Bob Mould about the rise and fall of Hüsker Dü

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Founding member Bob Mould talks about starting Hüsker Dü, leaving their stamp on punk music, and the eventual demise of the band.
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[@zew1414]

One of the most important bands to ever exist that gets absolutely criminally overlooked. So important to the punk scene, Indy scene and even to the hardcore scene.

[@IHeartNoise]

Huge influence on grunge, that's for sure.

[@ElSantoLuchador]

And why couldn't Husker Du and the Replacements just get along? I guess Minneapolis wasn't big enough for the both of them.

[@ElSantoLuchador]

@@IHeartNoise Grunge musicians agree with you. Grunge is Husker Du with Neil Young alternate tunings which are known grunge tunings to this day (if you're a musician, all strings down 1 step...think 'hey hey, my my' or 'cinnamon girl'). The tuning is what gave grunge the trademark heavy sound. Nirvana especially. Alice in Chains not so much.

[@rodmunch6849]

@@ElSantoLuchador Jerry Cantrell makes AiC

[@ExcitedAnacondaSnake-hg8ec]

@@ElSantoLuchadorgrunge is Black Sabbath, ramones, depending on what band it could be Jane’s addiction, Van Halen, zeppelin, American punk.

[@asmith3846]

There is something wrong with a world where Green Day is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Husker Du isn't.

[@worsignor8519]

I agree with you totally.

[@josh-rz3uq]

It's about record sales, not the artistic value of the music. The Hall is a fucking joke.

[@dougcameron6609]

Don’t worry about who’s in the Rock hall of Fame It’s laughable. Who cares about it

[@jimdown9061]

What’s funny is that I bet Green Day themselves would agree with that statement. They are huge Husker Du fans.

[@ednicholson7839]

The Rock and Roll Hall Fame is one of the biggest problems with rock and roll. It should be canceled

[@Johnnybananass-_]

Zen arcade changed my life. I'm sure theres a long list with that same statement.

[@Johnnybananass-_]

i drove an hour on a bus to buy a cassette copy with a walkman in my pocket playing The clash and bought the cassette and put it on and walked around my city till it was played through then went home and something was very very different. the world was a differnet place, happier, sadder, brighter , darker more empty and more loving all at the same time, it was perfection to a young teenage shitty guitarist wannabe poet and searching for relevance human being. Thank you Husker Du.

[@waves_of_fear]

Yep

[@scottkinney8678]

I felt the same way when I first heard candy apple Grey

[@dewitthobson2279]

New Day Rising was the one that did it for me.

[@jward4432]

Metal circus for me.

[@brianriddell1122]

I was in a band called No Direction (Norman,OK) and we got to open for them along with NOTA (Tulsa,OK) a few times between '82-'84. They stayed @ our dorm room after one of their shows. What a memorable experience! These guys were a classic example of the Power Trio. The progression of their style clearly states it all. From Land Speed Record, Everything Falls Apart, Zen Arcade, New Day Rising and beyond! There were a lot of hardcore bands in the early '80s that barely scratched the surface of melodic and lyrical genius. But Husker Du set the bar high, and succeeded. It truly was a privilege to have been able to not only see these guys, but to play with them, it was amazing and inspiring. RIP GRANT!

[@BrianDropdead]

I have some of your songs on Empty Skulls comp tape I bought back in high school, I don't think you ever did any records though?

[@salinagrrrl69]

I may have touched you. MAYBE. I went to Fayetteville in the fall I think on a school biz weekend field trip. I was attending KU Lawrence at that time. My cuz he was attending UA then too. We, he, me & his GF went to a place called the ICE HOUSE to see Brown 25, NOTA & some local outfit. I was pushing guys away from me circle dancing. I sported a bleach Cleopatra doo, thigh high black leather boots & a black RAMONS t-shirt. HÜSKËR DÜ 》"DO YOU REMEMBER"?

[@salinagrrrl69]

OBTW The drummer for one of those Norman bands - I can still see him in my mind. I thought he was cute. He looked like a more handsome version VERY CUTE version of either one of the Hagger Twins of HEE HAW fame. My cuz's Gf's Gf was all buggy boo to meet NOTA's lead guitarist formerly of FayArk's MutentFish supposedly a band named in honor of the lake fish around a local NUKE power plant down close to LRArk. He was head shaved with Elvis sideburns. He was LIKE.. ..kuel.

