Hüsker Dü, The Fastest Band In The World | Minnesota Hardcore: Episode 2

[@bh-zj4yt]

Saw Husker Du , Minutemen and Meat Puppets in San Diego 1985. God what a show!! I live off of those great memories

[@auralepiphanies4055]

is that the show that was filmed live-i think i saw it on youtube one time?

[@davidnicholson6680]

The high point of SST. What a lineup.

[@Jabberwok28]

That must have been astounding.

[@BoxesOfFoxes]

Live At the stone?

[@bh-zj4yt]

@@BoxesOfFoxes in San Diego it was the Rock Palace….also called Carpenter's Hall

[@nazfrde]

I remember when it seemed like Hüsker Dü, The Minutemen and The Replacements were all coming out with new records every month. What a time to be alive.

[@jeffsims8270]

Edited to. give love to TR But only the latter(s) created 2×LP masterpieces... THE REPLACEMENTS are still dope though. I prefer the other 2 more though.

[@darinaadland5226]

My memory of Grant Hart was when I was attending Back to the 50's car show in St. Paul around 2000. I was at the Turf Club with a friend and she noticed Grant playing pinball. Being a 15 year old kid in 1986 from a small town in northeast South Dakota, Husker Du made a big impact on me. I decided to go over and introduce myself and tell him how much I enjoyed his music. He was such a nice man. He asked me where I was from and what I was doing in town. I told him I was into old cars and had a few myself and then he started talking about his Studebakers. We had a nice conversation more about cars than music! It was one the highlights of my life. He was so nice. Sure do miss him!

[@macmiddlebrooks1]

What a great story. I met him smoking out of AlleyCats in Richmond around the same time. He was super friendly and not at all bothered to chat.

[@SuperCroc69]

How many cars did you have as a 15 year old?

[@darinaadland5226]

@@SuperCroc69 , none at the time. Bought my first car at 19 and still own it.

[@squirlmy]

Notice "I told him...". Sounds just like a typical 15 year old to claim he owned cars, even if he didn't. Maybe they were his dad's, or just didn't exist at all.

[@SeanOSullivan-xl2wy]

@@darinaadland5226 What kind, model/make of car Darina. I hope im not being to familiar, i just read you name, and thought id use it.

[@charleswesesky747]

The only thing cooler than this video is the fact that Twin Cities PBS is taking the time to heart react to so many comments.

[@TwinCitiesPBS]

You just made my day! Thank you!

[@kushofulci7510]

So sad that Bob Mould didn't partecipate in the documentary. I was hoping for something longer than 20 minutes but loved every second of it. Huskers 4 Life! Grant Hart always in our hearts! Cheers from Sardinia

[@peterparkingmeter4764]

Big Respect to Husku Du,New Day Rising and Flip your wig are just fantastic records.Grant Hart R.IP.

[@StrixyN]

I was 14 by Christmas of 1986. Santa gifted me a clock radio and my first ever set of ear buds. On a cloudy night I could tune in to a college radio station out of Seattle. Hüsker Dü got played that night. I would watch the weather forecast religiously thereafter. I started taping the shows to share with friends because nothing like that was being played where I lived.

[@RobertNugent]

I don't remember a whole lot from the early 80's, but remember hearing "The Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill" for the first time, and being blown away by it. I hope Grant realized how many people out there were grateful for him before he passed.

[@theworldisdew]

It's one of my all-time favorite songs on one of my all-time favorite albums.

[@cftvdata]

Discovered Zen Arcade and Warehouse when I was twelve years old. Those records made an indelible impact on my psyche. Soon dug up some of those Children's Crusade live shows, and was equally blown away. Almost twenty years later, they are still the most transcendent music group I've ever heard. What a band, man.

[@jasonedwards6614]

I was first introduced to Husker Du over 30 yrs ago. I was in a three-piece punk/metal/Blues Rock fusion band with two other guys. The bass player was (probably still is) a huge hardcore punk fan. I can say that up to that point, I was more into metal and British invasion-era punk. My skills as a drummer were tested and I worked to gain that extra ounce of speed that the current trends in thrash were striving to meet. I learned to incorporate double time (among other things) when others thought, he can't go any faster than that straight BPM (beats per minute). Thanks to the HD boys for their desire to push the limits on creativity, sound and tempo. I would NOT be the drummer I am today without their influence, or my bandmates Ron and Bruce. You know who you are dudes. Force of Habit forever!

