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was sonic youth influenced by husker du?

I've never heard them say they were. I read somewhere that they talked to Bob Mould about signing to a major since he had experience with that.

They started around the same time and were both on SST, so I'm sure they would have been aware of each other, but I see no signs of influence.

Thurston maybe

BTW Husker Du great fuckin band

screaming skulllll

Just to remind how awesome this band were.Out of all the power-pop whatever bands they were(and still remain)my favourite of them all.Pixies got close and Nirvana just wished but Husker Du were allmighty.

Yes, they were mentioned in this song so there's a good chance they were influenced by them.

so were the Lemonheads, but I don't think they influenced SY at all.

Cool

huskers are the band sugar could have been!!!







ill get my coat..................

New Day Rising!!!!!! New Day Rising!!!!!!!

I think Sonic Youth were influenced by how Husker Du fizzled down to a sad imitation of themselves when they signed to a major and swore that they wouldn't do the same. I believe they didn't either.

fucking boring shit

All the SST bands were probably an inspiration to the Yoot.The fact that these bands lived on floors and in vans and ate dog food to survive helped galvanize the entire scene.The 80's were rough.No internet or national "alt" genre existed for the freaks...you either knew by fanzine/word of mouth or you were lost.

:mad::mad::mad:

Husker Du influenced Kim Gordon to grow an awesome mustache.

i'm listening to 'statues' right now, one of the best songs ever.

flexible flyer

one of the best bands that ever were.

In b4 photoshopped pic

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