Where are they now? (1999)

Just stumbled on this for the first time. Nothing you didn’t know already, but still interesting.

Copper Blue / Beaster / FU:EL Reissues
2012

Copper Blue

Beaster

File Under: Easy Listening

Technically, not “from Minnesota” but c’mon…it’s Bob Mould. Close enough. 20 years after Copper Blue was released, it’s getting a proper remastering and re-issue on Merge Records this year. Has it really been 20 years? Damn, I’m old!

I really liked Bob in the 80’s and 90’s. He lost me when he started with the techno stuff, but his other solo work isn’t that bad…but certainly can be hit or miss. For me though, Sugar is where Bob peaked. Two and a half albums of near perfect noisy pop music. Don’t get me wrong, Husker Du was an amazing band, and from what I’ve heard the biggest selling of the SST bands, but Sugar will always be just a little bit better to me.

If you haven’t picked up Bob’s book, it’s probably worth a read. After reading some of it though, my opinion of Bob changed a lot. Personally I think he comes off a bit full of himself, and kinda of a dick. But I guess given his accomplishments, maybe he deserves to be…who knows?

Finally, no mention of the Sugar re-issues would be complete without also asking the question: Where the hell are the Husker Du remasters/re-issues? That is definitely the downside of DIY punk.

Bonus Live Video – 1993

Counter Attack Fanzine Vol. 1, Number 2

Interview with Hüsker Dü from 1983

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Live 1982 & 1983

The awesomeness at the Noise Addiction blog continues with 2 Live shows for the Huskers1

@ Backstage, Tucson AZ 12-28-82 [from cassette tape]
01. In A Free Land
02. Target
03. What Do I Want
04. M.I.C.
05. From The Gut
06. Blah, Blah, Blah
07. Wheels
08. Everything Falls Apart
09. It’s Not Funny Anymore
10. Real World
11. Standing By The Sea
12. Deadly Skies
13. Out On A Limb
14. Bricklayer
15. Tired Of Doing Things
16. Afraid Of Being Wrong
17. Strange Week
18. Big Sky
19. Ultracore
20. Let’s Go Die
21. Data Control
22. Sunshine Superman [Donovan]
23. Statues
24. Punch Drunk

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@ Goofy’s Upper Deck, Minneapolis 8-12-83 [from cassette tape]
01. Something I Learned Today
02. It’s Not Funny Anymore
03. From The Gut
04. Wheels
05. Everything Falls Apart
06. Chartered Trips
07. Sunshine Superman [Donovan]
08. Eight Miles High [Byrds]
09. Broken Home, Broken Heart
10. What’s Going On
11. Newest Industry
12. Pride
13. I’ll Never Forget You
14. What Do I Want
15. Data Control
16. Drug Party
17. Punch Drunk
18. Out On A Limb

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Spin Radio: Live in Minneapolis (boot)

In the 80’s, there was no bigger Minneapolis punk band than Hüsker Dü.  The Replacements and Soul Asylum had moved on to college rock and would see greater commercial success, but Hüsker Dü’s signing to Warner Bros., leaving SST, was probably the biggest story in punk rock for that decade.

While that signing never got them commercial radio airplay like their local college rockin’ friends, it did put the ball in motion for bands like Nirvana and Green Day to get major label deals and change the face of punk rock in the 90’s.

Grab this bootleg to get a snapshot of Hüsker Dü’s greatness, at the peak of their creative output, just before they imploded.  Complements of Days of Our Youth blog.

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I thought it was time for a change.    I’m still playing with it, and it could easily change again, but I was tired of the old look and wanted to try something different.  Once I get the logo looking better, I’ll start posting again.  I’ve got a few good ones queued up, so stand-by.

Until I start posting again, here are some YouTube clips.

Huskers

Destroy!
This is always a fun thing to find. I shot this video in my basement, gave it to Felix who sold a bunch of them….years later someone else rips the video to post on YouTube, and I find it to post in my blog. Hard to believe this was almost 20 years ago! (damn I’m old)

Mighty Mofo’s
Finally, the Mofo’s are a big part of the reason I am who I am today, so I always celebrate my personal local heros!

Live in the 7th St. Entry ’81

Hüsker Dü rocking the 7th St. Entry in 1981.  Right on!

Track List:

Another link from the Down Underground blog.

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Three great Hüsker Dü tribute records!

Du Huskers
The Twin Cities Replay Zen Arcade
1993

Content:
Something I Learned Today (Hammerhead)
Broken Home, Broken Heart (The Mighty Mofos)
Never Talking To You Again (Prest Asbestus)
Chartered Trips (Muskellunge)
Dreams Recurring (Lies Incorporated/TVBC)
Indecision Time (Superball ’63)
Hare Krsna (Dogfight)
Beyond The Threshold (God’s Favorite Band)
Pride (Pseudonymphs)
I’ll Never Forget You (Salbando)
The Biggest Lie (Dylan Hicks & 3 Pesos)
What’s Going On? (Janitor Joe)
Masochism World (Vertigo)
Standing By The Sea (ZuZu’s Petals)
Somewhere (Walt Mink)
One Step At A Time (Flour)
Pink Turns To Blue (The Blue Up?)
Newest Industry (Balloon Guy)
Monday Will Never Be The Same (Willie Wisely Trio)
Whatever (Arcwelder)
The Tooth Fairy And The Princess (Teenage Larvae)
Turn On The News (Big Trouble House)
Recurring Dreams (TVBC)
Eight Miles High (The Hang-Ups)

Land Speed Sonic
Husker covers by an assortment of Italian bands.
1997

Contents:
Punch Drunk (CrippleBastards)
First Of The Last Calls (Kina)
Ice Cold Ice (Lomas)
Too Much Spice (Shock Treatment)
I’m Not Interested (Acredine)
Signals From Above (Sottopressione)
Find Me (Punch Line)
Something I Learned Today (Tempo Zero)
In A Free Land (Kina)
I Apologize (Burning Defeat)
All Tensed Up (Acredine)
The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill(Cripple Bastards)
I’ll Never Forget You (Sottopressione)
Standing By The Sea (Burning Defeat)
Flip Your Wig (Lomas)
Celebrated Summer (Punch Line)
Everything Falls Apart (Tempo Zero)
New Day Rising (Shock Treatment)

Case Closed
1993

Contents:
In A Free Land (NRA)
Dead Set On Destruction (Terry Hoax)
Target (Sick Of It All)
Out On A Limb (Alloy)
Tell You Why Tomorrow (Mink Stole)
I Apologize (Rubbermaids)
Something I Learned Today (Jonas Jinx)
Too Far Down (Only Living Witness)
New Day Rising (Motorpsycho)
The Biggest Lie (DI)
It’s Not Funny Any More (Upset Noise)
Turn On The News (Brzeszinski)
What’s Going On? (2Bad)
Don’t Want To Know If You Are Lonely (Richies)
Hardly Getting Over It (Baysix)
Celebrated Summer (Big Drill Car)
Makes No Sense At All (Balance)
Green Eyes (Gigantor)
Diane (The Strangemen)
Never Talking To You Again (Alison Ate)
Ice Cold Ice (Vanilla Chainsaws)
I’ll Never Forget You (Engrained)
No Reservations (Medfield M.A.)

Get them all here .

In a Free Land

Post number 99!  Wow!!  I got this one from the Killed By Death Records blog site.

Classic MN punk from perhaps Minnesota’s most famous punk band.  Hüsker Dü.  Nothing more needs to be said.

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Twin Cities hardcore mix tape vol. 1

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