[@dirtyrottenimbecile13]

do you mind saying the name of ur band? is there any demo or ep anywhere? blues and punk fusion sounds amazing

[@sardilongboard]

Husker Du were super important to me in the mid 80s in New Zealand. Just the band I needed at the time. Introduced to them by a friend who had some cassettes of their stuff that he had got from the U.S. They blew me away. Been on my playlists ever since. Thank you Twin Cities PBS for putting this on youtube .

[@Kkidzz]

and THANK your Country for The Gordons, Clean, Bailter Space, JPSE, Bird Nest Roys...etc etc ;)

[@songstofuckto]

I was introduced to them by a guy working at Marbecks. First album I heard was Candy Apple Grey and it changed my life.

[@benpotaka5893]

Sticky Filth, The Nod, Tension, Wretched Skinny NPHC

[@damianb2374]

sorry you had this album as an intro to this band @@songstofuckto

[@songstofuckto]

@@damianb2374 haha… it’s okay I love the poppier side of Husker Du.

[@tintomara6209]

I always felt Greg was somewhat overshadowed by Bob and Grant, so it's Good to finally hear his voice and hear his story!

[@BostonBrian2015]

Greg is such a cool guy

[@chadsix4838]

I never listened to Husker Du, but I love Bob Mould's band, Sugar, and loved his solo stuff as well. Sugar's Copper Blue is one of my all-time favorite albums.

[@praguepersona9624]

You should check them out especially the later stuff. Hart wrote the most beautiful Husker songs and I also love Mould and Sugar.

[@Fasnic]

Copper Blue is a landmark album... As a long time Due fan it's a classic movement

[@brucefreifeld4763]

Check out 'Workbook' and 'Black Sheets of Rain' albums-both great

[@Fasnic]

​@@brucefreifeld4763black sheets has been a long time favorite

[@ssmith954]

"Copper Blue" is a great record -- a good starting point with Husker Du are "Zen Arcade", "New Day Rising" and "Flip your Wig". Copper Blue feels like a refined evolution of these.

[@ceevishus4130]

one of the most amazing and exciting bands ever. Their music give me chills... All three of those guys are great.. I love Bob's solo stuff also..

[@johnchedsey1306]

One of my all time favorite bands, though I was too young to discover them until about 5 years after they broke up. Really pleased to see Greg Norton doing interviews as he was a phantom for ages after the band's end. One of the greatest bass players of his time.

[@nickbrenne2159]

I lived in Red Wing and was from the area. Ran into him a couple of times and talked to him at a festival in town there. Super nice guy, hoping for a full recovery from his cancer diagnosis.

[@LAG3]

Husker Du's Candy Apple Grey and Warehouse are the soundtrack to my life from 87 to today.

[@glenmchargue5461]

About 15 years ago I fancied myself a young punk. I was sitting outside the train station in Chicago when a kind if rough looking dude sat next to me and started asking me about the patches on my clothing. Just generally talking about music. I asked if he was in a band and he said he was, Husker Du. I recognized the name but was more into the metal/grind side of punk. I was such a wanker that wasn't familiar with them. And I didn't know that I was chatting with a person of punk significance (despite him telling me his name when I introduced myself). The person was so warm and sweet. And anything but condescending. He made such an impression on me that I looked them up as soon as I had internet access. And obviously it was Grant. I was so bummed that I didn't talk longer. It was such a positive experience. I wish everyone was that friendly. And I'm now much more familiar with Husker Du and how badass they were.

[@revment]

Similar thing happened to me on a ferry ride in Costa Rica where I met Jason Sears from Rich Kids on LSD. He mentioned the band and I'd never heard of them, looked them up later and really got in to them for a while. He died a couple of years later.

[@bigbadbillb]

My introduction to Husker Du happened in 1985. I was at a Licorice Pizza record store browsing. They were playing the "New Day Rising" album, which had just come out. I froze in my tracks. It was unlike anything I had ever heard. Been a fan of these guys ever since.

[@deadredeyes]

Land Speed Record was my first cassette and I still have it all these years later. Such an incredible band!

[@kevbeckguitar7209]

Nice to see wire - pink flag mentioned that's such a killer album 10/10 recommend

[@KevKavanagh]

Pink Flag is still one my go to faves!

[@spoonshouse9542]

12XU!

