Hüsker Dü and the Birth of Alternative Rock

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Husker Du is from St. Paul, MN

My all time favorite band ever. They saved my life. I have New Day Rising tattooed on me. 💙✌️🗽

The Bats

Fifteen wrote a whole song about Husker Du selling out, then the label they put out the song/album on got bought by a major label so it ended up being a major label release. If I recall correctly. Either way it's my favorite Fifteen song.

I heard a song once and it was beautiful and it was free and it was my dream

I lost my housing at the sweet young age of fourteen

I heard a song on the radio, it was my dream

I found the value of a song walking in the rain cold and alone with no place to go

I found the value of a song singing to myself

Just make it through the night, keep awake till the sunlight

It don′t matter who sold 6 million

It don't matter who made 6 million

What you call success I call excess

What I call important is relevance

I heard a song once it was by Husker Du

They tried to sell their songs for a million dollars

They probably never knew that they kept one scared kid alive

They traded gold for what they had inside

All my friends now are on TV

All my friends now sold what they love for money

All my friends now are bought and sold so easily

All my friends now think they can afford not to be free

The Nils out of Montreal influenced Husker Du!

I hope you do a video about WEEN some day.

This video is about Nirvana and by association Foo Fighters. Dave Grohl is quoted more and both bands have more screen time

And nothing touches Husker Du in intensity of music and emotion.

When I heard Husker Du's interpretation of Eight Miles High, it changed my life forever.

Love them and I’ve been a big Bob Mould fan for almost 40 years.

Lol this guy mentions that Mould being gay gave gays "representation"? No one knew Bob was gay back then, he certainly didn't fit the stereotype. Iirc he got outed in the mid 90s by some music magazine, so him being gay wasn't common knowledge while Hüsker Dü were active.

they had tooons man….

one of my favorite bands ever.

…and you completely left out the Decendents, who Green Day ripped off their sound from. Do your homework dawg

I did college radio in Rochester, MN in the late 80s. Station was KRPR. Residents in Red Wing could hear our signal and Greg Norton used to call us to make requests.