03:50 (twenty years ago)

Metal Circus deserves way more love than it got on this thread too. Classic (production issues aside, and no audiophile I).

― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Friday, 8 April 2005 04:22 (twenty years ago)

search: Metal Circus, "Pink Turns to Blue", "Eight Miles High", "Gir Who Lives On Heaven Hill", "Eiffel Tower High" (their greatest song, I think)

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.

― babyalive (babyalive), Friday, 8 April 2005 04:30 (twenty years ago)

Bought the 2xLP of Zen Arcade years ago having never heard of the band, and never looked back.

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.

― Sasha (sgh), Friday, 8 April 2005 05:41 (twenty years ago)

"Diane"! So good! "Green Eyes"! So good! "I Will Never Forget You"! So good! "Eight Miles High"! Beyond Fucking Classic! C'mon ILM, Do the Du! it's make you want to scream really loud Aaaarrrrrrrggggghhhhh until you are hoarse, what's not to like?

― Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Friday, 8 April 2005 06:12 (twenty years ago)

"Diane" is ridiculously good. I was happy to play that on the air on college radio once or twice just the way I had first heard it myself on the radio!

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.

― The Silent Disco of Glastonbury (Bimble...), Friday, 8 April 2005 06:22 (twenty years ago)

"If only they had turned the bass, snare and kick drum up a bit post-Zen Arcade, they would have sounded ten times better."

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

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 8 April 2005 07:35 (twenty years ago)

can't you push the bass upfront in the mix when you remaster a record? not exactly the equivalent of turning it up or whatever but still it doesn't look like remastering will be done anytime soon.

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)

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 8 April 2005 07:54 (twenty years ago)

It's weird to see the love for "Diane". Great music, but the wording of the lyrical content really bothers me.

― What we want? Sex with T.V. stars! What you want? Ian Riese-Moraine! (Eastern Ma, Friday, 8 April 2005 09:02 (twenty years ago)

Yes, Goddammit, where is the love for NEW DAY RISING. Spectacular from end to end, even errr... the less than spectacular parts. Title track is bliss.

― BlastsOfStatic (BlastsofStatic), Friday, 8 April 2005 11:58 (twenty years ago)

I think New Day Rising is my favorite too but I like them all so who knows. Newest Industry and Chartered Trips are my favorite songs though. I remember getting Metal Circus in high school and being totally freaked out by Diane. The production on the later records bothers me way more than on the early stuff. In fact I don't notice it at all up through New Day Rising.

― dan. (dan.), Friday, 8 April 2005 14:48 (twenty years ago)

GAH! WHY DOES THIS THREAD EVEN EXIST??? How anyone could say "dud" to Husker Du is something I simply can't fathom. Let's put it this way, the live version of "Divide and Conquer" on The Living End on its own is BETTER THAN THE ENTIRE CATALOG OF YOUR FAVORITE BAND!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 8 April 2005 14:52 (twenty years ago)

Sorry, that's three cups of coffee talkin'.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 8 April 2005 14:52 (twenty years ago)

What if my favorite band is Killing Joke?

― SmartArse, Friday, 8 April 2005 14:55 (twenty years ago)

The Living End, then Zen & Rising, broke my brain &, in essence, birthed my full-on indie wuv when I first heard them 10+ years ago (w/ Sugar serving as the womb). Then I went through a phase where I disowned Husker. Then I felt a little nostalgic (& glommed onto Everything Falls Apart, because it sounded fresh to me). Then I TOTALLY disowned them. Now, I think I'm ambivalent & nostalgically curious, tho I don't think I'll ever hear what I heard way back when now, which is to be expected, but still disappointing. Not that I really need to hear them ever again - I can probably bring up any song from those 2 records at any time in my noggin. Except for the cat skinning one (which I really like). And "59 Times The Pain" can go trip on a bear trap.

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 8 April 2005 14:56 (twenty years ago)

Alex, I'll see yr "Divide & Conquer", raise you "Hardly Getting Over It", & then go all in w/ "Books About UFOs".

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 8 April 2005 14:58 (twenty years ago)

Also, WTF w/ destroying "The Baby Song"!?!?!

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 8 April 2005 15:00 (twenty years ago)

Ha - thanks to thinking about "The Baby Song", I now have "Flexible Flyer" stuck in my head! Yay!