[@bluefj-wc3vz]

Loved them since Land Speed Record when i was probably 15 at the time. Dug all their music. Loved hardcore but i really love their later releases. They had a unique sound.

[@matthewcohen7488]

I've got a few Husker's stories, having lived through hardcore circa '83 - '87 in Minneapolis, and even into the nineties seeing Grant Hart all over town. One of the coolest things I ever witnessed in music was seeing them go from frenetic 100 person shows in the Entry to sublime gigs in the Mainlroom of First Avenue where there was a collective sense of the band breaking new ground, of this building intensity that seemed to get better with each successive show. By the time they were playing songs like "the Girl who Lives On Heaven Hill,' you got the sense you were seeing something truly special. I remember being the only person to show up for a 7" inch signing at Oarfolk, not really knowing what to say to the band, being 13 years old. Bob seemed a little disappointed.

[@Diskostix]

I love that they still listed David Pirner as being from Loud Fast Rules instead of Soul Asylum!

[@frankking439]

Saw Husker Du at the Paradise in Boston when Flip your wig came out with Soul Asylum as the opener. Phenomenal show and probably the loudest band I ever saw.

[@steveg8102]

Soul asylum use to be amazing. Saw both bands back in the day but not together...that would have be awesome

[@toolshed6078]

That was my introduction to Soul Asylum. Opening for Husker Du at Irving Plaza in NYC.

[@josephhilsenhoff5045]

So thankful for their shows at the Cubby Bear, Metro and the Aragon. Best years of music.

[@russdavies9686]

I was there when they played the Calgarian Hotel. It was crazy, I had never heard anything so loud and chaotic but I loved it. So much so I went back again & again. The Calgarian was a dive bar along what was at the time Calgary's skid row.

[@Laxwisguy]

that's awesome

[@marrickvillian]

"Jello Biafra forged a rent receipt so we could get food stamps". I love it.

[@coreymacdonald7696]

My band covered metal circus front to back live and it was the best show I've ever played in my entire life. We all have played in hard-core/punk bands for years, and we worked on that set list every single week for like 8 months. I have such a deep rooted respect for that album. It will always be my favorite

[@BoxesOfFoxes]

Real world is insane.. along with the whole ep, along with extra circus!! Very important in my catalog! Keep on keeping on!

[@coreymacdonald7696]

@@BoxesOfFoxes First of The Last Calls is my jam. Keep on keeping on brother!

[@chrisbrown-gq3ne]

My favorite ....then new day rising

[@DeathRockRadioTampaFlorida]

Still amazing to this day. One of my all time favs. Glad to have been around from the beginning to watch them grow in sound.

[@void0094]

This band influences me a lot. I love the melodic hardcore they played.

[@FurioMil]

do you know the song at 16:30 ?

[@void0094]

​@@FurioMilDiane

[@FurioMil]

@@void0094 thank you

[@Merdle]

Melodic hardcore is a great description.

[@Electric.Spaghetti.Neon.Studio]

I was a big Hüsker Dü fan, but sadly never got the chance to see them live. I went to see Bob play in in Salt Lake City with Pixies in ‘89, touring the Workbook album. Because that record was quite a bit mellower, my expectations weren’t high, but he absolutely MELTED the stage, and ended the set with an extended noise/feedback piece. It made a huge impression on my 17-year-old brain, and I will never ever forget that energy. Utterly sublime performance.

[@IRgEEK]

Thank you for the post. I know Bob gets a lot of the love, but songs like Grant's 'Don't Want to Know If you are Lonely' have followed me for years. So much talent across the board.

[@bite-marx]

oh grant wrote that? thats my fave

[@IRgEEK]

@@bite-marx And sings it as well and does an awesome job. Vocals so tight and aligned with the back beat he providing. RIP Grant.

[@matthewcohen7488]

Bob started playing these electric shows with , like, Dave Grohl, and they would play some of the old Husker Du songs. Besides the fact Bob now had 3 guys playing guitar whereas before he played rhythm and lead himself, and faster, but missing from even the back up singing was Grants voice AND drumming. But Grants voice missing was like The Clash without Mick Jones; kind of secondary, but an essential component. Songs just nowhere near the same without Grant. Top singing drummer, and he never did it again.

[@iansmith9125]

That’s such a great song!

[@kryptichands968]

I'll never forget the first time I heard black flag, but ill never forget the forget the first time I put on husker du,,,and felt it,, it was land speed record I was 10,,that feeling never went away. Thank you eternally !, im so grateful to hear you guys share the story of my favorite band

[@briantruitt5218]

Outstanding. These guys were part of my college experience. Brings back a lot of good memories...

