I think it's a real shame that their 'seminal' status seems to have stopped a lot of people from really listening to them. They're sort of taken for granted as a 'key' band rather than, as Sarramkrop says, a truly brilliant one. Sometimes 'importance' can be a real barrier.

kool thing's demo name was "du 2"...

spoken like a true gentleman.

Husker Du Rocks!!!

huskers on a motherfuckin' plane!

they were sort of an influence on sy if you count the fact it was bob who pushed greg to sign them to sst.

Hüsker Dü's Grant Hart announces new album
The 80s punk veteran has teamed up with members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Silver Mt Zion for his first record in a decade
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009...ant-hart-album

I loove husker du!

I played Grant Hart's Gibson after a gig a while back...I started playing Husker songs like a dork...

gross.

I'm looking forward to it...His last album was great.

I can't stand anything Mould has done in forever, but Hart with members of GSYBE sounds at least interesting.

Bitchin' Zen Arcade wallpaper found on Dime:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/tjydhy

Greg Norton with the original hipster mustache.

New Day Rising is probably their best raw record.

Yeah, my main source was 120 minutes and the "College" top 10 chart in the back of Rolling Stone mag.

Grant and Greg were onstage playing with the Meat Puppets a few months ago. It was an almost Huskers reunion.

nah.

Yeah the last album that did anything for me was that first self titled one he did on Rykodisc in '96. After that EVERYTHING has been a bust! Including that newest one! I really thought he'd be able to pull it off forever since the shit was HOT for so long. Then it came to a grinding halt.

Just been listening to a few bits of this on Amazon - fuck me, it's good.

And he's touring - marvellous!

NOVEMBER 2009
5 - Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews
6 - Kansas City, MO - Record Bar
7 - Lawrence, KS - Replay Lounge
8 - Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
11: - Hollywood, CA - Viper Room (tentative)
13 - San Francisco, CA - Thee Parkside
15 - San Francisco, CA - Hemlock Tavern
17 - Portland, OR - Dante's
18 - Seattle, WA - High Dive

DECEMBER 2009
11 - Chicago, IL - Darkroom
14 - Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe Tavern
15 - Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa
16 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East
17 - Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live
19 - New York, NY - 92Y
20 - Bordentown, NJ - Record Collector
21 - Washington, DC - Velvet Lounge
22 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop

Now get your arse over to Europe, Granty boy.

husker du RULES