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 8 April 2005 15:04 (twenty years ago)

Every single thing the band did was great. Even the not great stuff.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Friday, 8 April 2005 15:11 (twenty years ago)

Yup, they are so far "Classic" they're off the scale. Too much to search, too few to destroy.

― bg, Friday, 8 April 2005 15:29 (twenty years ago)

Hmm. Divide & Conquer...I remember that one being really good too. *scratches head, pondering* Maybe I'm due for a Husker re-listen of some kind. It would be fun to make my own comp of them.

― The Silent Disco of Glastonbury (Bimble...), Friday, 8 April 2005 15:38 (twenty years ago)

I'm totally wearing a big eye-piercing orange New Day Rising shirt today

― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Friday, 8 April 2005 15:46 (twenty years ago)

Man, I need to get Flip Your Wig again. I had it on tape, and now it's lost. With songs like "Hate Paper Doll", they're the only hardcore punk band that could have a Broadway musical based around their songs.

(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?

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 8 April 2005 15:55 (twenty years ago)

Much of Bob Mould's post-Du career has left me cold; and much of the reason is his reluctance to SHRED! Maybe he's just a contrary bastard who refuses to play guitar solos to piss off a receptive audience for them, same as 20 years ago when his willingness/ability to play 'em no doubt offended punk-purist morons. If so, that's amusing & admirable in a way, but musically unfortunate, since we're talking about one of the most thrilling Flying V-specialists of all time. Just one all-out shred-fest per album is all I ask, save it for the very last song, just like in the old days, with his old band. The old days, when you could buy a Husker Du rec and be assured of getting, in addition to a Mould ax-travaganza, (1) a beautiful cover; (2) a weird instrumental or near-instrumental, and (3) any number of unforgettable songs, in a roughly 60-40 split between Mould and Hart songs, with Grant Hart making up for the imbalance by always contributing my own personal LP-highlight, each time, each album out. (Said band being an unquestioned CLASSIC, in case you need to ask.)

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 8 April 2005 17:23 (twenty years ago)

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

― conspiracitorial theories (stevie), Tuesday, 1 July 2025 16:28 (one month ago)

With the You're So Square cover?

― conspiracitorial theories (stevie), Tuesday, 1 July 2025 16:29 (one month ago)

Is this coming out on a physical medium?

― The "W" and Odie Trail (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 1 July 2025 16:29 (one month ago)

sounds great, and i want that t-shirt dammit

― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 1 July 2025 16:31 (one month ago)

gah me too

― sleeve, Tuesday, 1 July 2025 16:37 (one month ago)

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."

― better than ezra collective soul asylum (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 1 July 2025 16:38 (one month ago)

I bought the shirt, fuck yeah

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 1 July 2025 17:07 (one month ago)

How does one order the shirt?

― The "W" and Odie Trail (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 1 July 2025 17:31 (one month ago)

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

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 1 July 2025 17:31 (one month ago)

oooh thanks, tshirt ordered!

― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Tuesday, 1 July 2025 18:57 (one month ago)

YES

― Blood On The Knobs, Tuesday, 1 July 2025 20:54 (one month ago)

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

― sleeve, Tuesday, 1 July 2025 21:09 (one month ago)

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

― conspiracitorial theories (stevie), Tuesday, 1 July 2025 21:09 (one month ago)

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.)

― birdistheword, Tuesday, 1 July 2025 21:11 (one month ago)

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

― sleeve, Tuesday, 1 July 2025 21:23 (one month ago)

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.

― The "W" and Odie Trail (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 1 July 2025 21:29 (one month ago)

Want the shirt!

― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Wednesday, 2 July 2025 05:15 (four weeks ago)

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.

― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 2 July 2025 12:34 (four weeks ago)

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

― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Wednesday, 2 July 2025 13:39 (four weeks ago)

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

― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 2 July 2025 13:42 (four weeks ago)

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

― henry s, Wednesday, 2 July 2025 13:51 (four weeks ago)

Oh they sure did
xp

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

― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Wednesday, 2 July 2025 14:06 (four weeks ago)

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

― bryan, Wednesday, 2 July 2025 14:20 (four weeks ago)

Ordered my shirt!

― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Friday, 4 July 2025 20:27 (four weeks ago)

They were not sold out of smalls lol

― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Friday, 4 July 2025 20:27 (four weeks ago)

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

― dow, Friday, 4 July 2025 20:49 (four weeks ago)

three weeks pass...

