Bob Mould - Georgia Theatre, Athens GA, 25 Jul 1990

[@abatista181]

Just great Bob Mould. From Bob to Bob with Husker and a great Cheap Trick cover . Love it! Thanks!

[@peterlorrequartet6559]

damn.....this needs to be released.......Bob at his most earnest....rock never had a better innovator....

[@pdbiss]

I cannot begin to thank enough the people who recorded and posted this. This era of Bob's career. Never held out hope that I'd see live footage like this. Fantastic!

[@miked6426]

This is Gold. Thank you. Even has bed of nails love it

[@YoPhiladelphia]

Saw this tour when he played Duke University on Halloween 1990. So good to see this video! I seem to recall he didn’t play BSOR at Duke either - I was bummed as I love that song!

[@nikolaik1147]

0:14 Wishing Well (Cuts in) 4:42 Compositions For The Young And Old 9:14 Hear Me Calling 13:57 Out Of Your Life 17:22 Hanging Tree 23:01 Stand Guard 28:16 If You're True 32:45 Poison Years 38:05 Sinners And Their Repentances 42:47 Lonely Afternoon 46:58 Stop Your Crying 50:53 Disappointed 54:59 See a Little Light 58:27 Whichever Way the Wind Blows 1:09:30 All Those People Know Encore: 1:12:45 Cinnamon Girl (with Peter Buck) 1:16:16 Surrender (Cheap Trick cover) 1:21:41 Hardly Getting Over It 1:26:34 Makes No Sense at All 1:29:53 Bed of Nails 1:34:55 The Last Night

[@viniciusduraes4067]

Thanks

[@patrickwilson7378]

Yeah, what Vinicius said

[@ryanp8255]

This was the tour that introduced me to Mr. Mould. Worked my way back to Husker Du just in time for Sugar. The rest is history. :)

[@BobbyDecibel]

I saw him on this tour at The Ranch Bowl in Omaha, Nebraska. My friends and I showed up early and he was just hanging out and playing pinball. He sat down and talked with us for about an hour and could not have been a nicer guy. It was truly great to meet a musical hero and have them be just as cool as you imagined.

[@DC2Ams]

By a strange twist of fate, I got to sit next to him at dinner in DC. It was with his DC gay friends, and none of them really 'knew' who he was. I had to pinch myself, and not be a fan-boi :-)

[@ralphherrmann6094]

Outstanding! I was lucky enough to see Bob on his Workbook AND Black Sheets of Rain tour at The Cotton Club when I resided in Atlanta. We also saw Bob acoustic at The Point around the same era. I was also fortunate enough to see SUGAR at Liberty Lunch in Austin in '92. Just saw him this year in Austin on his Silver Age tour with my 14 year old son - he's a huge fan!

[@JMoran14]

Anybody who wonders why people love Bob Mould so much only needs to watch this video. A+ performance from start to finish. Love the covers, too!

[@DimestoreLiam]

Oh my God... I saw him at the Nectarine Ballroom in Ann Arbor on that tour, which was absolutely amazing. This brought back so many memories of those days... Thank you so much for posting this!!!

[@donbut3056]

For a guy who never made it to the arena rock status, Bob influenced a lot of great guitarist. Including me an absolute hack.

[@hamupinhere]

Not so much Bob himself, but Husker Du could've been on the stadium/arena rock circuit if they kept their shit together past the year 1987. I truly believe that. However, it is arguable whether or not that would've been a positive thing, or whether or not they would've found an alternative path toward self-sabotaging their own mainstream success, if it weren't a break-up/disbanding that did it first.

[@void0094]

Same here

[@PadgetCowan]

I was at this show.

[@matteframe]

prove it

[@billgordon553]

I was at this show, and in the balcony from where this was shot! Unforgettable then and unbelievable to relive it now. Thanks so much for posting this gem.

[@jonceramic]

"Out of your Life" and "Hanging Tree" side by side are wonderful! By the time he hits Poison Years, though...he's hitting his rage. Damn... The guitar solo just tears you apart. The pain and raw angst and anger of these two albums. I saw this tour in Milwaukee when I was 19.

[@Brenman101]

I seen a lot of rock n roll shows. This one may have been the best AND loudest (Oct 1990, Chicago @ the Riveria). Sensory memory: standing center in back third of room letting the sonic waves from Bob's strat occasionally tip me back on my heels. Righteous.

[@donbut3056]

Bob played with Sugar at the Boston Music House. By far the loudest show I have heard.

[@wdrauch]

The loudest Bob show I've seen was later this same year in Cincinnati for the BSOR tour. I could feel the sound waves compressing my chest and sucking the energy right out of me

[@chetgrissom1839]

Brenman101 I was at that show...and you are right...still the loudest show I've ever seen ~ blew my hair back.

[@bobfan2112]

Saw him at the Rave in Milwaukee, same month. My ex swore she would never go to another Bob show. It all worked out. Good god that was loud, and fun. Luckily have been able to see him there, and elsewhere , many times since. If you get a notification, I apologize in advance.

[@urgetodrive]

can confirm... saw him at Grinnell College, probably same tour (fall 1990, I think) and it was SO LOUD. unreal. My whole body was vibrating and he nearly shook the floor-to-ceiling glass out of the frames.

[@chrisstory1970]

One of my favorite artists. Saw Sugar in 93 at the Roxy. Couldn’t hear anything for days. Loved every minute of it

[@methus57]

thank you for posting. I saw his show at Peabody's Down Under in Cleveland May 1989. He was amazing....his intensity....he ripped that place up.

[@PeasGraveny]

I know Bob displayed displeasure that there were bootleg videos of his stuff but this is captured genius.Sounds so good.I love those first two solo albums by Bob (Workbook & Black Sheets Of Rain) so the setlist is perfect in my opinion.

