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Post by andyloneshark on Jun 26, 2020 14:16:57 GMT
My very first trip to America was spending a week in Athens Georgia with David and then catching the Amtrak train from Atlanta for the 12 hour journey to hang out with ex-Mercyland guitarist Andrew Donaldson for the second week in New Orleans. Quite a scary place to be at first, (sometimes you would hear machine gun fire at night) but i got used to it and the code of conduct so as not to get mugged. I remember when i was in Athens, seeing Michael Stipe and Courtney Love... and i got shown the R.E.M. House... which was a massive shed full of all their guitars, amps and drums. Oh... and when i was there, i drank Moonshine for the first and only time, that made me violently sick... Happy Days! |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jun 26, 2020 14:32:34 GMT
Keep those stories coming Andy.
What an adventure
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Post by Bassy on Sept 27, 2020 18:06:31 GMT
The first time i saw Hüsker Dü was at the Marquee in 1985. I was at that gig, too. The live mix was f*cking awful and, even though I knew a lot of their songs quite well, I really struggled to work out which choon they were playing. I saw them later that same year in Camden and that was a far more satisfactory experience. I LOVE Husker Du and have all of their albums, from the unlistenable live hardcore racket of "Land speed record" to the varied and mature double album "Warehouse ; Songs and stories". IMHO, they hit their peak with the "Zen arcade", "New day rising" and "Flip your wig" albums. |
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Post by andyloneshark on Sept 28, 2020 14:24:50 GMT
...yes, when i saw Hüsker Dü for the second time, they sounded so much better than that Marquee gig.
Bob had a habit of turning his amp up insanely loud sometimes, which just wiped out the overall sound of the band,
...he was still doing that, even with Sugar at some gigs.
I rarely listen to Land Speed Record either, for me their first 'proper' album was Everything Falls Apart, that was the first Hüsker Dü record i bought.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 30, 2020 13:28:44 GMT
 After last year's Sunshine Rock, Bob Mould is back again Apparently, and unsurprisingly, he's bloody angry According to Louder Than War's review.... Blue Hearts is the sound of an elder statesman refusing to stay silent, reflecting on the governmental misdeeds of the past and vehemently disagreeing with the moves of the present.
Most of the songs clock in well under the three minute mark and are, as usual, buoyed by the punishing rhythm section of Jason Wurster (drums) and bassist Jason Narducy.
Together, they provide a scorching backdrop to Mould’s searing ripostes, whipping up so much heat you could be forgiven for thinking Blue Hearts is actually a long-lost Husker Du album.
If Mould regrets not speaking up about Reagan, he makes up for it by expressing his thoughts on Trump.Rest here:
Bob Mould - Forecast of Rain (Official Video)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2020 18:32:45 GMT
Aye, a lot more Husker orientated. I think he still misses that punk rock direction though.
'Sunshine Rock'is a great blast up loud in the motor on a nice day.
Gives you a right PMA😎🤩
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Post by stu77 on Sept 30, 2020 23:25:55 GMT
A friend of mine was fanatical about Husker Du but I never got it apart from Makes No Sense.
I did buy everything Sugar did though .
I haven't heard the solo albums between Husker Du and Sugar.
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Post by andyloneshark on Mar 21, 2021 14:52:26 GMT
i thought there would be/was a Hüsker Dü thread on here(?) but if not, here is a great 20 minute Doc on there early days when they were 'The Fastest Band in the World'
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Mar 21, 2021 15:32:11 GMT
i thought there would be/was a Hüsker Dü thread on here(?) but if not, here is a great 20 minute Doc on there early days when they were 'The Fastest Band in the World' We do have a thread Andy - I've merged em |
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Post by andyloneshark on Mar 21, 2021 16:27:40 GMT
Ta Nigey... thought so... even did a search which came to nothing. The 'Doc' is well worth a watch - it was edited from part of the footage from the Minnesota hardcore film.
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2021 16:07:03 GMT
I reckon this is one of Greg Nortons finest moments👍
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2021 14:52:12 GMT
I always loved this one
Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising
And the entire album "Candy Apple Grey"
..Don't want to know if you're lonely, Sorry Somehow, Hardly getting over it, dead set on destruction....great album
And try to convince me, that SIf I Can't Change Your Mind is NOT one of the greatest songs ever written...from Bob Moulds solo/Sugar period...a bit poppy but I like a good pop song
SUGAR - If I Can't Change Your Mind
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2021 15:16:09 GMT
Aye, CAG is a brilliant album.
Its gets a bit of stick for being on a major label but it's a wonderful listen👍
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Post by Lord Emsworth on May 28, 2021 15:23:02 GMT
I bloody love If I Can't Change Your Mind
All time favourite
Nice one Markdk
CAG is, as my esteemed colleague writes, a brilliant album too
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Post by andyloneshark on May 28, 2021 15:31:24 GMT
...i remember talking to Grant Hart after they played their first and only gig in Bristol and asked him how things were going with Warner Brothers... signing to a major label was very much a 'no no' at the time, even though a whole raft of first wave bands had. His reply was something along the lines of "So far so good" ...he then showed me a picture of his newborn baby that he was clearly and understandably missing ALOT whilst out on tour.
A few years later i travelled to Newport to see him again with Nova Mob... a very underrated band.
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