[@salinagrrrl69]

OBTW TOO Norman trivia. One of my fav Carpenter songs was "Super☆Star". Leon Russell so legend goes was inspired to write that tourch song after a conversation waaay back with maybe his sister. She & some GFs attended a show his band (when he was begining his music career) put on at some venue in Norman. One of his (sister's) gfs fell in♡♡ £()♡€ with one of his band mates b4 the 2nd show. This band mate was a local Norman hometown boy. He would be "just (on) the radio". "Night after night baby who treats you right? LISTEN TO THE GUITAR MAN".

[@Barry101er]

Did you know Jaz Lambeth from Norman?

[@mantislake4141]

I know most folk prefer their later stuff but "Land Speed Record" is an absolute masterpiece of live energy. A perfect cacophony of feedback, cymbal crashes, and screaming. LOVE IT!

[@KazimirMajorinc]

It is my favorite. Melodic Discharge.

[@alaskatoburningmen4549]

@@KazimirMajorinc Exactly, so much melody hidden within.> Mantis Lake, and yeah...LOTS of cymbals...:)

[@creamcannon825]

I just wish the recording was more discernible.

[@AppleOno]

There are real songs buried under that cacaphony!

[@jbvok]

I always thought of the album title just like it sounds - like we went really fast and set a new land speed record. If you read the liner notes in their massive retrospective, Bob clarifies. It was, "We covered a lot of land. We took a lot of speed. We made a record." Great!

[@seanwinkel8890]

Husker Du was the band that turned me onto hardcore back in the 80's with Zen Arcade and New Day Rising. Absolutely indispensable music.

[@pippocalippo2447]

I totally agree with you. Zen Arcade changed my Life back in 1984, when I was only a 15yrs old

[@CannibalWHORE22]

Bob’s a nice guy and talented man. Deserves more praise and is an integral part of music.

[@jaynorthrup3050]

I saw Husker Du at Fender's Ballroom in Long Beach, CA in like 1985 with Agent Orange. Awesome show, Husker let us hang with them on stage for a bit, never forget it.

[@Brett223]

Fenders Ball Room

[@czechpirc3212]

they didnt make u suck em off for that privilege? be honest😜

[@riffraff2770]

Saw a ton of shows there. We called it Fenders brawlroom as it could get pretty violent later on.

[@Gilpow]

@@czechpirc3212 what is your issue

[@richardfarrell2051]

Yeah I saw them at Newcastle Riverside in 1986, I would have been 18 or 19, they were immense but in those days at the riverside you’d often get to hang out afterwards, very laidback vibe and I knew the guys who ran the place, I used to have a signed set list but it went the journey ages ago sadly, my mate always swears Bob was chatting him up which is funny, if I’d have known I totally would’ve made a play! Seriously though, great band, and great times. No wonder they split after warehouses, nowhere to go after that, masterpiece

[@ichhasseamerika]

Loved their rendition of "Eight Miles High". Its a deep, vast, corker.

[@alpostlewaite5564]

Yup. One of the best covers ever. It's a whole new song when they play it.

[@conorkennedy3304]

that cover is amazing

[@chrisartem2673]

Best version of that is live from pink pop festival

[@alaskatoburningmen4549]

@@chrisartem2673 Oh yes, it is insanely good there!!

[@KlystiEvangelist]

Agreed the pink pop live version was amazing

[@sonofren]

I'll probably never forget the first time I heard "Makes No Sense at All". Fuck, what a sound

[@chuckm4540]

I felt that way the first time I heard 'Green Eyes.' It was on the college radio station KTCL in Ft. Collins, Colorado in '85 or '86.

[@jeffersonlawson6353]

A band that can truly say they never made a bad album and everything from Zen Arcade through Warehouse is stellar! Their live shows, especially in 85, are legendary. In 85 I saw them at 688 in Atlanta....I am a small man and was being crushed against the stage....the roadie let me sit on the stage next to Greg...awesome.

