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Hüsker Dü

Real Name:
Bob Mould, Grant Hart, Greg Norton
Profile:
Legendary and influential punk/hardcore trio which formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, in 1979. Hüsker Dü (which means "Do You Remember" in Norwegian) mixed pop and punk music and consisted of guitarist/vocalist Bob Mould, bassist Greg Norton and drummer Grant Hart. They started out as an aggressive hardcore thrash band before challenging that genre's restrictions and expanding to other musical formats. After releasing a string of innovative, but commerically unsuccesful albums Hüsker Dü split in 1988 due to Grant Hart's alcohol and drug problems and suicide of band's manager David Savoy Jr., who was considered an important part of the band. Bob Mould went on to form Sugar (5), while Grant Hart formed Nova Mob with both of them disbanding respective groups in the mid 90s and going only with solo projects . Greg Norton is no longer in the music business, and he became a succesful restaurant owner.
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Discography

Releases:
Statues / Amusement (7", Single)   Reflex Records (5) 1980
Land Speed Record (Album) (5 versions)   New Alliance Records ... 1981
In A Free Land (7")   New Alliance Records 1982
Everything Falls Apart (Comp) (3 versions)   Reflex Records (5) ... 1983
Metal Circus (4 versions)   SST Records ... 1983
Eight Miles High (Single) (5 versions)   SST Records 1984
Zen Arcade (Album) (5 versions)   SST Records ... 1984
Flip Your Wig (Album) (5 versions)   SST Records 1985
Makes No Sense At All / Love Is All Around (3 versions)   SST Records 1985
Makes No Sense... (VHS, PAL)   Hendring 1985
New Day Rising (Album) (5 versions)   SST Records ... 1985
Candy Apple Grey (Album) (8 versions)   Warner Bros. Records ... 1986
Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely (Single) (3 versions)   Warner Bros. Records 1986
Sorry Somehow (2 versions)   Warner Bros. Records 1986
Could You Be The One? (Single) (2 versions)   WEA Records Ltd. ... 1987
Hüsker Dü (12", EP, Promo)   Warner Bros. Records 1987
Ice Cold Ice (12")   WEA Records Ltd., WEA Records Ltd. 1987
The Warehouse Interview (2xLP, Promo)   Warner Bros. Records 1987
Warehouse: Songs And Stories (Album) (8 versions)   Warner Bros. Records ... 1987
Eight Miles High / Makes No Sense At All (Single, Comp) (2 versions)   SST Records 1990
Do You Remember? (CD, Promo)   Warner Bros. Records 1994
The Living End (Album) (3 versions)   Warner Music (Australia) ... 1994
Live From The Camden Palace (DVD, PAL)   Outré Oeuvre Records  
Production:
The 7 Inch Wonders Of The World (Comp) (2 versions)   SST Records 1986
The Blasting Concept Volume II (CD, Comp) Erase Today SST Records 1986
Copper Blue / Life Before Sugar (CD, Album, Promo + CD, Comp, Promo) Celebrated Summer, I A... Rykodisc, Rykodisc 1992
A Diamond Hidden In The Mouth Of A Corpse (CD, Comp, RE) Won't Change Visionary Communications 1997
Co-production:
The Blasting Concept (Album) (2 versions) Real World SST Records 1983
Appears On:
A Diamond Hidden In The Mouth Of A Corpse (Comp) (2 versions) Won't Change Giorno Poetry Systems ... 1985
Duck And Cover (Vinyl, MiniAlbum) Diane Vielklang 1988
Lost In Oneself (CD, Album) Diane (bonus) Aaarrg Records, Major Records International 1989
Gold (CD, Album) Diane Zong, Semaphore 1991
King Kong 3 (7", EP, Ltd) Deadly Skies King Kong 1992
Prinz Albert / Weilo Goes To Geldverdienen (LP, Album, Gat + 7") Pink Turns Blue Bad Moon, Bad Moon 1993
Prone Mortal Form (CD, Album, Dig) Too Far Down Century Media 1993
Barbed Wire Soul (CD, Album) The Girl Who Lives On ... Toy's Factory 1997
Youth Attack! (12", EP) Punch Drunk Lengua Armada Discos 1997
Complete Discocrappy (CD + CD-ROM + , Comp) Punch Drunk Youth Attack, 625 Thrashcore 2000
Die Frikadellenfarm - Compilation (CD, Album, Comp) Pink Turns To Blue Bad Moon 2000
