Hüsker Dü Pictures

Fricke’s Picks: A Better Bang

The first American full-length album by the Norwegian trio BigBang, From Acid to Zen (Oglio/Grand Sport), is a mixed bag of then and now: seven tracks pulled from the group’s most recent Norwegian releases, 2005’s Poetic Terrorism and 2007’s Too Much Yang, both Number One albums there, plus recut versions of two older numbers and two new songs. It’s a shotgun buffet, like those early U.S. LPs by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones that combined album tracks and singles from unrelated sessions, and it succeeds the same way: like an instant greatest-hits record. Singer-guitarist-songwriter Øystein Greni has the right history in his genes — his dad sang in a Norwegian band that opened for Led Zeppelin in 1968 — and he grounds songs like “Early December,” “Hurricane Boy” and the brilliantly titled “From Acid to Zen” in the eternal power-chord charge and fish-hook riffs of the Stones and the Who. But Greni also has a knack for wringing fresh excitement from the familiar: the country-angel harmonies and ice-Byrds guitar in the new version of “Wild Bird,” the improbable dream of Badfinger and Hüsker Dü in “The One.” For Greni, who co-produced the new tracks with Phil Nicolo, From Acid to Zen is a big step in a bigger gamble. After more than a decade of Pearl Jam-like success in Norway, Greni recently moved to Los Angeles, determined to break America the hard way. He, original drummer Olaf Olsen and new bassist Øyvind Storli Hoel now play clubs here with a set list that still rules Scandinavian festivals and is basically this album in your face: proven hits with forward thrust. Related Stories: • Fricke’s Picks: A Family Affair • Fricke’s Picks: Rebel Yellers • Fricke’s Picks: Mercury Rev

Published: 2008-10-27 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Fricke's Picks

District Line by Bob Mould

The first album on the Anti- label for ex-Hüsker Dü/Sugar member Bob Mould. [Rock]

Published: 2008-02-11 Provider: Metacritic

Readers’ Rock List: Change Songs

Photo: RB/Redferns/Retna Last week, to celebrate President-Elect Barack Obama’s win, we asked our readers to nominate their favorite Change Songs for the Rock List. We counted the votes, and Sam Cooke’s civil rights anthem “A Change Is Gonna Come” edged out songs by Bob Dylan, David Bowie and the Band of Gypsys. While we anxiously await January’s inauguration, check out the Readers’ List below: 1. Sam Cooke - “A Change Is Gonna Come” 2. Bob Dylan - “The Times They Are A-Changin’” 3. The Chamber Brothers - “Time Has Come Today” 4. Tupac Shakur - “Changes” 5. David Bowie - “Changes” 6. Curtis Mayfield - “People Get Ready” 7. Black Sabbath - “Changes” 8. John Mayer - “Waiting on the World to Change” 9. Band of Gypsys - “Changes” 10. Hüsker Dü - “New Day Rising” Related Stories: • The Immortals: Sam Cooke • Cover Story: Bob Dylan Comes to Terms With His Icon Status • The Immortals: Tupac

Published: 2008-11-10 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists

Life And Times by Bob Mould

The ex-Husker Du singer moves away from the electronic sounds of his more recent releases and returns to the guitar stylings he played 20 years ago. [Rock]

Published: 2009-04-08 Provider: Metacritic

"District Line" by Bob Mould

Despite being a part of Husker Du, one of the most influential speed-punk bands of the ‘80s, and Sugar, one of the most beloved college rock bands of the ‘90s, Bob Mould's solo work has been a mixed bag of successes and failures. Mould's solo albums have run the gamut from acoustic compositions to dance and electronica and back to the aggressive sound of his first band. District Line tries to find a common ground by blending elements of all three. The strongest experiment in this cadre of songs is "Old Highs New Lows," which opens with a sweeping synth that sounds destined for dance club horror. Instead, Mould injects the track with live drums and somber lyrics that ground the song nicely, proving he can combine his strengths into an even-keeled, exciting and cohesive piece. "Return to Dust" is among the crunchiest songs on the album, reminiscent of his earliest work, and is follwed by "The Silence Between Us," which harkens back to his college-rock aesthetic

Published: 2008-02-12 Provider: Artist Direct

New Bob Mould - "City Lights (Days Go By)"

When Bob Mould joined No Age onstage, he reached back into Hüsker Dü's catalog and performed the classic "New Day Rising." While at SXSW, I was talking with a friend about how much I love Mould's voice, that there's such a nostalgic resonance to it that

Published: 2009-03-26 Provider: StereoGum Keywords: stereogum,indie,rock,mp3,blog

Top 10 Songs That Should Have Been In “Guitar Hero Rocks the 80s”

10. Twisted Sister - "We're Not Gonna Take It" Possessing the greatest guitar solo in the history of recorded music (which is literally just the melody again with two bent notes), setting this vicious anti-establishment anthem on "Easy" would finally allow infants and animals to play the game. 9. LL Cool J - "Going Back to Cali" Because hip-hop is a relatively new phenomenon, you're going to have to sort of explain it to people; the green button plays the word "fly," red is "fresh," blue is "Cali," yellow is "romancin'," orange is "I'm rappin'," and the whammy bar increases the size of your Adidas sweatsuit. 8. Pixies - "Debaser" Two minutes of sheer brute force, padded by a five-minute game-added solo to keep it from (god forbid) being under seven minutes long. Also, after you finish the song, another character in the game rips you off and becomes a whole lot more popular, then kills himself, then reappears in the 2009 PS3 game "Guitar Hero Rocks Every Top 100 List Ever Made." You then get really fat. 7. Kenny Loggins - Movie Medley A rapid-fire assault of unforgettable 80s opening-sequence themes, opening with "Danger Zone" into "I'm Alright" into "Footloose" and then closing with "Danny's Song," which wasn't in a movie, but, you know, who doesn't like "Danny's Song?" 6. Soft Cell - "Tainted Love" There aren't really any guitars in this song, but having it in the game would allow you to listen to a decent sound-alike of a tune everybody enjoys, and as long as you don't play any notes, you get 100%. 5. The Replacements - "I Will Dare" As you're playing this jangly, upbeat alternative rocker, an actual 80s college begins to form around you; if you manage to five-star it on Expert, your character then literally attends the University of Minnesota for four years, which occurs in the game in real time, though if you're connected online, you can swap R.E.M. and Hüsker Dü LPs with other students. 4. Miller/Boyette Productions - "Perfect Strangers" Theme Song Got a proble

Published: 2007-07-26 Provider: Best Week Ever Keywords: Entertainment

hüsker dü land speed record

Photo: "hüsker dü land speed record" from marcellus* Tags:aufkleber  hüsker dü  logo  sticker 

Published: 2007-10-22 Provider: Sevenload Keywords: aufkleber, hüsker dü, logo, sticker, aufkleber, hüsker dü, logo, sticker

hüsker dü

Photo: "hüsker dü" from marcellus* Tags:aufkleber  hüsker dü  logo  sticker 

Published: 2007-10-22 Provider: Sevenload Keywords: aufkleber, hüsker dü, logo, sticker, aufkleber, hüsker dü, logo, sticker