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The band released its first studio album, Everything Falls Apart on its own label (Reflex Records) the following year. Hüsker Dü signed with SST Records in 1983, and released its next three albums with that label. The Warner Music Group released the band's last two studio albums. Hüsker Dü broke up in 1987.
The following year, Hüsker Dü recorded the double album Zen Arcade in 45 hours for the cost of $3,200. [13] Zen Arcade is a concept album [citation needed] following a boy who leaves home to face a harsh and unforgiving world. Its artistic and conceptual ambitions were a great stretch given the purist sentiment then prevalent in U.S. punk rock.
Land Speed Record is a live album (and first full-length release) by American punk rock band Hüsker Dü, released in January 1982 by New Alliance Records.It was recorded live on August 15, 1981, at the 7th Street Entry, a venue in Minneapolis, Minnesota. [5]
Zen Arcade is the second studio album by American punk rock band Hüsker Dü, released in July 1984 on SST Records.Originally released as a double album on two vinyl LPs, Zen Arcade tells the story of a young boy who runs away from an unfulfilling home life, only to find the world outside is even worse. [7]
Savage Young Dü is a three-CD/four-LP box set by American rock band Hüsker Dü, released by Numero Group in 2017. It spans the band's first four years, from 1979 to 1982, and contains demos, studio and live recordings remastered from original session masters and soundboard tapes. 47 of the set's 69 tracks are previously unissued, of which some are never-before-heard songs.
This album is also known for its battle between the two songwriters, with Mould famously telling Hart that he would never have more than half of the songs on a Hüsker Dü album. [ 11 ] Mould later said that this time period was a "rough stretch", but that Warehouse was still a "good record."
The Living End is a live album and final release by American punk rock band Hüsker Dü, released on April 7, 1994, by Warner Bros. Records. It was recorded at various venues throughout October 1987, but was not released until 1994. The album's tracks span the entirety of the band' recorded output, from the band's debut album to their final album.
Hüsker Dü's star on the outside mural of the Minneapolis nightclub First Avenue. Norton first began playing with the band that would become Hüsker Dü with Grant Hart, Bob Mould, and keyboardist Charlie Pine in 1979 [5] as "Buddy and the Returnables", [6] after meeting them through his job at the Saint Paul record store Cheapo Records.