Are there ANY plans to reissue Husker Du?

Bob and Grant's ongoing feud with SST over back royalties is what is holding up any remix/remaster/reissue campaign for this essential catalog. They aren't going to agree to any new releases until they get the back pay they feel is owed them, and we know SST couldn't pay that even if they wanted to.
i don't know anything about contracts or back royalties etc., but if the Huskers haven't been compensated by SST properly, isn't there some sort of legal way for them to just get the rights to their recordings back? i mean, if they put out reissues on some other label, does that mean that SST would still get a cut?

I've been waiting on remasters before checking out HD. It seems to happen a lot to me where I'll buy a group's albums and then within a year they get reissued.

yeah i kinda have held off on getting some of their stuff too, because i figure a comprehensive reish program is around the corner. I guess not?

well you think they would reissue sooner rather than later if they're going to do it at all, what with the impending "DEATH OF THE CD" and all - x-post.

People have been talking about reissues for 15 years

Yeah, I'm still waiting for more Springsteen albums to get reissued. It's really taking a long time, though.

bob and grant need to sort out their beefs with each other before they can sort out the legal beefs re: the HD catalogue, so...

How much money do they think SST owes them? it's not like those albums were blockbuster sellers

it's probably more like no one *knows* how much money they're owed. i think sst was notoriously bad at bookkeeping ...

Besides, for every cent the the Husker's get, a little kitten goes hungry!

the black flag cds also sound terrible compared to vinyl imo

guys this is never going to happen

:'(

bob and grant need to sort out their beefs with each other before they can sort out the legal beefs

There was a recent interview with Grant where he said him and Bob don't hate each other any more but he layed into Greg instead.

OK, now that my turntable is back up and running, another reason to go out and buy vintage VINYL!

Does vinyl really help sound quality with respect to hardcore acts like Husker Du?

lol at turning on Greg!

"his food sucks!"

Grant answered a load of fan questions recently on his myspace and remasters didn't sound like they'd be a priority for him from his general tone re: husker

weird because i saw grant open for mike watt in the fall and greg came out and joined both grant, mike w., and mike's band for a big all star jam on "little johnny jewel"....

a couple of friends have been to greg's restaurant and apparently he's an amazing chef

is it greg ginn grant has beef with, rather than greg norton?

LOL @ that confusion.

No it was Greg Norton, not Ginn.

http://www.blurt-online.com/features/view/520

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Haha that interview is hilarious. He's always come off as such a douche.

It was Greg Ginn when I interviewed Grant back in '03 before booking him at the dive bar I was deputy soundguy. He went on about Ginn for a while.

someone like Frank Black who would be eventually bigger in terms of record sales than Husker Du had been, would look back and fool themselves into thinking they were more important or more influential. Maybe more people heard you, but you're not more influential than that which influenced you.
hmmm

http://www.harneyre.com/CountryJournal/Images/SourGrapesPosterSmall.jpg

or which you were influenced by that which has influenced you when you were being influenced by their influence if you ya know what I mean.

jeez grant can be mean

um...there are some statements he makes in there "interesting" to say the least wrt his personal problems

reading about Husker always bums me out. To have made a bunch of really good/great records and to have such a sour taste in your mouth (plus lame-o business problems) about it is kinda sad.

Ok, after spending a couple of days a/b-ing vinyl rips vs. the CD's, I really don't hear any huge difference. The solution to the sonic problems is simple: when you turn it up loud it sounds great. When you don't turn it up loud, it does not sound great. That's it. Problem solved.

wow that interview. what a dick.

http://www.thenortonsrestaurant.com/2006-03-31_Nortons_-_57.jpg

who could say mean stuff about this guy??

i have no doubt he is the nicest member of husker du

seriously

rollie fingers that is

Just smoke a little before you listen to the cds. This works great, especially with Zen Arcade.

Do you ever feel like your contributions to Husker Du are overlooked?

This isn't thrown out as a condemnation of Bob, but I think that my fans know my material better than a lot of Bob's fans know his material. The reason I say that is every time I've gone to see a Bob Mould concert, someone has yelled out the name of one of my songs. When I'm out touring, I maybe hear that one out of five concerts.

i'm not sure that this is what it means?

http://i49.tinypic.com/14cz30x.jpg

Should Husker Du make that decision, and I recognize that's a slim chance, I'd like to think we'd do it for a cause greater than financial remuneration. . . . There was nothing sadder than being around in 1992 or 1993 and watching people like Smashing Pumpkins or Stone Temple Pilots make millions and millions of dollars. That was when the vacuum we created was really obvious.

Yeesh.

Does Greg cook mostly Pringles-based dishes?

http://metadiary.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/beefsteak-charlie-resize.jpg

look for yourself!

http://www.thenortonsrestaurant.com/Dinner%20Menu.htm

looks good!

"I don't care what you say, I don't care what you're drinking today"

http://www.thenortonsrestaurant.com/2006-03-31_Nortons_-_4.jpg

Wish it was a theme restaurant. "I'll have the pork chops with Candy Apple Gravy and a New Beer Rising, please."

Is that a Suicide Commandos record on the wall behind the bar?

Yep, right below The Suburbs "In Combo."

The apostrophe is misplaced on "The Norton's" logo.

Nobody who saw the band live would for a second doubt Greg's contribution. I've talked to all three over the past dozen years, and stopped reporting what they say about each other: Why enable this stuff?

greg and the guy who just left the hold steady should tour together as "the mustachios"