[@JoeyArmstrong2800]

Husker Du were so unique. Their blend of Hardcore punk/psychedelic/pop music was just fantastic. In 1987 you couldn't label them which is why Warner Bros. couldn't sell them to the masses. Right band, wrong time.

[@iggypopisgod9]

In 1987 you couldn't label them which is why Warner Bros. couldn't sell them to the masses. Right band, wrong time...... Not really. They were never going to move a ton of lps and WB knew that. However, they certaintly had exposure: Today show, Joan Rivers, etc. Although their production improved over the years they never that glossy sheen which gets one on the radio. They also released a dbl album which didnt help sales

[@AK99581]

​​@@iggypopisgod9By the time they signed to Warner they were already moving towards a much more pop-oriented sound. Warehouse was much more watered down compared to any album prior. Them not selling enough records wasn't for lack of trying, but they pissed off a lot of their fanbase and didn't really gain enough new fans to make up for it. And then they broke up. It's possible with more time they might have gained a bigger following. Ah well, it is what it is.

[@lizzy-wx4rx]

No, not wrong time at all. They weren't making music for the masses, there was a whole scene that had nothing to do with that. They are one of the iconic post-punk 80s bands.

[@emptyemptiness8372]

Without husker du there would be no nivana no Jane's addiction no Soundgarden they were quietly one of the most influential bands of their day and had a massive effect on 90s allt rock sound.

[@richnewman]

And everything Mould has done since has also been fantastic. Sugar was amazing--and even his most current albums are better than most.

[@gevansmd1]

You mean I need to blame Husker for those bands???

[@Gilpow]

@@gevansmd1 if you hate them, yes

[@Heatfarmer]

They would have been there, but would perhaps sound a bit different. Its like saying that without the Ramones or the Sex Pistols, there wouldn't have been Hüsker Dü

[@kokakola7369]

Don't forget about "the Pixies"! "the Pixies" were pioneers in their own way, but "Husker Du" really paved the way for them.

[@alancpt]

One of my favourite artists ever. Husker Du, Sugar and Solo + Band, all just brilliant.

[@suesutton9226]

AGREED!!

[@ReconMan8654]

‘New Day Rising’: The greatest album of my lifetime.

[@santiagobenites]

I was 17 when it came out, and it totally changed my world!

[@buddhull]

It’s a burner. I got it after Metal Circus, EFA and Zen Arcade; and thought it sounded weak, but with some great tracks. Eventually I stopped dissecting it based on the thin, harsh sound of the recording and took it as a whole - great songwriting, unbelievably vocal performances and melodies and, unlike some of their earlier material (Zen Arcade comes to mind), every single track sounded good all of the time. A personal favorite of mine would be Terms of Psychic Warfare, which coincidentally sounds very close to another band’s song riff-wise. That’s never really bothered me, although I recognize the similarities, and it remains a go to for me in their catalog. These guys were insanely talented.

[@100spyders]

Fuck yes!

[@ericknutson8679]

give ZEN ARCADE a listen

[@100spyders]

@@ericknutson8679 Been listening to New Day and Zen Arcade since they were released, thanks.

[@hailmaryrecordings8255]

I lived in a very small & culturally-repressed town in northern Illinois. If the song wasn’t on WLS, I didn’t know it. Freshman year in Colege (1988) I discovered the Replacements & Husker Du. Changed my life. I’m a musician and after a lifetime of distraction I’m finally recording and releasing my work. Bob has been an inspiration over the past few years, as I finally grow up and regress. ☮️

[@victor-eh3kt]

Hüsker Dü should've been in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a long time ago, they influenced a lot of musicians in the HOF to be what they were.

[@trumpgottagoitmfa9216]

Hüsker Dü were criminally UNDER-appreciated i cant wait to watch this my my big screen

[@Summer0fLove1967]

Extremely, it's also so hard to find their shirts in punk stores too :(

[@pabloisusi6097]

He seems to be a good man. Great artist, for sure.Hüsker Dü changed my life to a better place. No doubt.

[@ivanrandja3788]

There is no fall of Husker Du! This is the best rock band ever!