[@pabloisusi6097]

They changed my life and a lot of other lifes to a better place. They will change lifes forever. A really important band. Thank you for this.

[@mikemccarthy6127]

I graduated in 1987 in St. Paul (Rice Street). I remember seeing Blind Approach and Helmet and whoever else in 7th Street Entry on Sunday evenings. I was a metalhead but loved DRI and Agnostic Front and whatever else I could get my hands on. It was a great time to see all those bands live and trade tapes of whatever vinyl you could afford to pick up at Northern Lights. This documentary was just before my time and I absolutely love it. My buddy's brother played in the Urban Guerrillas who I also know almost nothing about but I bet someone who sees this will.

[@jasonm.8174]

I had a remarkably similar past growing up around that time (couple years later) in Omaha and Im still jealous of this story in spite of having lived one much much like it

[@harveyradius]

Helmet is highly underrated. Awesome that you got to see them in the early days

[@ktk44man]

@@jasonm.8174 Thoughts on cursive?

[@mikemccarthy6127]

I bought their Strap it On album on vinyl that evening. I can try and appreciate what Husker Du was doing back then. They were in fact playing a million miles an hour compared to what was the norm at the time. They worked hard, played live wherever they could, got noticed and moved on. I love the DIY aspect of the local and underground music scene from that era and my high school days a few years later. Looking forward to more episodes of this series.

[@kidthump]

One of the greatest bands in American history. Top five, no doubt.

[@kookadams85]

The Beach Boys & Ramones are the top 2 so who are the bottom 2?

[@james-faulkner]

@@kookadams85 I will give you The Ramones but the Beach Boys? I still have their 8-Trak, the latter, but that is just bubblegum pop. It is hard to come up with good American bands, I admit, but you gotta throw Queensryche in there and anybody that brings up MegaCrappica, (you know who I mean) needs to get tossed out!

[@kookadams85]

@@james-faulkner no more bubblegum than the Ramones, I don't get your question.

[@kidthump]

@@kookadams85 The Velvet Underground and CCR

[@CHXRMXN]

@@kookadams85Goated in my eyes for mentioning The Beach Boys

[@bentucker5438]

Grew up in Minneapolis, my mom loved them growing up, and I listen to them myself now

[@BobbyGeneric145]

You must have a cool mom!

[@bentucker5438]

@@BobbyGeneric145 oh you know it

[@theramplocal]

Your mom rules dude!

[@KrunkCobain]

This morning before this video was recommended to me, I was reading up about Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, and read a quote of him talking about how SY decided to sign with a label and cited how Husker Du was able to sign with a major label and their music didn't change, giving SY the confidence to figure out a contract that would work for them. Heard lots of the replacements but never listened to Husker Du, I'm going to go peel through their discography after this.

[@keirfarnum6811]

“New Day Rising” is great. The doc is making a lot of their earlier more hardcore stuff, but it’s when they slowed down a little and become more melodic that they really came into their own.

[@jahwobble5214]

Loving this I'm from the UK been into HD since the 80s and many other bands . Great documentary

[@p.g.torrez673]

I got turned onto Husker Du in the mid-1980s. In 1988, I lucked out (right time, right place) and saw the band 3 times in the span of a couple weeks, first at UC Riverside, then in Los Angeles and finally in Denver. At the Riverside show, in a gym, as I recall, the crowd was pretty sparse, like just 2 or 3 dozen people, but the band just killed it, they played their asses off. 'Celebrated Summer' has to be one of the best rock songs ever recorded. Thanks to Twin Cities PBS for the documentary! Long live Husker Du!!

[@buckykattguitar]

I'll never forget the first time I heard them. I was working at the record express in Windsor Connecticut, my coworker Kim said you've got to hear this album and the song was Don't Wanna Know if You Are Lonely. I was in total shock. It was around Thanksgiving 1986. I saw them at the Agora in West Hartford in 87 on their very last tour.

[@VladimirPutin-p3t]

That was the song that hooked me too. I didn't know them, but the guy at my local record store suggested I give this new 12" single a listen... It was Don't Want to Know on one side and I think Helter Skelter on the other. Never saw them live, even tho I had the opportunity. I was a stupid kid.