Mock Tantrum (CD, Album) It's Not Peculiar My First Sonny Weissmuller Recordings 2000
Melt (CD, EP, Dig) Powerline Not On Label 2002
Black Holes In The Sand (EP) (2 versions) Diane Warp Records 2004
Tracks Appear On:
The Blasting Concept (Album) (2 versions) Real World SST Records 1983
Underground Hits 2 (2 versions) Deadly Skies, Lifeline Aggressive Rockproduktionen 1983
Code Blue (Cass, Comp) In A Free Land (Live T... Last Rites 1984
Department Of Enjoyment (Cass, Album) Real World New Musical Express 1984
59 To 1 Cassette Nr. 9 (Cass, Comp) I Apologize 59 To 1 1985
A Diamond Hidden In The Mouth Of A Corpse (Comp) (2 versions) Won't Change Giorno Poetry Systems ... 1985
NME's Big Four (7", Promo, Comp) Ticket To Ride New Musical Express 1986
The 7 Inch Wonders Of The World (Comp) (2 versions) Eight Miles High, Maso... SST Records 1986
The Blasting Concept Volume II (Comp) (2 versions) Erase Today SST Records 1986
The Tour (VHS) Diane, Hate Paper Doll... SST Records 1986
It's Clean, It Just Looks Dirty (VHS) Girl Who Lives On Heav... Giorno Poetry Systems 1987
SST Godhead Storedude In-Store Play Device #5 (Cass, Comp, Promo) Don't Try To Call SST Records 1987
Smack My Crack (CD, Album, Smplr) Won´t Change Giorno Poetry Systems 1987
Duck And Cover (LP) Eight Miles High SST Records 1990
Never Mind The Mainstream...The Best Of MTV's 120 Minutes Vol. 2 (CD, Comp, RM) Could You Be The One? Warner Special Products, Rhino Records (2) 1991
SST Acoustic (Album) (2 versions) Never Talking To You A... SST Records 1991
Copper Blue / Life Before Sugar (CD, Album, Promo + CD, Comp, Promo) Could You Be The One, ... Rykodisc, Rykodisc 1992
Cash Cow : The Best Of Giorno Poetry Systems 1965-1993. (CD) Won't Change Giorno Poetry Systems, East Side Digital 1993
Faster & Louder - Hardcore Punk, Vol. 1 (CD) Statues Rhino Entertainment Company 1993
Faster & Louder - Hardcore Punk, Vol. 2 (CD, Comp) In A Free Land Rhino Entertainment Company 1993
Grunge / The Alternative Compilation (CD) You're A Soldier Warner Music France 1993
WEA News # 4/94 (CD, Comp, Promo) New Day Rising WEA, Warner Music (Germany) 1994
Rage - The Songs Most Chosen By Rage Guest Programmers (2xCD, Comp) Don't Want To Know If ... Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC Music) 1998
Rage - More Of The Songs Most Chosen By Rage Guest Programmers (2xCD, Comp) Could You Be The One Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC Music) 1999
Left Of The Dial: Dispatches From The 80s Underground (4xCD, RM + Box, Comp) Don't Want To Know If ... Rhino Entertainment Company 2004
Rare Trax Vol. 51 - Darkness On The Edge Of Town - Alternative Hardcore From The 80's (CD, Comp, Car) Pink Turns To Blue Rolling Stone (Germany) 2007
Favorite Recorded Scream (12", Ltd) Scream Small World 2009
Unofficial Releases:
The Early Years (7", EP)   Happy Moose Records 1985
Drug Party EP (7")   Agressive Buddhist Records 1991
Lyndales Burning (CD)   Holy Records (2) 1992
Ultracore - Live 28.12.82 (CDr, Unofficial, Liv)   Not On Label (Hüsker Dü) 1995
Ultracore (LP)   HC Live Classics 2006
Rvng Prsnts Mx6 & Mx6TEN (Comp) (3 versions) Don't Want To Know If ... Rvng Intl. 2008
Everything Falls Apart (12", Unofficial)   Reflex Records (6)  
Lynndale's Burning (LP, W/Lbl)   Not On Label (Hüsker Dü)  
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Review by Alastis Mar 08, 2006 (edited over 3 years ago)
One of quintessential 80s band which is rarely mentioned anywhere (although they were mentioned on VH1 100 Greatest Artists Artists of Hard Rock). Their music was inhumanely fast (witness their first record, live album "Land Speed Record" which was just a taster of what's to come), but had a traditional pop structure beneath the surface. Its a crying shame that they quit too early due to Grant Hart acting like an idiot, but in my book they remain one of the strongest hardcore/alternative bands that ever came to life.