Key facts
- Origin
- Saint Paul, Minnesota , U.S.
- Genres
- Hardcore punk post-hardcore punk rock alternative rock
- Works
- Discography
- Years active
- 1979–1988
- Labels
- Reflex Alternative Tentacles New Alliance SST Warner Bros.
- Spinoffs
- Sugar Nova Mob
- Past members
- Grant Hart Bob Mould Greg Norton
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- musical group
- Has part
- Grant Hart
- Genre
- post-hardcore
- Country of origin
- United States
- Record label
- Alternative Tentacles
- Official website
- officialhuskerdumerchandise.bigcartel.com
- Image
- Hüsker Dü (1986 Warner Bros publicity photo).jpg
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- Commons category
- Hüsker Dü
- Commons gallery
- Hüsker Dü
- inception
- 1979-00-00
- location of formation
- Saint Paul
- topic has template
- Template:Hüsker Dü
- start of work period
- 1979-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Hüsker Dü (/ˈhʊskər ˈduː/ ) was an American punk rock band formed in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1979. The band's continuous members were guitarist/vocalist Bob Mould, bassist Greg Norton, and drummer/vocalist Grant Hart. They first gained notability as a hardcore punk band, and later crossed over into alternative rock. Mould and Hart were the band's principal songwriters, with Hart's higher-pitched vocals and Mould's baritone taking the lead in alternating songs.
The band issued their debut studio album Everything Falls Apart on Reflex Records in 1983 and subsequently released three LPs and an EP on the independent label SST Records, including the critically acclaimed Zen Arcade in 1984. Hüsker Dü signed to major label Warner Bros. Records in 1986 to release their final two studio albums. They disbanded in 1988. Mould later released two solo albums before forming Sugar in the early 1990s, while Hart released a solo album on SST and later formed Nova Mob.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hüsker Dü” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.