New shirt available

― Black Sabaoth (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 29 July 2025 13:19 (three days ago)

Also new 5-song sample from a Salt Lake City show late ‘85

― Black Sabaoth (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 29 July 2025 13:33 (three days ago)

oh man i'm gonna end up with a lot of shirts. that new 5 song set is so great!

― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Tuesday, 29 July 2025 15:11 (three days ago)

Sorry Somehow in particular — Miss u Grant 💕

― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Tuesday, 29 July 2025 15:52 (three days ago)

Take that shirt to the cleaners, baby. Take it for a ride.

― pplains, Tuesday, 29 July 2025 16:52 (three days ago)

shipping costs more than the shirt itself lol no thx

― Murgatroid, Tuesday, 29 July 2025 17:03 (three days ago)

for those that didn't get the Numero email, here's the update on moving forward:

We're still banging through this treasure trove of Dü tapes and ephemera. A lot of brainstorming and I think we are getting closer to envisioning a proper physical project but still some more work to be done to unearth enough stuff to properly follow up Savage Young Dü. Here's where we are at: We've transferred and restored a bunch of tapes now and this show at Salt Lake City is a stand out show amongst the stand out shows. This never-before-heard soundboard recording survived in the group's archive and comes at the tail end of an almost 90 show run in 1985. We're releasing a section of the show featuring 5 future classics from yet-to-be released Candy Apple Grey heard for the first time by this feverish crowd.

― better than ezra collective soul asylum (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 29 July 2025 17:05 (three days ago)

Release the whole shows already, what's with this edging strategy? :-(

― StanM, Tuesday, 29 July 2025 17:08 (three days ago)

Building anticipation, I would hazard

― Black Sabaoth (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 29 July 2025 17:24 (three days ago)

hell, just release all the t-shirts at once!

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 29 July 2025 18:24 (three days ago)

T-shirt box set

― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, 29 July 2025 19:50 (three days ago)

I mean, to follow the Numero Group tradition* with Husker Du, they should announce a campaign of 10 reissues of classic Du shirts but then stop after the first two.

* - acknowledging this isn't really their fault and it's massively complicated, but I'm still stinging from the promise of when they posted photos of album master tapes on their Insta

― better than ezra collective soul asylum (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 29 July 2025 20:00 (three days ago)

in conclusion, fuck Greg Ginn

― sleeve, Tuesday, 29 July 2025 20:04 (three days ago)

^ perpetually otmfm

― better than ezra collective soul asylum (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 29 July 2025 20:06 (three days ago)

i imagine there have been various things in the way of it; probably a combo of legal / shittily stored tapes / maybe also Bob slowness? - i can remember ken from numero mentioning some of this live stuff as "coming next/soon" when i asked him about it at a numero popup - that was in about 2018! so i don't think its for lack of motivation or trying

― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Tuesday, 29 July 2025 20:32 (three days ago)

*legal issues

― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Tuesday, 29 July 2025 20:33 (three days ago)

COVID probably played a role as well.

― Lithium Just Madison (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 29 July 2025 21:08 (three days ago)

I'm gonna reserve my ire for Ginn tyvm

― sleeve, Tuesday, 29 July 2025 21:12 (three days ago)

I’d give you everything in the world just to get it out of the way ❤️

― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Wednesday, 30 July 2025 13:06 (two days ago)

Last I heard a few years ago Bob sounded like he had gotten so sick of the roadblocks he had basically given up on any SST remastering.

― Chris L, Wednesday, 30 July 2025 14:14 (two days ago)

Maybe that’s why he’s been revisiting his HD songbook with gusto in his live shows the past few years? Like, if we can’t get the original recordings spruced up, then he can make them live again on stage, and in a way that makes them blend almost seamlessly with his latter-day songwriting.

― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Wednesday, 30 July 2025 15:55 (two days ago)

He’s been playing Husker stuff ever since he went solo…

― Black Sabaoth (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 30 July 2025 16:06 (two days ago)

Yeah, Numero has posted Salt Lake City on YTM and elsewhere:
http://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nLWT2RtUGrfHQQt9KKvhWgq9ANQVYJb3s

― dow, Thursday, 31 July 2025 23:55 (yesterday)

Also

Jan. 30, First Ave Pt.1
EP • 2025
5 songs • 11 minutes, 1 second

http://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kFXcQf0liGYqO-W1eyxfoFjF0bRZnQksU

― dow, Thursday, 31 July 2025 23:57 (yesterday)

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