Hüsker Dü was a musical band, formed in
Minneapolis,
Minnesota in 1978, the name (without the umlauts) meaning "Do you remember" in
Danish/
Norwegian. The name originates from a memory/matching type of board game.
Hüsker Dü's influence on nearly everyone who listened is well documented. Their musical output went from the extremes of lightning speed hardcore to beautiful and haunting love/hate songs. Their music was rooted more in folk than "anyone can play" 3-chord punk. The songs were precise yet did not sound forced. They proved to the listener that speed for speed's sake doesn't equal power and intensity in music. Dual songrwriter/Vocalists Grant Hart and Bob Mould became increasingly bitter towards one another and it shows in their later work which is arguably their finest and most emotionally gut wrenching. The words "wall of sound" apply here.
- Bob Mould (Lead Vox, Guitar)
- Grant Hart (Lead Vox, Drums)
- Greg Norton (Bass)
- Statues/Amusement 7" (Reflex)
- Land Speed Record LP (New Alliance) (live)
- In a Free Land 7" (New Alliance)
- Everything Falls Apart 12" (Reflex)
- Metal Circus 12"ep (SST)
- 8 Miles High/Masochism World 7" (SST)
- Zen Arcade 2xLP (SST)
- New Day Rising LP (SST)
- Makes No Sense at All/Love Is All Around 7" (SST)
- Flip Your Wig LP (SST)
- Candy Apple Grey LP (Warner Brothers)
- Sorry Somehow 12"ep (Warner UK)
- Don't Wanna Know if You Are Lonely 12"ep (Warner UK)
- Warehouse, Songs and Stories 2xLP (Warner Brothers)
- Could You Be the One? 12"ep(Warner UK)
- Ice Cold Ice 12"ep (Warner UK)
- The Living End LP (Warner Brothers)