[@RiteanDan]

Wow! This is slowly becoming one of my fav channels on YT! I love all of this hardcore history. I’m from Canada and lived an 8-hour drive from the twin cities, but I never did make it to First Avenue/7th Street. I’d been down there so many times and really regret not going for any concerts.

[@TwinCitiesPBS]

Aww, thank you!! *blushes*

[@TheBear215]

I was introduced to HD when I heard New Day Rising on Drexel Universitys' WXPN, and loved it, had the LP a few weeks after. Got to see them at a place in Philly about six months later with The Dead Milkmen opening for them, I think Sould Asylum played before the Milkmen. Amazing show! Only thing was the floor was giving out below the crowd, building manager came on stage and asked for us to stop pogo'n during the Milkmen set, but that didn't stop the pit, and when HD came on it was just perfect. Ceiling collapsing on the bar in the basement and a crowd of punks moshing above. I was about 13 or 14, changed my life forever.

[@krewgarr]

Awesome memory! Did you mean WKDU? That is Drexel's station and has been my favorite in the Philly area for 26 years.

[@jeffreyhart500]

The Milkmen and HD? oh man.... Dave Blood and my Hometown (Rock Island) boy Greg Norton??? The bassists of both bands are wayyyy underappreciated, and its their lines that make my favorite songs. RIP Grant and Dave.

[@VladimirPutin-p3t]

Isn't XPN out of Penn?

[@TheBear215]

@@VladimirPutin-p3t yep, my bad, XPN is Penn, KDU is Drexel, RTI outta Temple.

[@Merdle]

That night set the bar really high.

[@machinistmikethetinkerer4827]

Grant was a year or two older than me but I hung out with him a few times. He only lived a block away. My sharpest memory of him on one occasion we went up to a local pond up on the north end of SSP and we caught a gardner snake. He put it between his teeth and started dancing around making goofy faces. I thought, hey this dude is pretty cool!" He was a great kid. Alot of fun.

[@davebasch5995]

I also grew up in SSP and was in some classes with Grant in Jr High...he signed my year book!

[@wordup897]

Sounds like Todd.

[@keirfarnum6811]

Pssst, they’re called “garter” snakes.

[@machinistmikethetinkerer4827]

@@keirfarnum6811 thanks. I couldn't remember which one they were. But you got the idea.

[@ronaldmilner8932]

This was wonderful! I saw Husker Du in Chicago in 1987 right after the release of Warehouse: Songs & Stories! I consider that show one of my all-time favorites, a cherished memory!!

[@CindyMcKitrick-vp9rg]

FREAKING INCREDIBLE. I managed the Dead Kennedys and TSOL from 81 through 84. Husker Du was a midwest anchor. We'd hit the east coast, and start traveling back to the west coast, hit Minnesota and it seemed exactly like home. Where we wanted to stay. Such great guys and earth shattering band. I'm from Seattle. Didn't they inform the Seattle grunge movement?

[@noelabrera6634]

The fastest? That's debatable but they were the tightest, most intense band I've ever seen when I saw them open for the Circle Jerks in the early 80s at the legendary Houston punk club the Island. Husker Du was jaw dropping. It took a monumental performance from the Circle Jerks to keep themselves from being blown off stage. One of the greatest shows in the history of Houston punk rock

[@genghis2030]

So who was faster in 81? Circle Jerks? Minutemen? Black Flag?

[@genghis2030]

Bad Brains

[@SmellsLikeContentt]

@@genghis2030 I second this, Bad Brains and countless others. Middle class and Void for sure.

[@noelabrera6634]

Genghis, If we're just talking about pure speed, then it's DRI from Houston or the Neos from Canada

[@genghis2030]

@@SmellsLikeContentt also everyone on the Dischord 81 comp

[@stillvisionsmusic]

They were trailblazers and the shape of music to come. They were a key part in making the next decades of rock music.

[@risboturbide9396]

Sending some postitive vibes to Greg Norton, who's fighting a cancer. 🍻🍻

[@josejones7025]

We all are fighting cancer me I’m fighting brain cancer At 60yo I’m stuck in San Diego with my fight it’s been 20+ years

[@josejones7025]

Greg owns a restaurant In Minnesota

[@teriakamoto]

Wishing you a full recovery ❤️‍🩹.

