Husker Du profile "The Minneapolis Sound"

Aired in the Twin Cities mid-80's

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Music

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• husker
• du
• grant
• hart
• bob
• mould
• greg
• norton
• sugar
• nova
• mob
• minnesota
• punk
• sst
• minutemen
• black
• flag
• meat
• puppets
• 80s

[sarahsillygoose]

what song plays at 2:11 ??

[HUSKERchout]

@sarahsillygoose

Find Me

[mikescircus]

Before there was the hype of Seattle there was the Minneapolis scene. As a teenage kid in 1980's Los Angeles, I went to several Husker shows circa 1984, 1985. The boys never let us down. Always kicked ass. SST records was So Calif based so they toured out west a lot. Home to Black Flag, Minutemen, etc. but the Huskers could crank it out like one of the best. Thank you Minneapolis!!!!!

[HUSKERchout]

lucky

[AndyFrye14]

this was on PBS in Philly about 20 yrs ago, when i was in high school. they liberatedmme from Bon Jovi Land, thank god.

[poughkeepsiejohn]

There was something going on in Minneapolis in the 1980's. I mean, you had Prince, The Time, Sheila E., Soul Asylum, The Replacements and of course, these guys. Funny thing is, not only did these groups make fantastic, timeless music but most of these people are still involved in making compelling music today. Certainly a lot more compelling than what passes off as Top Forty.

Here's to The Twin Cities!

[Norks74]

@sarahsillygoose

That song you will be referring to is 'Find Me' from 'Flip your wig'.

I do believe....

[liquidmob]

"Sort of like playing over here in the United States except you're in a different country." Heh heh. Norton FTW!

[GiantStoneEater11]

Still got the ticket stub from the show at the U of MN in 1982--the show that got punk rock banned from the U. Husker Du opened for Dead Kennedys!!!!!!! DK had 'In God We Trust, Inc.' out so it was their fastest fastest stuff--kids were stage diving and the whole scene was so new that the crowd kinda forgot how and he busted his head--Jello Biafra stopped the show and scolded the crowd ("CATCH HIM!!!") but that was enough for the U--no more hardcore. History now.

[mikerage87]

They do know this. What they are sure of is the relentless pace in which they turn out milestone after milestone until the engines steam runs out and all we have left is the evidence that a band of such can produce that much for a fiery pop band such as themselves. If they know one things for sure, it's that they work hard at what they do and the reward is knowing you put in the time and effort to create such a legacy such as themselves.

[facethruster138]

greg nortons halarious

[Joe1039]

I agree with the dean: best american rock band of the 80's. no other band was as consistent, inherently depressed or just simply mind-blowing as the du. They played pop music at heart through the punk aesthetic, that aesthetic however (maybe just shitty luck at the end, it happened to sugar as well) robbed them of being as big as REM. Oh well, considering most REM casual fans are only familiar with losing my religion, I'm sure that is a good thing.

[jacotango]

@AndyFrye14 Hehe, very well put! :)

[jacotango]

@Jordellfreshbreeze Hell Yeah! Blew all those fucking hair bands away!