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Glad to see there's so much love for HD here... you guys are making me want to finally check out WAREHOUSE, nearly 20 years (!) after its release. NEW DAY RISING was my summertime Husker Du record--in fact, some friends of mine and I still refer to the summer of '86 as the "Celebrated Summer" in direct homage to the song off NEW DAY.

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The thing that always pestered me about Husker Du albums was the way they were mixed. Humongous amounts of treble, hardly any bass. I always thought that was just the SST sound, but then when their Warners records were mixed in the same way, I just figured they actually wanted to sound like that.

I always blamed Spot for that horrendous SST sound. I love many, many albums on SST but would love to see all of them remixed by someone with different sensibilities. Off the top of my head I think that The Living End might get my vote for best sound quality, over any of their studio albums I've heard.

I've still never heard Flip Your Wig and will have to remedy that very soon.

You MUST get Flip Your Wig. It is one of their best and not as tinny as Candy Apple Grey & Warehouse. The Living End has a fantastic sound; definately their best sounding album JohnB, oh I concur. The guitar is ferocious, the drums have a great live reverb and the bass...YOU CAN HEAR IT!!!

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And speaking of the Magnet article, I’m curious: did anyone know about Greg and Bob?

Shit, I’m so fucking stupid: I just realized that I typed “Greg” when I should’ve typed “Bob.” What a maroon I am. :angry::blush:

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I wonder if the CDs of those SST records sound better than the LPs did. Then again, all the copies I had were colored vinyl, so maybe that goes a ways in explaining the tinny sound.

And FWIW, when I had The Living End, I always thought that was just as tinny as the rest of the records. (That CD never did much for me, I’m sorry to say).

And Ghost, you start a Husker Du thread and you’ve never heard Warehouse? Shame! Shame! Shame! :g That’s like me starting a “greeeeeeazy” thread and not particularly liking Dr. Lonnie Smith.

Wait a sec..... :blush:

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You MUST get Flip Your Wig. It is one of their best and not as tinny as Candy Apple Grey & Warehouse.

Done. I ordered a copy as well as Everything Falls Apart and more, which I have also never heard.

I can't believe only one person has mentioned Metal Circus so far. It has a soft spot in my heart as it was the first Husker Du album I ever bought. Diane (such a harrowing and sorrowful song) and It's Not Funny Anymore still rank as two of my favorite songs by them

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They were pretty much the same.

JohnB, have you heard Land Speed Record? That's what you're in for with the album part of Everything Falls Apart though there is some melodic songs on there also.

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And Ghost, you start a Husker Du thread and you’ve never heard Warehouse? Shame! Shame! Shame! :g That’s like me starting a “greeeeeeazy” thread and not particularly liking Dr. Lonnie Smith.

Hell, I don't even like jazz... I just come here for the barbeque recipes.

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And Ghost, you start a Husker Du thread and you’ve never heard Warehouse? Shame! Shame! Shame! :g That’s like me starting a “greeeeeeazy” thread and not particularly liking Dr. Lonnie Smith.

Hell, I don't even like jazz... I just come here for the barbeque recipes.

Glad I'm not the only one! :tup

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You MUST get Flip Your Wig. It is one of their best and not as tinny as Candy Apple Grey & Warehouse.

You weren't kidding! Flip Your Wig is fantastic. Still, I would buy a remaster in a minute, as the sound is still flat and tinny. These songs would be so much more forceful and alive if they were given someroom to breathe.

Everything Falls Apart and more up next...

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2 weeks away. :tup

Anyone going?

Sept 22 Cat’s Cradle Carrboro, NC

Sept 23 Variety Playhouse Atlanta, GA

Sept 25 ACL Fest Austin, TX

Sept 27 Mississippi Nights St. Louis, MO

Sept 28 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN

Sept 29 Metro | Chicago Chicago, IL

Sept 30 Metro | Chicago Chicago, IL

Oct 01 Majestic Theater Detroit, MI

Oct 02 Mod Club Toronto, ON

Oct 04 Paradise Boston, MA

Oct 05 Irving Plaza New York, NY

Oct 06 Trocadero Philadelphia, PA

Oct 07 9:30 Club Washington, DC

Oct 11 Neumo's Seattle, WA

Oct 12 Doug Fir Portland, OR

Oct 14 The Fillmore San Francisco, CA

Oct 15 El Rey Los Angeles, CA

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Bob's back in town! :excited:

March 2008

5 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue

6 - Milwaukee, WI - Shank Hall

7 - Chicago, IL - Metro

8 - Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop

10 - Toronto, Ontario - Mod Club

12 - Boston, MA - Paradise

13 - New York, NY - The Fillmore at Irving Plaza

14 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero

15 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club

16 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle

18 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse

20 - Austin, TX - Antone's

22 - Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre

24 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern

25 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theater

26 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall

28 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge

29 - Seattle, WA - Neumo's

30 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards

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Despite Husker Du still being one of my favorite bands, I have no desire to see Bob Mould. The last album I bought of his was 1998's The Last Dog & Pony Show. Starting with Sugar's Beaster in 1993, he hasn't floated my boat the way he used to. I'll still give Grant Hart a shot. I liked his last album, 1999's Good News For Modern Man. He's working on an album now. I bought The Gang Font feat. Interloper which has Greg Norton on bass and someone from The Bad Plus. That was pretty good.

Interesting story: I am friends with a woman who's uncle is Malcolm Travis who played drums in Sugar. I had asked her if she knew why Sugar broke up and was sure, but though she was told that Mould's a primadonna. Just last night I saw her at a show and she said Travis had visited her over the holidays. She & her husband are in a band together, but couldn't find the time to play with Travis which she was sad about. She asked him about Sugar's breakup & it evidently had to do with a tv show Ryko wanted them to appear on. It was mainstream show and Mould did not want to do it. I guess there was a lot of tension between him & the label over this and it broke up the band.

What's interesting is that Husker Du broke up over a show also. They were scheduled to do an acoustic show in NY; an AIDS benefit. Hart was using methidone while going through heroin withdrawl. He put his supply on ice in a sink during a show & the bottle leaked and he didn't have any more. They had one more show on a brief tour, but Hart felt he could do it. Mould took it upon himself not only to cancel that show, but also their set on the benefit show a week later without consulting Hart. I think Hart may have had a hand in the benefit also. Four days later Hart quit. Six weeks later, Mould tended his resignation to Warner Brothers from Husker Du. Their last show was 20 years ago on 12/11/87. Mould quit on 1/28/88.

http://www.thirdav.com/oddstuff/resign.html

Mould's resignation from Husker Du

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Despite Husker Du still being one of my favorite bands, I have no desire to see Bob Mould.

I saw him open for Built to Spill last summer and it was really sad - truly cringeworthy. I regularly see better solo acoustic performances in the subway. Sorry to say it, but it's true, and it appeared to be the general sentiment in the crowd as well.

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What was so bad about him? My opinion is based on not liking his music as much as I used to, not that I thought he was a bad performer.

Yeah, I would like to know too. I'm thinking of going to see him in March.

Love Husker Du. They were my faves for about two years in the mid 80's. I saw them perform twice in 1985 & 1986. They were incredible live. The albums, while definitely great, do not fully convey the power of their live performance. It's funny that I just found this thread because I got back into vinyl this past year and last weekend I reached for Zen Arcade. I hadn't listened to it in probably 15 years. HOLY CRAP the music on this album just shreds!

Quick story. The first time I saw them in '85 a friend got me backstage. There were a bunch of hipsters hanging out in this big room waiting for the band to come in. Finally Grant Hart comes in and this guy hands him a copy of Zen Arcade and asks if he would sign it. Grant said something like,"I don't do autographs but I do like to smoke pot," and whipped out a bag of weed and started using the kid's album to clean his weed.

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He had no backing band, his voice was sort of shot, his amp sounded like absolute crap, and he seemed bored.

I love Husker Du, always have. I've seen Mould solo a few times, including around the time of Black Sheets of Rain, which I thought was a fine enough record. But there was just nothing to like about the show last summer. He sounded like an average dude jamming out in his bedroom, with waaayyyy to much treble in his amp. Honestly, he wasn't named on the bill, and we were far enough back that we didn't realize it was him until thre fourth of fifth song, which was Makes No Sense at All (or some pale facsimile thereof). The first few songs were so hard to take that we booed along with everyone else in our area. Once the Husker song started and we realized who it was, we all felt a little bad, but that didn't make the performance any better.

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