Husker Du - Live in Finland 1987 (Part One)

[nikkari69]

Hah.. I was there..Epic!!

[AUSROTTENY2K]

4:34

[TheColt27]

Born in '87 here as well. Hey, is there a live version of the song 'Newest Industry' by them available? I'll even take a decent cover of the song by another band. I can't find one.

A supernatural group, The Husker Boys. So many things seemed to work against them (not least of all themselves). Truly, one of the best acts in musical history, and though this is a cliche, it's true: they are underrated in every way.

[Caribou1983]

go greg!

[superskidd]

yup the best and by far at the sst days the fastest and hardest outside the mighty black flag

[natschavez]

the best band so far in my lifetime, genius.

[travenb]

hell yes

[altroval]

"These Important Years"

...now *THAT'S* how your write a fucking pop song.

Brilliant vocal phrasing from Bob, terrific harmonizing from Grant, great bass lines, and memorable riff's from the guitar.

[snowgod37]

Genius

[TIMOTHYSAARINEN]

Saw them in Portland, Maine in 1984 on the Zen Arcade tour. How would I describe it? A ferocious wall of sound!

[Drainsound]

twgsg

[houstonveer]

Watch Grant Hart kick out the linebacker as Mould springs into the hole. And there is Greg Norton brushing aside the safety as Mould rumbles toward paydirt!

[emannyc2002]

how great were there guys at that time ?! amazing- puts these new poser groups to shame-

[houstonveer]

That is correct emannyc. "Husker Du is an embarrassment to superstar acts who come off of their mountaintops with their stone tablets every three years." Probably the best journalist to cover the band was David Fricke of Rolling Stone. If you can find "The Living End" (2LP live-set) his comments are memorable.

[sirbristel]

does anyone have the mp3 of Everytime??

[THESMELLOFBRAINS]

I've got an mp3 of everytime.

[colico14]

Greg's 'stache rules! :)

[punkfloyd87]

husker saves

[metrakos]

this band is fucking great. all the melodic 'punk bands' that followed Nirvana included don't hold a candle. these guys had lyrics which none of the 90's bands had.

[burronia]

..don't hold a candle..ah ah aha..well said! one of the very first Green Day's album, is a nice copy of husker's du, well done but "listen before" for us.

[metrakos]

i dont understand your comment if you are agreeing or disagreeing?

[burronia]

completely agreed. Just saying that's lot of bands covered hd, as music's style. And that "don't hold a candle" makes me laugh. I'm italian and never heard this. I't's a nice "paragon". We got lot of this phrases. Sorry about my horrible english.

[Signthetab]

You know one of my biggest regrets is never seeing them live although I did see Sugar at a small venue Northampton England, Yer two days later nothing could get rid of the smile on my face and the ringing in my ears. Now my next biggest regret is getting old and hearing Husker makes me wanner get crazy drunk stoned hi scream shout cry bleed and tear down the F**K**G walls. Any one else feel like that hu?

[burronia]

me. is one of mine biggest regrets too..and i didn't see Sugar too...it was a little bit difficult for me, cause i'm italian, but..

[hippietrucker67]

hell, yeah...but i was lucky enough to see husker at pink pop '87 and every sugar tour in the states and toronto in '94...and many solo bob's...blessed, indeed...

[toymachineskater93]

why did grant and bob hate each other?

[metallibanger]

i love this band

[cornjuicy]

Don't you think Grant Hart's harmonizing on Important Years kind of sucks? It really sucks on The Living End. He really hated Bob Mould at this point; I wonder if he was trying to ruin Bob's songs. BTW, I like Grant Hart's songs better.

[tacomanite]

I agree - you can taste the animosity. But I think Bob as a MUCH better song writer, musician, and singer.

[posijeff]

What? His harmonizing is really complimentary here. Just different from the record.

[bathtubgeorge]

It's difficult to get an idea from this tape if the sound wsa actually unbalanced, but Hart was having heroin problems which may have been a big issue if he was a little fucked up. It helped to break HD. Which was a shame.

[cougarhunter127]

20 years ago and it still holds up.

[electroglider]

thats amazing! I really like Songs&Stories :)

[SleazyMartinez]

Amazing. Somebody seriously needs to turn up Bob's guitar, though.

[Potatish]

His guitar's volume is fine --- blame the engineer who did this video. It's easy to tell that his guitar really didn't sound that subdued (anywhere *near* that subdued, actually) at this gig. It's just a really bad mix.

For reference, check out the video of "Eight Miles High". While not a perfect mix, the guitar is *much* more audible.

[crissbones]

wonder if there could ever be a reunion anytime soon?

[fuckwithfire1984]

here's hoping :D

[birdbone]

you had better be rocking out to this in your ergonomic chair otherwise i feel sad for you.

[fuckwithfire1984]

everyone should read the huskers section in "our band could be your life", what a killer book

[87Hizzetfield]

Greg should have wrote and sung more songs.

[J3AMPYX77]

BUENA BANDA HUSKE DU!!!

[dalcon555]

husker du rules, did you know two of em are gay? ^-^

[IggyPop2000]

What is wrong with being gay anyway?

[fuckwithfire1984]

nothin at all

[danskin96]

Saw Bob In Edinburgh a few months back and it was the best gig i ever saw him play. C'mon guys, if J Mascis and Lou Barlow can make up and get back together I'm sure you can!!

[Balboa70]

The best rhythmical,melodic rock band you will ever hear.Brilliant

[bayernomedengang]

Thanks for sharing this. Didn`t know it was Greg who sang on "everytime" cool!

