Husker Du - 17. In A Free Land 9/5/81 7th Street Entry

[AngrierGorilla]

nobody used to play such a wonderful melodic hardcore back at that time (it's 1981!!!)...they were really original, unique

[thielees]

Amazing to realize just how fast this great band burned out. Only four years later they released Candy Apple Grey, by then the band was held together with chicken wire. Zen Arcade, New Day Rising, Flip Your Wig all water under the bridge by then. Soul Asylum lapped them twice.

[punk4561]

ONE OF MY FAVORITE BANDS OF ALL TIME

[bman462]

everybody's an authority in a free land

[afrohc]

Is Bob playing a Ibanez? I aways thought he was playing a Epiphone Flying V. By the way, anyone knows the whereabouts of this guitar? He plays a Fender Stratocaster nowadays. (sorry if i wrote something wrong, i'm brazilian).

[headtrips1]

@afrohc U speak very well, but no i do not

[bman462]

punk genius mb

[earmud]

"everybody's an authority in our free land," that says it all about the farce of freedom we are lead to believe as americans. love the du. miss them equally.

[earmud]

one of the best lines of all time: "everybody's an authority in our free land". much love to greg, bob, and grant.

[matthewemclean]

More! , more, more, encore, encore, pretty please, with sugar on top.

[cubistblues]

Considering how much speed they're on here, this is a surprisingly mid-tempo version. That guitar sound, though- there right from beginning. Amazing.

[HUSKERchout]

Definitely a lot slower...this was the first song in the second set, which at the time their second sets were usually slower. Bob's guitar has texture that many hc bands lacked with the power chord only riffing typical to hardcore. I love it!

[carrington1955]

@HUSKERchout

Saw the Huskers in Paris in the early eighties, left the gig and my mate was run over by a taxi and hospitalised fo a day or so. Then saw Sugar three or four times in Britain (one of those was possibly the loudest gig I ever went to) and then saw Bob in Cambridge a year or so ago at a solo gig. All in all a cool dude who makes a fucking racket that has been the soundtrack to my life. Nice one Bob.

[merdez99]

Aucun groupe ne leur arrive à la cheville !! They were and are still the best !!!

[Yorkmackem]

Did Grant and Bob swap bodies after this ?

[jonesmh123]

the huskers best performance ever in my opinion!

[sonofjaybirdswind]

i wish i was there!

[morgansterne]

This version really sounds awful! Check out the live version from the album "the living end" that documents their last tour.

[MrAlQ]

headbands? No stache for Grant? Who gives a fuck. Best Husker song ever...

[todesking2000]

@kraftwerk456

who gives a fuck if it is a regular V or not! All that matters is their music and that´s just fucking great!

[kraftwerk456]

I'm not saying it's a bad thing you walking anus. It's actually the best thing they could have done seeing as it gave them their signature "fuzz" sound.

[BongFuFighter]

Haha the set is only working because of duct tape. after that performance you could sweep it together anyways

[kraftwerk456]

Fact: Bob Mould could not afford a regular Gibson Flying V at a punk band salary so he had to buy an Ibanez knock off called a Rocket Roll Sr which went at about 200-300$ at the time.

[punkcaipira]

amazing song

[ZAKROCKER93]

bob and grants voice work together

[theonlytruepunk]

Fucking played the shit out of this record when it came out....infuckingcredible! Thanks for this. I wish there were bands today that sounded like this.

[MUSICTRADER]

I think the headbands and the gym looking-outfits they wore kinda represents the speedy-hardcore the Hüskers played back in their early days ("All Tensed Up", "Bricklayer", "Gilligan's Island", "Push The Button", you name it).

[HUSKERchout]

yeah, i mean, it was 1981...

[gabbagabba64]

What's with the Mike Reno headband?

[emptyheadbrokenbones]

that four queers called tokio hotel have stolen Husker Du's logo..jost check it out on google images!!!

[ZAKROCKER93]

almost look like it,but your right

[fROMIOWA]

Though there are some songs from Everything Falls Apart on here unfortunately 'From them Gut', 'Blah Blah Blah', and the title track aren't.

[rjbeaubien]

Wow too cool!!! I love the last part of the song "You think its free" "Fuck No!!!" Great early footage of a true power house of a band.Thanks HUSKERchout:)

[corridorsofpower]

i remember someone got ahold of a bunch of these 7's and I got one in like '90 at Oarfolkjokeopus

[HUSKERchout]

This single and the first are the ones I'm missing to make my Husker vinyl nearly complete...I saw a copy of the first single for $10 bux at Oarfolk just before I got into them big time...I still regret not getting it. I did get an unopened copy of Everything Falls Apart there though.

[MrAlQ]

oh fuck yeah! Actually, I like the faster version better but, considering they rarely played this song after '83 (they opened their set with it the first time I saw them that year), I really appreciate getting to see this. Thank you. My favorite Husker song.

[jocelynn62985]

I actually like this slower version better. sorry if thats blasphemous and shit

[HUSKERchout]

yeah, either way works for me...this may be my all time favorite husker song.

[nfreese]

Bob flips off the cameraman!  Great post, thanks!

[nofmonterey]

not sure if it's Bob or a fan in front