[@JSB1882]

Man! There is so much material for a show like this. That period in Minneapolis from 1976 to 1993 was amazing at least for me. So much incredible music and groups from Shangoya, Ipso Facto, The Wallets, Tete Noire, Flamin' OHs, the Phones, Suburbs, the Maroons, The Figures,....., nowadays everyone thinks it was all Prince.

[@georgewaters456]

I remember getting land speed record shortly after it came out and really being blown away by it, but the warehouse album really was my favorite of all. in the mid 90s I was in a very serious relationship with a real special girl who was totally into all things good musically. it was only after she passed away that I discovered her collection of Husker Du recordings, strangly enough she had every recording that I was missing, and vice versa.. it was so exciting to live in an era where one could watch bands like Husker Du evolve. this video was great !! definitely time to go back and listen to those cds again.

[@erice.5844]

what a trio!!! one in a life time.. f.. lots go see a show and then remember 40 f.. years more later!! story of my live awesome shows and I am not a religious live music fan even... but always cassette, n cd... never got into the vinyl, unfortunately.. born on 70. cheers! to all those early music gods..

[@barrystevenson7904]

Last week I watched the PBS doc on The Baldies. Now this gem. I wish PBS in Southern California was as Punk as the Twin Cities!

[@PeterChoyce]

As a Boston DJ from back in the day We hosted bands from the back woods and from England all the time that were unknown but already popular in Boston. Long before the internet kids had very popular college stations rocking 24/7 and our big commercial outlet WBCN hired DJs from the college stations and put bands like Husker Du smack dab in daytime rotation. Nice to hear Grant giving us a shout out here. By the time Husker got to Boston you were already top of the charts on the various Punk rock countdown shows we had all across the dial. New York had nothing like it, only word of mouth and the fanzines

[@eldiablo3794]

I'm still scratching my head and can't believe The Ramones opened for foreigner of all bands lol. Can you imagine what foreigners fan base would be thinking seeing a band like the Ramones. 40 songs in like 10 minutes full of intensity! Then foreigner comes on and plays love ballads like cold as ice, I want to know what love is? I prefer The Ramones take on love songs like shes the one. It'd be like me at the show with my friends to see the ramones, then looking over to see my dad and his friends who are there to see foreigner.

[@fumanpoo4725]

Cold as Ice was not a love ballad. Vince Meal is an obese DUI killer. And Ted Cruz, The Zodiac, listens to Diane while reliving his crimes. Somebody tell Mould his Husker legacy is something he should be proud of...

[@curtzimmermann5211]

Funny, I was 10 when Foreigner hit it big and "Hot Blooded" and "Double Vision" were some pretty hard rockin tunes for this young Kid. I loved them (still do) at least the hard rockin stuff. Fast forward 10 years and I was thrashing on Husker Du. Go figure. To me, rock is rock.

[@elit3murder3r]

Loved every second of this! Made my night :) greetings from TX!

[@ReconMan8654]

One of my greatest regrets in life; Husker Du my all-time favorite band, and never got to see them life. I truly envy all who did!

[@ALFAJERKBFH]

Much respect to the ones who paved the way. Husker DU and The Replacements cemented their names in American rock history.

[@mutanazublond4391]

You should give some respect to the horses and dogs you all rape and leave them alone LMAO

[@joeyjojoshabadoo3148]

One of the big bands that completely blew me away as a youth. All the speed and ferocity of hardcore, but the melody and lyrics just hit that mark of something a little bit more. Lauded, but in my opinion criminally underrated. Thanks for this.

[@stuartfishman1044]

Hearing those initial notes off of Metal Circus' Real World, I was hooked. Incredible sound. Still hooked to this day.

[@ff5973]

One of my all time favorite bands. They did things the way they wanted to. They didn't subscribe to the norm. RIP Husker Du and especially Grant!

[@wanderingone333]

I saw the Husker's many times in the 80's. My fave was when we saw them open for The Dead Kennedys at the Minneapolis Armory. It was an all ages show so being in our mid 20's a couple of kids asked if we were narcs! Husker Du played a great set and as this video speaks of they got irritated by the youthful antics including stage diving. Bob Mould walked up behind a kid as he was about to dive, put his foot on the kids ass and kicked him off the stage. All of this while playing guitar flawlessly!

[@Caribou1983]

Amazing footage. Huge Hüsker Dü fan here in Chile 🇨🇱 🙋🏻‍♂️ I would have loved to see them live. I lost a chance to meet Grant on his Brazil free concert 😢 but I got to meet Bob in Buenos Aires 😊 very friendly guy, we talked about the Buzzcocks

[@jamesrobison6180]

My favorite band. EVER.