[@fearbabyriffs]

I remember waking up one morning in our shared band house to find Grant Hart drinking coffee at our kitchen table. I am huge Husker Du fan & to meet him back then just hanging out drinking coffee in the early morning it was a surreal moment for me. It was like just like any normal person but at the same time my mind is saying "Thats Grant fkn Hart !!!!!".

[@knutsenneundorf116]

I had that moment in the late 80s in Berlin, Germany. We were hanging out outside a coffee place / bar for a beer, And I was: „Hey, wait, this is Grant Hart over there!“ Turned out he was recording with Nova Mob in Berlin down the street and they were having a coffee break.

[@bradchildsNYC]

Grew up in Minneapolis and went to a lot of great shows - such a rich scene in the mid 80s, so many great bands. The Zen Arcade shows at First Ave were maybe the best, certainly the loudest. The Huskers influenced all of us and spawned a lot of bands, mine included. Flaming youth! If only it could have lasted forever.

[@American_Heathen]

Saint Paul guy here. It sucked that MPLS/St Paul scene never took off. Prince, Morris Day and the Time, Husker Du, False Oath, Soul Asylum (90’s) and I know I am missing a lot of bands. I also think the Glam metal out of LA, thrash metal San Fran and New York and other genre music was coming out. It was easy to overlook MSP/St Paul scene

[@Mraquanetchris]

@@American_Heathen Going to the U - ended up seeing Babes in Toyland on accident. What a wonderful accident!

[@TryNSave]

I’d love to live in an alternate reality where Husker Du reconcile their differences and continue beyond 1987. Excellent songwriting, excellent musicianship. Imagine if their catalog were recorded with today’s technology.

[@markusantonio4866]

87' Warehouse Songs and Stories great album. No Reservations is my favorite.

[@devinpatrickmusic]

I love the sound of the recordings. The drum sounds were intentionally very snappy and thin, the guitars were a wall of distortion, the bass was thumping, and the vocals were up front, carrying the song.

[@Caribou1983]

They did rehearse and record a few songs for a new album in late ‘87

[@AppleOno]

We might think of Grant's "Intolerance" and "The Last Days of Pompeii" and Bob's albums with Sugar, as kind of Husker Du if it continued and they just made music apart, like the Beatles with the White Album...

[@curly_wyn]

@@devinpatrickmusic the production unfortunately is terrible. HOWEVER, it doesn’t even matter that much since the actual songs are so fucking good!

[@jeffgutierrez8796]

Husker Du was my gateway and most of the soundtrack into adolescent life. Thank you, your music is just as relavent now as then, maybe more so.

[@andymarantz]

It's not a matter about discussing what was the best album they made. We all agree that Hüsker Dü was a magnificant band gaving a lot of influences to other bands...

[@colico14]

Such a fascinating artist and person. Thanks, Bob.

[@alaskatoburningmen4549]

Every Bob interview these days is gold, he is so thoughful, well spoken and humble.Back in the day, he seemed dour and perhaps a bit depressed.The 80's seemed to have been a very creative but unhappy period for him.Still struggling to find his place as a gay man in the Reagan era.

[@rexmundi3108]

Started a project as a kid, grew up while he was doing it. Then it was finished. I always used to wonder why all the great bands broke up. They were human. They changed. I wouldn't necessarily want to be 40 playing songs i wrote when I was 18 because they were my hits.

[@IndexFossilchannel]

Husker Du is legendary but Sugar was a great band too!

[@stevenanderson1459]

yeah copper blue is one of the top ten rock albums of all time, superb songs, saw bob play it in its entirety a few years ago at shepherds bush empire, great night, saw them a couple of times at the mayfair Newcastle back in the early 90's

[@crash8563]

Beaster is a monster

[@pabloisusi6097]

Indeed man!

[@Gilpow]

Beaster might be the best EP ever released

[@kingnaildriver7232]

Come on!!???No love for Black Sheets!!!???

[@johnnybsteelriff]

Bob is very affable, considering the awesome noise he is capable of!!!! Blue Hearts is a welcome new addition to his canon...

[@shadowknight9807]

I'm from Minneapolis and moved to LA in 1983. When I saw in the LA Weekly that this was one of the most influential bands, I couldn't believe it!! Husker Du?? Then I went to see them play in some old, huge hotel in downtown LA or Hollywood. Dream-like now in 2021. Something I shall never forget - and I talked to Bob who is a good guy!!

