HUsker Du?

I don't know if I'm going to buy any of his new records because I don't think I like the "Sugar meets Cher" direction he's gone toward.

not sure what exactly we all mean by "hardcore" here, but i'd say the huskers were hardcore when they started and were pretty damn close to anti-hardcore by the time they got to zen arcade. catchy verse-chorus-verse songwriting, some hippie sentiment and emotion, a bit of acoustic guitar, some piano, some psychedelic guitar jamming. it's hardcore tempered by a newfound love of mid-'60s beatles and byrds. check out: "pink turns to blue," "never talking to you again," "one step at a time," "turn on the news," "something i learned today," for starters. then see if you still think it's a hardcore album. or a pop album with low-budget hardcore production.

subsequent albums got progressively more poppy. and better produced. sometimes for the better, but sometimes not.

and, yes, do check out "makes no sense at all" from flip your wig, which was a year or so later.

but the tapes exist, somewhere.

"Sugar meets Cher": Had the pleasure of seeing Mould spin at a gay club in Minneapolis on Pride weekend two weeks ago, and it felt like a new genre. Still waiting for him to post the set list (here's an older one):
http://blowoff.us/set%206-11-05.html

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

I want to eat at Greg Norton's restaurant!

Has anyone eaten at Greg Norton's restaurant?

I recommend the bass.

i think side b of flip yr wig is one of the best sides of a rekkid

I prefer the first: "Games" (my favorite HD song if I'm in the mood), "Makes No Sense at All," "Hate Paper Doll," "Little Green Eyes," the title track...

I still think that mustache is a paste-on

mustache=real
seems like a good spread

This made my day.

Anyone else think "Hare Krishna" sounds like "I want candy," the bow wow wow version?

The new Grant Hart LP has some great tunes on it once you get past how dashed-off the whole thing sounds. "Charles Hollis Jones" is insanely catchy.

Barbara is the most memorable track for me (so far)

A good new Grant Hart record? That sounds very enticing. I still love Intolerance, his debut from uh, 20 years ago.

two good grant hart records since Intolerance: Good News for Modern Man and Hot Wax.

I recommend the bass.

A+

yeah hot wax is good, "California Zephyr" is great too

the highlights of good news and intolerance, however, are far superior to the highlights of hot wax. hart's still a brilliant songwriter, tho.

i friend of mine recorded about half of hot wax and basically that project was recorded over a looooong period of time, different studios, very erratically and i think while it's good it definitely feels like a hodgepodge because it is a hodgepodge

love this logo:

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husker du are fucking BRILLIANT why haven't they received a proper reissue campaign yet, they are still seriously underrated + undervalued, except maybe for Zen Arcade. FLIP YOUR WIG is their best imo. their records need to be remastered for cd/digital because they sound like thin garbage. on vinyl they're ROCKIN though

Oh there's many issues as to why they haven't been remastered.

You should vote in the FORGET THE ROLLING STONE CANON HERE IS ILM'S HARD STICK OF 1980'S ROCK POLL ALBUMS/TRACKS VOTING THREAD. (Voting closes September 20) (all welcome to vote inc Lurkers)

what issues? legal? the band?

pretty much

Can't say why I know just yet, but reissues are closer to happening than you think.

Yeah rumor I heard was way cool and bigger than expected

please god let this be true

At this point, "bigger than expected" = "happening at all."

numero group box set?

[just trying to start rumors of my own, i have no idea]

Who cares about that, just remember to vote in FORGET THE ROLLING STONE CANON HERE IS ILM'S HARD STICK OF 1980'S ROCK POLL ALBUMS/TRACKS VOTING THREAD. (Voting closes September 20) (all welcome to vote inc Lurkers)

i heard bob mould was helming the remastering and box set project and leaving all of grant hart's tracks off since he didn't really contribute much to the band, according to mould's autobiography

hahahahahahahahahaahaahahaha

gatefold double LP remasters 180 gram vinyl

hell yeah full catalog reissue and remaster i bet, fuck fuck fuck yeah

thx ilx

greg norton sex tpe

I did wonder if there was a likelihood after the Sugar remasters. But did think that interpersonal feeling inside the band might mean this unlikely.
Well will certainly grab a few of these if they appear.

Hopefully they'll reprint the Land Speed Record inner again. So I can look through the list of bands and think how few I've heard of.

the song titles on LSR are some of my favorites ever: "Push the Button," "Let's Go Die," "Guns at My School," "Tired of Doing Things," "You're Naive." even though i rarely put it on

all the husker du records really could use a remaster, the sound quality/production SUCKS!

Seriously, I've held off on buying the rest of the catalog for nearly 20 years now after hearing how thin Zen Arcade sounded. Will immediately drop the $$ for a full reissue campaign.

all the husker du records really could use a remaster, the sound quality/production SUCKS!

I think you guys are getting your hopes up too much. Remastering can't fix the poor recording techniques and shoddy equipment that were clearly present at the recording sessions.

Well yeah, but I've heard Zen Arcade on both vinyl and CD, the CD sounds like shit and the vinyl sounds pretty decent. So I know that the CD/digital stuff actually does have room for improvement.

i really don't think Spot's recording techniques were poor, although he was working under serious time/budget restrictions. but my Du vinyl sounds rad, and my Du CDs mostly sound awful, so there's work that can be done.

goddammit

Noooooooo

oh crap, please be well greg

He survived at least and appears to be back playing
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4hBOxSOe1i86mKTUWQbDSs?si=4471c7c323be40c2

Apparently Bob Mould just got married.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr8P7bLrYC2/?hl=en

(It's the next photo, not the jockey.)

Cartoon voice: “I’m seeing triple!!!!!”

It's always nice when stars get along with their stunt double.

Clearly likes people in the same mould

It's like Eddie and Valerie all over again.

THis is the 2nd interview with Greg Norton I've heard over the last couple of weeks. Not sure I'd really heard him or read him interviewed before. I'm not remembering him featuring majorly in the music rag interviews from the time, not sure how accurate a picture that is.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6GyEhHWhbtSUhM3zVROlIQ?si=d25d23ee9e23443e

Wait, Greg has a project called UltraBomb and Bob has a project called LoudBomb?

Bob is going to play at 2 celebrations on July 28 & 29 @ City Winery NYC of the 50 anniversary of the Nuggets 65 to 68 collection with Lenny Kaye leading house band and Patti Smith, Ivan Julian, Peter Buck and more on the bill