[@ThePetraKelly]

I was sitting at the bar before a solo show when Grant came over and asked if i wished a special song. He played No Promise Have I Made later on. Nice guy.

[@debs656]

I still remember exactly where I was when I read in City Pages that Hüsker Dü had broken up, standing on Hennepin waiting for a bus.

[@tahcria]

This is an excellent documentary! Thank you so much! Wish my late best friend was alive to see this - he loved Husker Du and The Replacements, etc. Just thank you so much! My friend would have loved this!

[@kirbyculp3449]

How about the Sussman Lawrence Band?

[@ceevishus4130]

Grant and Bob, both of those guys have amazing voices.. RIP Grant

[@MiamiJato]

saw them at the Ritz in New York with the minutemen around 1984, great show......

[@justsomebloke6784]

I saw them probably 36 years ago at The Electric Ballroom in London. The sweatiest gig I ever went to. Apart from Subhumans at the Venue, many years later.

[@mykeyoh1536]

i had already graduated college by the time Nirvana hit big on the radio. But both bands evoke the same emotions from me whenever I listen to 'em. There's quite a few songs on "Nevermind" that sound just like "Flip Your Wig" to me. Never got to see 'em live, but "Living End" will always be one of my all-time favorite "take a walk back in time" albums. Good times...Bad times..... Peace, Love, and Happiness to those of us who survived into our 60's and 70's. ✌✌ BLACK SHEEETS OF RAIN -all killer absolutely no filler. all-time favorite for sure !

[@incubrian]

i only know about this band because my Chicago parents nicknamed me Husker Du as a baby. what a wonderful production to see for these guys! also i want to meet Twin Cities PBS for doing this AND for hearting all the comments, as they are clearly punk AF!

[@TwinCitiesPBS]

*blushes* made my day - thank you!!

[@Yldcatz]

Cool parents

[@Polyphemus47]

I worked with Grant at Hot Licks in W. St. Paul, watching The Huskers form. Grant and I remained friends, and he'd hang out with me when I opened a small shop of my own, in the Nova Mob days. Seeing my ol' pal Terry Katzman at the beginning of this story broke my heart yet again. Some of the happiest years of my life were the Oar Folkjokeopus days, late '70s, early '80s. *sigh*

[@Polyphemus47]

Grant! Terry! Pat Woods! Bob Stinson! This segment is like going home to a family reunion for this old rock 'n roller. Thank you!

[@imgdispatcher6524]

this is soo different from anything else that happened in music from the start of rnr, it showed that ppl can get together even without money.

[@ceedef3091]

New Day Rising is 1 of the greatest songs & albums. Ever. Yes. RiP Grant.

[@toolshed6078]

Husker has been one of my all time favorite bands, along with Minutemen and Meat Puppets..,I remember the 3 times I saw HD in NYC like they were yesterday. At Great Gildersleeves with The Replacements opening '83, Peppermint Lounge '85, and Irving Plaza with Soul Asylum opening in '86.

[@AppleOno]

You lucky devil !!!

[@armchairgravy8224]

This is really well done. I've been listening to No Dogs in Space's Replacement series which features Husker Du heavily. It's nice to see them get their own treatment. Husker Du and the other speed punk artists are what got me into metal and deeper into punk. "Too fast" has no meaning!

[@jermcircuits2923]

Thank God for No Dogs in Space, introducing me to great music all the time.

[@Reign_In_Blood_963]

I still remember Jason Lee skating to Husker Du on the World Industries video.

[@JoeyArmstrong2800]

Zen Arcade is the perfect blend of Hardcore punk and melody. A sound no band dare try at the time. A sound a million bands try to emulate today.

[@hanshananigan1233]

@@JoeyArmstrong2800 Zen Arcade was complex. Fiery. Melodic. Rageful at times. Stil a fav.

[@gigiallin8266]

Saw Hüsker Dü numerous times back in the days. Awesome band, was devastated to hear Grant had passed, I just talked to him after a gig few weeks prior.

[@I-Ren-Zero]

Bob Mould also produced the debut album -- If We Had Brains...We'd Be Dangerous -- for Twin Cities Metal Punk act... Impaler ... who were targeted by the Tipper Gore and her PMRC as well as other "Anti Metal" groups.