[@laurastrobel718]

I was blessed to have seen Husker Du on the Warehhouse Songs and Stories tour their swan song. They are one of the greats but never blew their own horn Bob is so humble and down to earth He comes to Nashville on a fairly regular basis but I've yet to see him Need to put it on the list for sure R I P Grant Hart🎆

[@danny1983]

Warehouse songs and stories is there masterpiece...wow that must have been a mindboggling show...mad props to you for being one of the few who knew at the time you were witnessing greatness..DM

[@catcat1517]

One of the most important band s in that is grossly under appreciated for their contributions to the punk and alternative music. I met Bob in Cleveland after a solo gig at the Grog Shop and he was so gracious with his fans.

[@fvcostanzo]

Bob's speaking voice and his singing voice... sounds like they come out of two different people.

[@yt6523]

The very first CD I ever bought after deciding to switch away from records was from Husker Du. Sound quality was hype to be so much better on CD. It irritated me when the cashier at the record store said, “Why would you buy Husker Du as your first CD.”

[@andreasschuster4695]

Bob is such a great guy and (!) an awesome guitar player! I think my faves by Hüsker Dü are "She floated away" and "Hardly getting over it" - timeless punk/rock classics!

[@chadlong1109]

7:21 “Grant was hanging out with different people and taking on different things he wanted to explore.” That’s a really judicious way to say he’d developed a heroin problem.

[@TipsterStu]

Have you watched the Grant Hart doc? So sad :(

[@chadlong1109]

@@TipsterStu I knew him, actually. He’d regularly come into a restaurant I worked at in the late 00’s. Nice enough guy, but clearly ravaged by meth use.

[@TipsterStu]

@@chadlong1109 the doc is like an essay in regret's search for peace :(

[@annaclarafenyo8185]

@@chadlong1109 He didn't use meth. He used milder amphetamines, and heroin.

[@scott7521]

Totally!

[@jimsteele2072]

New Day Rising was my introduction to Husker Du back in around 84-85

[@ehansen1053]

My friend bought a Husker Du record back in the eighties. I was so inspired by it that I changed my trajectory musically. Real trailblazing stuff. It was - New Day Rising. 🎛

[@itchy-scratchy]

Bob has been a guy I have been listening to all my life. Seeing him evolve as a musician he hits everything emotionally as he's progressed. Probably the only artist seriously I dig hearing new stuff from and look forward to his next effort. His music always a part of my life. This man transcends genre really.

[@Emlizardo]

I like how this is shot, with Bob on the left and the weird table on the right.

[@jeff7764]

“Terms of Psychic Warfare” is the most perfect pop punk song

[@claudiocuce]

The Village Voice 1984 1. Bruce Springsteen: Born in the U.S.A. (Columbia) 2. Prince and the Revolution: Purple Rain (Warner Bros.) 3. Los Lobos: How Will the Wolf Survive? (Slash) 4. The Replacements: Let It Be (Twin/Tone) 5. Tina Turner: Private Dancer (Capitol) 6. R.E.M.: Reckoning (I.R.S.) 7. The Pretenders: Learning to Crawl (Sire) 8. Hüsker Dü: Zen Arcade (SST) 9. Lou Reed: New Sensations (RCA Victor) 10. Run-D.M.C.: Run-D.M.C. (Profile) 1985 1. Talking Heads: Little Creatures (Sire) 2. The Replacements: Tim (Sire) 3. John Cougar Mellencamp: Scarecrow (Riva) 4. Tom Waits: Rain Dogs (Island) 5. Artists United Against Apartheid: Sun City (Manhattan) 6. Hüsker Dü: Flip Your Wig (SST) 7. R.E.M.: Fables of the Reconstruction (I.R.S.) 8. Hüsker Dü: New Day Rising (SST) 9. Aretha Franklin: Who’s Zoomin’ Who? (Arista) 10. John Fogerty: Centerfield (Warner Bros.)

[@squinkque]

I have most of those albums listed above but the only ones I still listen to on a regular basis are Husker Du and Tom Waits. REM, Prince, the Replacements and the Pretenders I still love but I don't listen to them regularly.

