Latest Release
- OCT 6, 2023
- 28 Songs
- Candy Apple Grey · 1986
- Flip Your Wig · 1985
- Zen Arcade · 1984
- Zen Arcade · 1984
- Eight Miles High / Makes No Sense At All - EP · 1990
- Warehouse: Songs and Stories · 1987
- New Day Rising · 1985
- New Day Rising · 1985
- Zen Arcade · 1984
- New Day Rising · 1985
Essential Albums
- Following up the landmark double album Zen Arcade, Hüsker Dü developed a post-hardcore sound for New Day Rising that was compact and melodic yet still teetering on the edge of explosion. Deep in the ocean of noise, there are catchy, intricate hooks. “Celebrated Summer” starts as a sprint, becomes a gentle acoustic jog in the middle, and tears off again at the finish. On the other hand, “Folk Lore” and “Powerline” start loud and stay loud, giving the album quick, intensely satisfying bursts of volume and melody.
- Pushing their post-hardcore concepts even further, Hüsker Dü created a sprawling and brilliant concept album, the first hardcore opera. “Broken Home, Broken Heart” follows a boy running away from an abusive home, with frantic guitars and even more frantic drumming. On “Somewhere,” the boy finds love amid guitars that are no less ferocious. The album ends with “Reoccurring Dreams,” a 14-minute instrumental that pushes sound to the brink of madness before ending with an eerie calm, telling a story inside of a story.
Artist Playlists
- Visionary Minneapolis punks who may have invented modern indie rock.
- Navigating the extremes of their noise-pop collision.
Singles & EPs
Live Albums
Compilations
More To Hear
- Bands they influenced and the revolution they started.
- Exploring Hüsker Dü and bands on their Inspired By playlist.
About Hüsker Dü
When Hüsker Dü released their debut, Land Speed Record, in 1982, they were the fastest band to come out of punk; by the time they broke up just five years later, they were among the most ambitious. Formed in 1979 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Hüsker Dü were powered by the flying-V screech of guitarist Bob Mould, the battering-ram bass of Greg Norton, and the smash ‘n’ grab drumming of Grant Hart. But Mould and Hart’s rapidly maturing songcraft soon led them far beyond the circle pit: With 1984’s epochal double album Zen Arcade, Hüsker Dü produced the hardcore answer to Quadrophenia, embellishing its gray-scaled portrait of lost youth with splashes of ‘60s pop and psychedelia. From there, Mould and Hart embraced their calling as the Lennon-McCartney of the underground, perfecting their visionary fusion of melody and noise on college-radio perennials like 1985’s New Day Rising and Flip Your Wig. With 1986’s Candy Apple Grey, Hüsker Dü graduated from indie mecca SST Records to Warner Bros. and further expanded their palette to accommodate acoustic balladry. However, amid growing tensions between Mould and Hart, Hüsker Dü disbanded following 1987’s power-pop opus Warehouse: Songs and Stories—just as groups like Nirvana and Green Day were rising up to inherit their mission of taking tuneful punk to the mainstream.
- ORIGIN
- Saint Paul, MN, United States
- FORMED
- 1979
- GENRE
- Rock