[@BigDanOz]

Tipper Gore was the reason my friend Beverly, not Jeff Ayeroff, started Rock The Vote! Though he did supply the initial funding I hear

[@I-Ren-Zero]

​@@BigDanOz strangely enough Al and Tipper Gore were some of the first people who benefited from Rock the Vote.... there has been a movement to rehabilitate both Tipper and Al.. but I always remind people that Tipper was a white woman from the south who was upset by a song on the soundtrack to a R rated film where a black man was talking about female sexual pleasure... and got her husband to use Taxpayer work time and money to hold hearings on that music...

[@seank3828]

Saw HD in my home town Leicester UK in 1986, always been a fan since LSR, still collect albums when I see one. Visited Minn in 2001, not a tourist destination but got to see 5th Avenue, even in 2001 they were still known, great band and recommend the book as well

[@noelabrera6634]

Their 1982 single, In A Free Land, is one of the greatest punk/HC songs of all time

[@kudsk]

What a time to be in in the Twin Cities. 7th Street Entry; Uptown, Caboose; Run Westy Run; Blue Hippos; Trip Shakespeare and many more but memory is fading in my middle age.

[@bigbadbillb]

Bob Mould playing a Mosrite guitar is one of the coolest things I've seen.

[@dr_tomK]

Got to meet both Greg & Grant when they played RPM in Toronto back in the 80's. I was impressed by their humility. What a show it was. My ears rang for two or three days after.

[@aaronbaertsch9269]

Awesome documentary 👏 I grew up taking the city bus to their shows in the 80s downtown.

[@KowalskiVanishing_Point]

Seen them a couple times back in the 80s. Always remember seeing them at a big concert in Holland in 1987. I guess they had come to the end of their time slot but kept playing- friggin' wall of sound. Anyways, a guy came out 2 or 3 times and talked to Bob Mould. He ignored them and they kept playing. Finally, they shut the power off to get them off stage. Laughed my bag off. I like Hüsker Dü

[@Mattspleen1]

Great band. Just imagine Husker Du, Minor threat and NOTA on the same bill! Fastest fastest and fastest!

[@BdawgSelf]

Thanks for this! Really well done. Been a fan of Husker Du for many years and didn't really know much about them besides the music so this was great!

[@auralepiphanies4055]

whats funny is my first HD tape was from Columbia Records mail order back in the 80's-they didnt have real hardcore so I just got what they had Warehouse was one of them and Its STILL my default HD album to date. It has so much depth and meaning and being from the midwest it has a personalization that I dont find in most other bands, not even from my hometown.

[@satanslovechild6458]

I remember reading about them in Metal Maniacs in the 80s and buying warehouses and storage rooms and then metal circus and then I enjoyed their entire discography

[@timpanic]

Long time fan here. Very good docu, chapeau!

[@klausrain111]

I saw the Huskers three times in Chicago in I think it was the early 80s. First time I saw them I'd never even heard them, a friend dragged me along with him. After the show I felt kind of like I'd been run over by an 18-wheeler. "Geez! What was that?" was all I could think.

[@Johndoe-co3pw]

Husker Du was always playing in the background when we were skating sets in the midwest. Drinking forties and getting inevitably kicked off of properties. This music is my happy place and the band doesn’t get the recognition it deserves!

[@SgtZak_]

Omg. Saw meat puppets at cal poly Pomona 1984. Didn’t know anyone remembered them. They played on the grass in the quad

[@gazeunderthesunmusic]

They definitely my favourite band thanks to Nirvana and Fugazi, Husker Du were definitely the first band that was considered Post Hardcore. They paved the way for bands like Pixies, Fugazi, Nirvana, Swervedriver, My Bloody Valentine, Therapy? and Dinosaur Jr.

[@gazeunderthesunmusic]

@J C yep

[@kennypowers7759]

Troublegum (I think that was the name of the album) was too good. Scream Mager (sp?) was such a catchy but driving tune. Therapy? was a treat from Ireland.

[@gazeunderthesunmusic]

@@kennypowers7759 definitely

[@kennypowers7759]

@@gazeunderthesunmusic Dinosaur Jr was by far the loudest band I've ever seen with MBV as a close second too.

[@gazeunderthesunmusic]

@@kennypowers7759 they definitely are

[@msmoniz]

The only way to watch this is at 2x speed in the spirit of the subject!! Husker Du blew my mind when I discovered them in the late 90s!