[@Magooch86]

He's got a really midwestern manner in conversation but onstage is a fucking beast. Great interview!

[@noogie1]

R.I.P. Grant, got to meet him once, awesome guy, like a lot of us, I think all their stuff is awesome!

[@Caribou1983]

The Argument was the best album of last decade imo. Grant at his finest!

[@GoTroppo69]

I agree with everyone RE Husker's albums and their importance - but I also think Bob's Black Sheets of Rain was a stunning piece of work. It's very dark and yet optimistic - it's certainly got me through some bad times.

[@chetrok1]

Land Speed Record !!!! Man listening to him talk about Grant almost brought tears to my eyes, husker du has and still does have such a fucking strong impact on me and my life such a guidestone for angry, happy, ect days a song can change a day, love and respect Bob

[@SueMead]

Land Speed Record was a revelation. I had been listening to predominantly UK and New Zealand alternative music, with Dead Kennedy's being the main US band outside of the UK I gave attention too. Then Hüsker Dü' blew my tiny New Zealanders mind. The floodgates were breached and along came Butthole Surfer's and Bad Brains. I never got to see Hüsker Dü' play but I did see Grant Hart play here in Christchurch in IIRC, 2010, just prior to the start of the nightmare quakes. I am so glad I was fortunate enough to spend a few minutes talking with him.

[@GotLotsaFaith]

They broke all the rules. Few bands were ever able to reach the high temperatures Husker Du did. Obstacles not recognized or dealt with in this day-and-age were overcome in order to get an unsigned band on the road; plan tours and contracts; earn a fanbase; get distribution or label representation, let alone major label interest; play consistently great shows, network with and charm other bands at the right time, at the right places; eat and rest; keep everyone safe; and stay able to BE NICE 24/7 no matter what city you were in, etc.. See, in my view, this is something of a miracle. Husker Du played with fire; they possessed an acetylene torch that lit the way to a better tomorrow for the rest of us. And that is why I will always love them. From here to eternity.

[@juliusnicholson1509]

I got into Husker Du when I heard “She Floated Away” on friend’s comp tape. I then went out and bought everything I could by them. The top of my personal list are Candy Apple Gray, New Day Rising, and Flip Your Wig. Those were some great times! I still listen to them to this day.

[@erikbrantly4015]

He really gives an intelligent, thoughtful interview here. Thanks for posting.

[@iljapainsi4735]

You hit home

[@Debbimartin]

Bob Mould is so vastly under respected. He is a talent for the ages.

[@jeff7764]

No, he isn’t under respected at all.

[@bobzelley5100]

Bob mould is highly respected .

[@awrogers3013]

These guys were prolific well read and first class songwriters in the greater part of their career. This in addition to being a complete trailblazers writing the book for the hordes to follow. Amazing band

[@klausrain111]

Friend of mine dragged me to a small club show they did in Chicago in 84 or 5. I didn't really want to go, "Husker who?" I said. Ended up going, could barely put a sentence together for about 3 hours afterward, I was so blown away by that show. My friend kept calling Bob the Jimi Hendrix of hardcore. I guess what he meant was, they changed music forever.

[@patrickmazza7055]

Saw Husker at Pine Street Theater in Portland in ‘86. Shows generated big pits then, and Bob Mould hated it. At a certain point the band shifted to playing Beatles songs to try to mellow it out. We had lots of fun slam dancing (pre-mosh name) to “All You Need Is Love.” Husker was great, and the stuff Bob did later with Beaster also stood out.

[@markusantonio4866]

Christmas was opening for them?

[@patrickmazza7055]

Long time ago. I don’t recall.

[@kerrybock766]

It was specifically Candy Apple Grey and New Day Rising that i knew this band through. One on either side of the same cassette and played over and over. I was not even aware of the other albums or songs on them. I feel those 2 were plenty to know the very unique style and aesthetic f these guys. At 57 now, still among my faves of all time...

[@ACEFX13]

Diane Diane.......Diane.

[@covers_girl]

Sounds like dying, dying, dying

[@aseriesoftriangleswecalltr6065]

Actually, it sound like Die, Ann. Maybe it was a hint of misogyny due to their homosexuality. We should ban this song or better, the whole album. Let`s start a petition.