[@OutOfStepTube]

Why didn't he wanted them?

[@MK-jh6cq]

Paul Lewis,srry my art to write!me too,because the quality from black sheets of rain is so clear,by dude,greetings from zurich swiss,reto

[@matthewschauenburg]

Bob!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ohk4]

I was also at this show. Still have the ticket stub. So awesome to see it again!

[@briteness]

Good to find this here. Thank you. I'm no expert, but I feel like he has not done "Hanging Tree" live all that much over the years. Of course it was new at the time of this show. Anyway, one of his most powerful songs, & he nailed it here.

[@MatthewSavoie]

Thanks! It's good to remember this time.

[@tuftyjr]

I saw Bob in '89 at the London Astoria and he did some amazing (and quite out of character I thought) behind the back playing and rolling on the floor histrionics during this song. From what I recall from then, other times I've seen him live or on film, the sight of Bob sans guitar with microphone in hand 'singing' is very unusual. Rare footage indeed and an unexpected treat. Thanks again for posting!

[@gkswiss]

I think Bob invented that intriguing "guitar twirl" move (see 1:05:30). He does this in the "It's Too Late" video too. Kinda funny.

[@tictocbang7443]

I saw him on this tour twice and on the "Workbook" tour twice as well. Freaking insane...this band!!

[@perfecto332000]

Wow thanks for posting this. I got into Bob Mould in 1990 but missed this tour. But since saw him 20 plus times even to today!

[@splash733]

Interesting that he didn't play Black Sheets of Rain that night, as I've always seen that as one of his signature pieces from that era. Luckily I got to hear him play it in Atlanta (probably the night before or after this show). Many thx for posting such rare footage!

[@oppositecar]

+splash733 I don't think there was an Atlanta date that summer. Bob did play Black Sheets at the Center Stage Theater in Atlanta the following November.

[@splash733]

+oppositecar You have a razor sharp memory for events that happened 25yrs ago! It was probably the November show that I'm thinking of.

[@MrBluejames1]

I was at this show!

[@ohk4]

James Wagoner I was too! Still have the ticket stub

[@billyb2079]

Many, many thanks for posting - I've never seen any live footage of Bob in this era of his career - workbook / black sheets - love both these albums. Thanks once again.

[@daveosc]

I have a picture of he and I in Columbia SC either the next day or two later or earlier from this. He played at Greenstreets.

[@thomasmartin2663]

Wow - I remember ths tour vey well. I saw him at the Eagle's Club in Milwaukee - It was freaking LOUD! Thanks so much for uploading this. This album BSOR is very important part of the catalogue.

[@davidfairbairn8]

Should post it mate, any rare Bob shit is good. Good to see him playin here with the first band line up, works so good.

[@EricCRash]

Thanks so much for sharing this!

[@thomasmartin2663]

the bass is unbelievable in this track.....

[@tuftyjr]

thanks for the effort you put in to post this, much appreciated - also really enjoying the gig!

[@matteframe]

Saw this tour in Chicago.. One of my best musical memories.. 17 and full of Emo .. So intense.. But man the mix seems off on this.. Drums sound like slamming doors.. Sugar got it good

[@CuestaHDTV]

What album is "If You're True" off of? Is it a B side of a single?

[@tomikazi7507]

#MouldIsGodNotClapton~

[@tuftyjr]

YOU GOTTA WATCH 'Whichever Way the Wind Blows' (~58:10 - 1:09:00) - seriously good, and must be as Huskeresque as Bob has been in all the time since there was Husker Du, captured on film anyway. Paul, a suggestion: cut this bit as a separate clip. It is truly awesome.

[@hamupinhere]

Random musing: I think I would've given anything to hear Warren Zevon cover either 'Hardly Getting Over It' or 'Makes No Sense At All' during his "Learning To Flinch" era/tour.

[@oppositecar]

I haven't quite figured out who you are yet, but you obviously know who I am. I have an audio recording of that Astoria gig, but it's not in digital format and I'm not sure it's worth creating a video from it.

[@billyb2079]

Bed of Nails - Ethereal..................

[@thevac8578]

Thanks. Fucking wow.

[@shaxan]

Surrender - 1:16:03

[@tomikazi7507]

very good line up.....Mould hated everyone equally....RIP GRANT

[@oppositecar]

Not a bad idea. It is indeed an epic version of "Whichever Way The Wind Blows."

[@tuftyjr]

Ha, ha, ha - man of mystery! No, not at all: Kevin Whitehead, just like to keep the 'tuftyjr' alias for no real reason. The Astoria gig was pretty special, but might be best kept as a faded memory rather than a dodgy recording! Your call though. cheers, Tufty Jr.

[@tomikazi7507]

HuskerDidHimGood...

[@maxkol4380]

I saw Sugar on the Beaster tour and they were very good. Saw them later on the FUEL tour and they were off tempo and kind of sucky. After that I noticed that whenever I'd see BM live he always speeds up the tempo. Just perform it like you recorded it. I didn't throw down 22 bucks to hear a different version of these songs.

[@themilkman3333]

Who gives a fuck just be glad to be there

[@gman1121main]

In about the last minute of Cinnamon Girl, Peter Buck realized he was not worthy.

[@scottbartlett4853]

Or perhaps he realized that he was there to serve a song and punk has never been part of that. Wrong person wrong time.

[@porkinwitz]

I wonder if Bob "hooked up" with Michael Stipe while he was in Athens.

[@maxkol4380]

+porkinwitz Haha! Probably did. He and Grant were on the outs.

[@maxkol4380]

***** I just made that up.lol. Wouldn't doubt it though