I thought it was time for a change.    I’m still playing with it, and it could easily change again, but I was tired of the old look and wanted to try something different.  Once I get the logo looking better, I’ll start posting again.  I’ve got a few good ones queued up, so stand-by.

Until I start posting again, here are some YouTube clips.

Huskers

Destroy!
This is always a fun thing to find. I shot this video in my basement, gave it to Felix who sold a bunch of them….years later someone else rips the video to post on YouTube, and I find it to post in my blog. Hard to believe this was almost 20 years ago! (damn I’m old)

Mighty Mofo’s
Finally, the Mofo’s are a big part of the reason I am who I am today, so I always celebrate my personal local heros!

Live in the 7th St. Entry ’81

Hüsker Dü rocking the 7th St. Entry in 1981.  Right on!

Track List:

Another link from the Down Underground blog.

Get it here .

Three great Hüsker Dü tribute records!

Du Huskers
The Twin Cities Replay Zen Arcade
1993

Content:
Something I Learned Today (Hammerhead)
Broken Home, Broken Heart (The Mighty Mofos)
Never Talking To You Again (Prest Asbestus)
Chartered Trips (Muskellunge)
Dreams Recurring (Lies Incorporated/TVBC)
Indecision Time (Superball ’63)
Hare Krsna (Dogfight)
Beyond The Threshold (God’s Favorite Band)
Pride (Pseudonymphs)
I’ll Never Forget You (Salbando)
The Biggest Lie (Dylan Hicks & 3 Pesos)
What’s Going On? (Janitor Joe)
Masochism World (Vertigo)
Standing By The Sea (ZuZu’s Petals)
Somewhere (Walt Mink)
One Step At A Time (Flour)
Pink Turns To Blue (The Blue Up?)
Newest Industry (Balloon Guy)
Monday Will Never Be The Same (Willie Wisely Trio)
Whatever (Arcwelder)
The Tooth Fairy And The Princess (Teenage Larvae)
Turn On The News (Big Trouble House)
Recurring Dreams (TVBC)
Eight Miles High (The Hang-Ups)

Land Speed Sonic
Husker covers by an assortment of Italian bands.
1997

Contents:
Punch Drunk (CrippleBastards)
First Of The Last Calls (Kina)
Ice Cold Ice (Lomas)
Too Much Spice (Shock Treatment)
I’m Not Interested (Acredine)
Signals From Above (Sottopressione)
Find Me (Punch Line)
Something I Learned Today (Tempo Zero)
In A Free Land (Kina)
I Apologize (Burning Defeat)
All Tensed Up (Acredine)
The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill(Cripple Bastards)
I’ll Never Forget You (Sottopressione)
Standing By The Sea (Burning Defeat)
Flip Your Wig (Lomas)
Celebrated Summer (Punch Line)
Everything Falls Apart (Tempo Zero)
New Day Rising (Shock Treatment)

Case Closed
1993

Contents:
In A Free Land (NRA)
Dead Set On Destruction (Terry Hoax)
Target (Sick Of It All)
Out On A Limb (Alloy)
Tell You Why Tomorrow (Mink Stole)
I Apologize (Rubbermaids)
Something I Learned Today (Jonas Jinx)
Too Far Down (Only Living Witness)
New Day Rising (Motorpsycho)
The Biggest Lie (DI)
It’s Not Funny Any More (Upset Noise)
Turn On The News (Brzeszinski)
What’s Going On? (2Bad)
Don’t Want To Know If You Are Lonely (Richies)
Hardly Getting Over It (Baysix)
Celebrated Summer (Big Drill Car)
Makes No Sense At All (Balance)
Green Eyes (Gigantor)
Diane (The Strangemen)
Never Talking To You Again (Alison Ate)
Ice Cold Ice (Vanilla Chainsaws)
I’ll Never Forget You (Engrained)
No Reservations (Medfield M.A.)

Get them all here .

In a Free Land

Post number 99!  Wow!!  I got this one from the Killed By Death Records blog site.

Classic MN punk from perhaps Minnesota’s most famous punk band.  Hüsker Dü.  Nothing more needs to be said.

Get it here .

Twin Cities hardcore mix tape vol. 1

Get it here.

Shoot your way to freedom

Nova Mob was Grant Hart’s post Husker Du band.  I don’t have a lot to say about it.   I saw them live a few times.  I have a few of those old records,  and there were a few songs that I liked (like the title track here), but much like some of Bob’s post-Husker’s stuff, at times you’re hard pressed to see the path he took from Land Speed Record to The Last Days of Pompeii .    Unlike Bob’s solo work, Grant seemed to have really bad luck with his records.  Are any of them still in print?  Do any of the labels exist anymore?  Who knows?  What I do know is that he did have a few really good songs back then.

So once again, while trolling the net I found this posting in some language I don’t read.  However I do understand the universal language of rock, and I recognize that you can get this 4 song EP here, along with some of the other long out of print albums.  Worth your while if you liked Nova Mob or were a fan of Grant’s songs with the Hüskers.

Get it here .

Live at the First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN (8/28/85)

I found another blog posting, this time with a Hüsker’s live show from 1985 at First Avenue.  If you like this bootleg, check out the final Hüsker Dü album, "The Living End", which was a compilation of live tracks from the bands last tour.  Who would have ever thought that a major label like Warner Bros. would have put out a record that was originally recorded on cassette tapes.  Wow.

Head over and pick this one up !

Kitten

Reflex C.

The Kitten comp is one of the defining moments in the Minneapolis punk scene.  A document of the punk and hard core bands that put Minnesota on the map.  It has since been re-released on CD by Garage D’or Records .  It probably sounds a whole lot better than this tape ever did.   Once you sample the cassette, head over and buy the CD.

Once again, linked from the fabulous Download Underground site.  Head over and get this!

I thought I’d start the first post off with something that everyone would recognize.  A few video clips of some obscure TV appearances.

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