[@aseriesoftriangleswecalltr6065]

@Freddy Jisp Did you killed her?

[@IRgEEK]

Very thoughtful and incredibly entertaining. Candy Apple Grey my absolute goto in College.

[@candystink]

Loved Husker Du. I was fortunate enough to be in Minneapolis in the early 80’s and saw them whenever i could. Land Speed Record-Everything Falls Apart-Zen were my Husker years. There was no better band around at that time. I didn’t care for their later stuff as they got more commercial, but their integrity was never questioned.

[@iggypopisgod9]

time. I didn’t care for their later stuff as they got more commercial, but their integrity was never questioned..... Hardly call a dbl lp release "commercial" lol

[@greensombrero3641]

What a great interview. I saw you in a club in NYC around 1995 and from the first chord I knew I was in the right place. BRAVO

[@brianmoore493]

Chartered trips, one of my all time favorites. Thanks Bob

[@pippocalippo2447]

Husker Du changed my life, back in 1984 (when I was only a 15yrs old). Thank you Forever, dearest Bob & Grant!

[@cocoygranada9403]

Even in an interview, Bob Mould is simply gravitating and manifest the character that could be heard and seen in their recordings from Husker Du, Sugar & Solo sol-la-ti-DU

[@MrSpacecase35]

Love him so much. Great very underrated guitarist

[@donnybosco8319]

I remember driving Grant somewhere or I was with someone driving Grant a little picture playhouse was the song he kept playing so if anybody's a who could do fat little picture playhouse in my heart was one of Grant's favorite songs

[@nickfanzo]

Every record by husker du is great.

[@martynjones8560]

For some bizarre reason I used to refer to him as "Uncle" Bob back in the late 1980's, and now he really does fit that moniker.

[@johnkrummel2956]

I got to see them about 3 times in the mid-1980s... My favorite was 'Zen Arcade'... amazing album

[@gigiallin8266]

I'm glad I saw them numerous times back in the days. Best musical era ever imo. ❤Rip Grant

[@jwd29485]

I have seen all of the iterations and he is beyond a doubt the originator of everything cool.

[@ceevishus4130]

Whenever i listen to Husker Du i want to be in the country inhaling clean air.. Something about their music is comforting and peaceful

[@sandrab2884]

Looking at all these comments blows my mind! I've loved this music for decades...and can't find 1 soul who would go to a show. Where are you people???

[@gerardschrade6823]

THERE IS NO OTHER. HÜSKER DÜ. FOREVER.

[@cameracamera4415]

Loved Grant Hart RIP. We was so kind to my children.

[@bob733333]

I never was interested in them until someone played me their first album.

[@GizmoBeach]

Mr. Mould's biography shed a lot of light on that difficult time as to Mr. Hart's drug use (while Mould had stopped drinking) and Sugar was just a more tight-knit and heart-pounding band for the perfectionist in Bob. I imagine it must've felt pretty cathartic.

[@josephsinsalot]

I wish he would of went into his relationship with Grant rather than his typical response about grants experimentation with drugs causing problems. Thanks for sharing

[@niks7643]

He doesn't seem to be comfortable taking about that. Even in his biography, he mentioned the death of their manager coupled with Grant's increasing drug use as the contributing factors that led to their breakup. Been a few years since I read the book, but his description of their demise was very nonchalant from what I recall. Unfortunately with Grant's passing a few years ago, that might be the only explanation that we ever get. Grant didn't talk about it much prior to his death, and Greg Norton hasn't discussed it, so there seems to have been an agreement between all of them to stay quiet about the details of their breakup. There is definitely more there, but sadly I don't think we will ever know the full story.

[@gregdahlen4375]

he says Grant 'wanted to try other things' ha ha

[@StevenStJohn-kj9eb]

I just looked up Bob's home town. Dude wasn't kidding when he said "up" state... or "cold".

[@jgband]

Steven St. John Right down the road from Almanzo Wilder's childhood home and across the border from Montreal.

[@df5295]

I think he grew up in the middle of nowhere!