[Joe2956711]

4 years and 7 days before i was born...

[Heroinduck]

you really see in that interview that they don't have much to say..you see how fucked up they were in that year, sadly they broke up..hell, what an fucking awesome band...miss them so much.

[generik68]

Didn't have much to say? are you deaf or on crack, Mr. Heroin? I think someone else is fucked up.

[kermankalle]

i was there...

[Nobot]

This is one of those rare bands that can improve on their studio recordings on-stage. So amazing.

[CrackWilding]

I saw Husker Du at the Cannery in Nashville probably a month or two before this. I was pretty disappointed actually -- I was a big Zen Arcade fan and all they played was stuff off of Warehouse, which I always felt a) was not that great an album to begin with, and b) was badly recorded.

[chokito91]

VERY badly recorded... whilst I love all the Husker albums it seems like they were cursed in the studio, production wise. Warehouse just sounds so thin and sterile, it's got NO balls whatsoever. Still love it though!

[IggyPop2000]

The recording isnt bad(especially if you listen to the LP), its just the production and the mixing.

[suiseisekiryu]

@CrackWilding I'm not a zen arcade fan...... I'M A HUSKER DU FAN!!!!

[CaffeineWhore]

19 days before I was born :)

[pipotherium]

11 days after I was born ;)

[DoctorFistenstein]

the bass looks like an ibanez roadstar II

[FuzzBob]

YouTube is a godsend for any Bob/Hüsker fan. This stuff is just amazing and inspiring to watch. Wow.

[biwillia]

mmm-yeah it doesn't get any better than this.

[dandood2]

nice clip... and not a bad recording... very rare for husker live

[mikeofdoom]

My favourite band since 1982. Something which is never gonna change.

Thanks for sharing this.

[bjeffco]

Me too, mike. Best band that ever was. I cried when I heard they had broken up.

[eddieroot]

Mr. Norton, Saw photos from 8/5/06 @ First Avenue. Good to see you with your bass again. Hell, I still listen to my Grey Area tape (Little Sweden USA)!!!

[seans10]

God I loved these guys.

[Finskaambassaden]

shit... Seems as though it's mostly us 88:s of the yonger generation that still listen to good music.

[forakiller]

i want to see the whole zen arcade played life.........or my fav husker tune"no reservations"

[MKing1031]

this was a really bad time for husker, they hated each other in 87, try the other footage from pre-1985

[MrNorton]

It wasn't that bad, true we weren't getting along, but we didn't hate each other. Not yet anyway.

[Yosarrian]

Does anyone know what kind of bass greg is playing? I really like the white bind on it.

[huskerhero]

its an ibanez bass

[theduderinok]

i didnt even know greg ever did lead vocals..must be very rare.

[huskerhero]

greg does vocals on just two songs "everytime" and "Let's Go Die" from Everything Falls Apart.

[MrNorton]

... and Blah Blah Blah, and From The Gut, and MTC, and Don't have a Life, and Whats Going On (Living End)

[huskerhero]

yea thats right you also did vocals on those songs. i have'nt heard "Don't have a Life" yet but i have heard the rest cause i got everything falls apart and more and the living end. i remember that the living end was the first husker du cd i ever got. then shortly after that i read the book "Our Band Could Be Your Life" then i became a real big fan.

[MKing1031]

mr. norton...wow...could you try to put things behind you and tour? I read Bob's blog all the time, doesn't seem to be in the cards. How is Grant?

[woodstockrok]

I was too tired to write this the first time I saw it:

But when I think about Husker Du, the thing that comes to mind is how relatable they seemed to be. Definitely guys you could sit and have a cup of coffee with.

:) -sam*

[leeranaldo]

haha again... born in 1987 as well. i've never seen proper husker du footage until now.. its fucking awesome

[xSUPERFUZZx]

Wow, and this whole time, I thought Norton was Mute (jk). Husker Owns. (btw, im also an 88' kid)

[SeventyHate]

Husker rocks again. I was born in 88', at least a few of you guys have it better than me.

[newtgingrich]

they were amazing live!

cheers for the clips ...

sugar were as good too -saw them about a dozen times - and were the loudest shows i've ever seen...

[chokito91]

Haha I myself was also born in '87. Cool that others my age are into Husker (none of my friends like 'em!)

[metrakos]

@chokito91 good on ya



[soreilly205]

Wow, I never heard Norton sing. Yeah, I was born in 1987 too. It sucks, all my favorite bands were broken up by the time I either heard of them or was old enough to go to their shows. Husker Du, Sugar, Jawbox, Burning Airlines...at least Mould still does great solo stuff and J. Robbins (from Government Issue, Jawbox, and Burning Airlines) is in Channels now.

[chokito91]

I agree dude, it shoulda been on Warehouse. I wonder what Greg thought about it being relegated to B-side status...

[beelzabubba]

I belive that "Everytime" didn't make the cut because of the choppy lyrics in the verses. Which is one of the best things about the tune in my opinion. In retrospect I think that it should have been on the album.

[huskerhero]

Finally a Husker Du video with Greg Norton playing "Everytime" live in concert. Just a real kick ass video. It just sucks that this song was just released as a single and not part of the album. But awsome video i thank you for finding this video!!!!!

[woodoven]

yeah chokito, thanks alot man. for a fan like me its so hard to really get stuff on Husker Du anywhere. some persepective: i was born in 1987, next time mould or grant are playing in my area im definitely checking them out.