1985 Hüsker Dü Interview on Videowave

First-time interviewer Alan (planned interviewer never showed up) speaks with Minnesotan nonconformists Bob Mould, Grant Hart, and Greg Norton of Hüsker Dü. Episode #55, May 8, 1985 at the Peppermint Lounge. Camera work by Robert Barry Francos. According to Jones Harrington, the band playing in the background is The Neighborhoods. #HuskerDu #BobMould #GregNorton #GrantHart
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[@WhiteNacho]

I've just discovered these guys.

[@scott7521]

Consider yourself lucky

[@danielrae861]

Goody 😂

[@colico14]

These guys are just the best. Will forever love Husker Du. RIP Grant.

[@joedoomsdaypio4374]

Agreed. They changed my life.

[@PurzelPadauZ]

Everything I could think about during watching the interview was how well Bob aged. Damn.

[@mlovmo]

He looks better now than he did back then.

[@PurzelPadauZ]

@@mlovmo That's what I wanted to say 😀

[@distantyahoo]

he quit drinking, smoking, and started focusing on exercise and living clean.

[@cs5982-n7j]

I love this interview--thank you Videowave and thank you, Internet! In the Fall of 1986, I was in my dorm at UCSB and a guy a few doors down was really into metal, and he gave me Land Speed Record and Flip Your Wig because they weren't really the metal to which he was accustomed. I didn't have a turntable at the time, but I was playing New Day Rising on my cassette player while "studying," until I noticed a girl outside my window trying to get my attention (to turn down the noise). At that time, I had no idea as to the meaning of their name...it's so interesting the Scandinavian (Norwegian Board Game) connection to their hometown...without means to read many interviews and without KZbin, it would have been really difficult if not impossible to discover the meaning. The first Lush singles and LP were very Husker Du inspired, though coming out of the 'shoegazer' movement, it's nice to see/hear that Husker Du cast a long shadow.

[@TheIkaraCult]

Bob and Grant just shat out amazing songs in their time with Husker Du. Two great songwriters like that must inevitably part ways. I don't think its mad to compare them to Lennon and Mcartney in that way

[@eXiLe824]

I've never been there, but I gotta hand it to the Twin Cities, they really punched above their musical weight class in the '80s. Between indie acts like Husker Du, the Replacements, and Soul Asylum not to mention Prince and his whole scene, seemed like a great place for music.

[@barny15]

If you're a music fan, you owe it to yourself to dig into bands from the Twin Cities. It's a crazy good scene.

[@jumpfart666]

Land Speed Record is a monolith in my world.

[@paulosicne8498]

I grew up listening to Husker Du, from the mid 80s to present now at 52 years old.

[@buddhafx5973]

Very same place

[@wimpingus123]

Man, Grant's working on his Shane MacGowan teeth here.

[@davidice1]

I'm a massive Husker Du fan and had no idea this footage existed. They're clearly well into their drug zone with Greg chuckling to himself, Grant spaced out to oblivion, and Bob, with his piercing intelligence, keeping the interview moving. What an amazing band and great to see this early footage, although sad that they are not on the right side of their drugs issues.

[@LeotheOrangeCat]

they look happy to me

[@void0094]

One of my favorite bands

[@elvarfreyrelvarsson]

Awesome interview - thank you so much for posting

[@gravm]

Something in-between called getting along.

[@jasonschwan4632]

Not pretending not to care has to be the most rock n roll shit

[@markusantonio4866]

10:44 was so true with Seattle in 91’. The press was so interested in Seattle at the time.

[@kaijuking333]

Interesting. Right before the band started to break apart

[@scottjohnson8316]

Can’t picture anything super fast becoming a timeless classic….well said grant while looking like Dave grohl

[@-Ricky_Spanish-]

Greg is a man of few words.

[@VideowaveMusic]

"Spinach pies"

[@Xcalator35]

@@VideowaveMusic He was (or maybe still is) indeed a professional cook!!

[@alaken]

Greg is so handsome!

[@michaelh2798]

Pump out the hits 🤘🏻

[@revoltensolution]

8:36 Who is playing in the background, any idea?

[@tobymcgroby8967]

Grant, your teeth.... Why? Ps. Good effort, interviewer. Sit down interviews with punk bands are not easy, especially if the band acts too cool for the interview, picking apart everything you say just to sound like a rebel. At least these guys are decent enough to take the interview seriously👍

[@void0094]

What happened to his teeth

[@tobymcgroby8967]

@@void0094 either he has a mouthfull of peanut butter, or he's got rotten, browned out infected teeth... Drugs maybe? Or maybe he hates brushing & flossing? Can you imagine being his gf, waking up to HIS morning shit breath? No disrespect, I just don't get why someone would let this happen to their teeth at such a young age. John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers went on a 6 year drug bender & had to have all his teeth fixed, removed or not it was around $70,000 or so... The Rockstar drug scene is scary. But it's not clear to me whether this is what caused Grant's teeth to be so hideous

[@void0094]

@@tobymcgroby8967 I don't think it was drugs tho

[@tobymcgroby8967]

@@void0094 That's what I was just saying... It's not clear how this happened to his teeth. I don't know if it was drugs or just awful, bad oral hygiene... What do you think it was?

[@void0094]

@@tobymcgroby8967 I think he thought it was punk to stop brushing teeth.

[@GotLotsaFaith]

Their eyes....

[@gigiallin8266]

😍

[@scott7521]

What's with the GBV clip at the end? My 1 & 2 favorite bands ever.

[@VideowaveMusic]

It's a suggestion to the Videowave interview of them

[@ethanoliva2262]

Same here, 1 & 2 in that order

[@scott7521]

@@ethanoliva2262 Good taste man

[@randypaul5427]

Who is the band playing in the background? Sounds like a Dumptruck sounding band.

[@VideowaveMusic]

If you could find out if you know who was playing at the Peppermint Lounge that day. Not much online.

[@jonesharrington8004]

It’s the Boston band the neighborhoods…

[@johnlocust]

this is fuckin' hilarious...

[@korkunctheterrible4302]

Who did Hüsker Dü say were the meanest guys? SSD, SST, whatever?

[@void0094]

The label SST

[@buddhafx5973]

Meanest, Gregg Ginn

[@jfrey1]

Meanie heads

[@sergiolidone4856]

It's math rock...

[@Turdpuncher]

They must have been bad at math then.

[@buddhafx5973]

1,2,3,4...hey ho let's go

[@karlmatthews5208]

The interviewer looks like Andy Samberg.

[@jimdellavecchia4594]

Grant Hart had the absolute porn moustache

[@mattjarvie6443]

You mean Greg Norton.

[@gigiallin8266]

You must be Hüsker Dü's long lost greatest fan! lollol

[@chrisknowlton9460]

Worst teeth EVER

[@billykuan]

The most mispronounced band name ever.