[@DaveMTL-gz3hy]

Man I love this guy. Such an honest artist. Bob Mould forever.

[@cl8822]

HOLY SHIT! Roland Schitt was behind one of the most influential Midwest rock bands this whole time!

[@jadecawdellsmith4009]

🤣🤣🤣

[@dewitthobson2279]

Bob is a class act and refrained from saying anything negative about Grant, although he certainly could have. He makes no mention of Grant’s heroin addiction which ended up derailing the Warehouse tour and ultimately lead to the demise of the band.

[@DanielALeary]

Grant and Bob’s vocal pairing kinda the best of their secret ingredients. Fuzz pedals and extra snare hits amongst the other herbs and spices. Sucks they quit singing together.

[@MustafarRecRoom]

Divide & Conquer is still one of my all time fave tunes...

[@mcdingus5081]

Being more of a metal guy in the '80's and living in Milwaukee- I knew of Husker Du but I really didn't come to appreciate their stuff until much later. It's strange, but the underground music scene in Milwaukee was probably a bit more geared towards kind of zany and off the wall type bands like the Violent Femmes- who were really the dominant alternative/ college music band in the area. Of course we did also have Die Kreuzen, and they probably overshadowed the more hardcore sound of Husker Du with their own dissonant, heavier, progressive metal type sound. But I did have a lot of respect for Husker Du, and eventually became a pretty big fan of Sugar when that was released.

[@lloydonlead]

This band changed my life. They were so organic. The salt of the earth i saw them in a small venue in Mesa, Az. Still the loudest concert I've ever hesrd.

[@looshkin66]

Bob has led such an interesting life! More than being in Husker Du and Sugar he has written creatively for professional wrestling! What a fucking cool guy!

[@humanflybzzz4568]

Two things that did it for me the most when I was a teen: husker du and violent femmes

[@drengskap]

Bob Mould looks like Sigmund Freud these days.

[@bradpittiful7288]

he could be the one...yeah i think he is!

[@treehouserecords]

This resembles the Bob I know and love from back in the day when we were roommates.

[@gretchenarroyo9013]

Oh my gosh! Loved Husker Du. Soundtrack of my college radio days. Also, Helpless by Sugar. Omg!

[@kingnaildriver7232]

Black Sheets of Rain!!!!

[@Unfunny_Username_389]

I wished they'd never signed to WB. It did Soul Asylum no good, sfaict. A big indie would've made so much more sense. They could've paced themselves, had more choice over so many of the band's crucial jobs and stood a much better chance of continuing together. A major label was NEVER going to Du right by them. Sorry about that - couldn't resist. : - ! PS - love you Bob xxx

[@jenhasken]

SUCH A FAN. WE LOVE YOU BOB!

[@pdbordelon]

Workbook - 1989 - one of the best albums Ive ever experienced.

[@jenhasken]

Yes I think that was his first solo album. It was good.

[@Ess-w3g]

Always been one of my favourite bands since buying Metal Circus on a whim in 1985.

[@bryanmeekins835]

I just wanted to apologize to Bob for stepping on him that time in the record store. Didn't see you sitting on the floor.

[@aleksandarfrick2656]

Such a great band ...Fathers of alternative rock . If they continued they be giants . For sure .

[@aleksandarsasokotnik9310]

They are ;)

[@aleksandarfrick2656]

@@aleksandarsasokotnik9310 U right !

[@catkendall5680]

Just seen this guy live👏🏻👏🏻

[@unktupelo]

Workbook is a killer comeback record. He should be commended for putting out such a powerful statement after his world changed.

[@mantislake4141]

Black Sheets of Rain, not so much.

[@unktupelo]

I saw him play Graffiti's in Pittsburgh solo acoustic prior to BSOR's release. Vic Chesnutt opened, and every song Bob played sounded like it was meant for acoustic play. Celebrated Summer, of course, sent us home grinning. I loved Hanging Tree, kept that to myself.

[@petermgruhn]

@@unktupelo "What are you booing about? All those songs you were thrashing about to a few minutes ago : I wrote them on this."

[@Canadian_Gamer]

Husker Du and The Replacements!

[@Jacksmusicshack]

The bassist of Hüsker Dü Is releasing the debut UltraBomb album!