Wow, Greg always had the mustache of a chef. I can easily picture him trowing pizzas up in the air.
@onegathers11 жыл бұрын
Best American band of the 80's, and awesome live. Nirvana owed them a huge debt, so do most alt-rock bands to be fair. I met them twice: Bob was explosive and moody, Grant was manic and Greg sat down with us backstage in Manchester, gave us smokes and wanted to know about our lives and we talked about music (when 'Harmony in my head' by The Buzzcocks came on over the speaker he agreed with me that it was one of the greatest ever written). A brilliant human being.
@emfraridades72613 жыл бұрын
Nah, bands don't OWN debts to other banda. Yes, bands who open doors must be praised, but that's a lot of lucky and other people involved.
@samyandkitty83993 жыл бұрын
Agree with u I met them after the Newcastle riverside gig awesome guys and every alt rock indie band is trying to write a song better than don’t wanna know
@diesel0man2 жыл бұрын
@@samyandkitty8399 very high setting to reach, specialy in perorming
@Crossbow010611 жыл бұрын
Anyone who ever saw the band live (I did 5 times) knows Greg was a solid bass player. The R & R Hall Of Fame should have a special wing for Husker Du, the Replacements, Soul Asylum etc, their music have influenced so many bands. Still love Husker Du's music. Great stuff.
@mantislake41415 жыл бұрын
Who have the Replacements and Soul Asylum influenced other than musicians who wanted to bang Winona Ryder?
@emfraridades72613 жыл бұрын
@@mantislake4141 If you think The Replacements didn't influenced other bands you're ignorant, with no offense
@mantislake41413 жыл бұрын
@@emfraridades7261 - none taken. I asked *because* I'm ignorant. Despite my poor wording, the question was primarily about Soul Asylum, whose tunes I've never found even slightly redeeming.
@davide0o.o0o063 жыл бұрын
Fuck the R & R hall of fame, it doesn't mean anything anyways
@damnvoid66032 жыл бұрын
thank you for recognizing the immutable fact that the OG "alternative/college" rock holy trinity of the twin cities was, in fact, Hüsker Dü, the Replacements, and Soul Asylum.
@timpanic7 жыл бұрын
RIP Grant Hart
@stuartevans82435 жыл бұрын
Why is all the background music anything but Husker Du???
@emfraridades72613 жыл бұрын
They do play Husker Du songs, but only a few secs. It costs a lot
@henrydrake846311 жыл бұрын
"The _______ only fueled growing tensions within the group." I wonder how many times that phrase gets used when describing now defunct bands?
@oppositecar14 жыл бұрын
The "Swedish" thing is a common misconception. "Husker du" (no umlauts) means "do you remember" in Norwegian and Danish. The board game featured macrons over the 'u's as a pronunciation guide, which may have been the inspiration for the heavy-metal umlauts.
@JMoran1412 жыл бұрын
@NORDSTRAND83 The Greg Norton moustache came about when Husker Du and Black Flag were touring together. The band didn't have the money to buy razors and Norton's facial hair kept getting in his mouth. Black Flag bassist Chuck Dukowski suggested he curl it up. He liked it so much he kept it that way.
@scottlebrun678210 жыл бұрын
In 1994 he formed a new band, Nova Mob. Uhhh no, he formed Nova Mob in 1989 and the song playing there is from '91.
@jeffreychasefriedman7 жыл бұрын
Now we won't be getting that reunion now that Grant's gone. :(
@briansmith94556 жыл бұрын
well just replace him with dean ween and were good to go!
@MrJadePinwheel4 жыл бұрын
@@briansmith9455 Dean can't drum like that
@damnvoid66032 жыл бұрын
honestly, though, we never were going to get that....
@drunkvegangal80893 жыл бұрын
One of my all time faves and I still have the vinyl. BTW - Norton's mustache is sublime!
@louiso.43259 жыл бұрын
"Grant also likes to collect...stuff" lmfao
@gerardaven13 жыл бұрын
Smiths and Husker Du, best bands in the 80's no doubt
@DarkRequiem12 жыл бұрын
That's Grant Hart sitting with Greg Norton in the restaurant, isn't it? I had thought no one in the band talked to anyone anymore. I wonder if Bob Mould and Greg are still friends.
@ccbayer8 жыл бұрын
1:49 Grant Hart is really struggling to keep up with the gig analogy
@jeffreyhunt17275 жыл бұрын
That's Greg Norton
@zacharymontoto96464 жыл бұрын
Jeffrey Hunt look at the guy who’s right next to Greg Horton
@talesfromtheshift5285 жыл бұрын
Best show I ever saw. NO ONE ever came close.
@anthonymoroneygodzil10 жыл бұрын
Did anyone else laugh when Grant couldn't get back out of his Studabaker?
@16voyeur10 жыл бұрын
Yep.
@anthonymoroneygodzil10 жыл бұрын
Comedy genius, right?
@richalderson60692 жыл бұрын
Something about these guys doesn't really say "poised for stardom", but they were definitely a great band regardless.
@TrazomTrakOg11 жыл бұрын
A full reunion concert would be so great..
@incubrian2 жыл бұрын
wait. this was actually on tv?! vh1 had cool shit like this actually on air?!
@Nummymuffincocobutter12 жыл бұрын
Greg Norton kind of reminds me of D-Day from Animal House....
@dla16180312 жыл бұрын
3:12 Wait, is that actually how you say Bob's last name? "Moold?" I've been saying it like "mold."
@JoeyArmstrong28006 жыл бұрын
Gotta say with a Minnesota accent, so ya its moold.
@CheckerOfReality10 жыл бұрын
Cate Yu -- the song from 2:40 is "Stars" by Dubstar. Better late than never?
@vistalite4 жыл бұрын
Sugar was a great band.
@archimedesnation9 жыл бұрын
I just love greg norton's stache :;)
@JCHaywire12 жыл бұрын
Given the buh-zillions of songs they could use--why U2? Hearing Greg use cooking as a metaphor for music is amusing. The guys look great. That Studebaker thing--c'mon, man.After just reading "See A Little [Editor]" by Mould, I can't help but see him as the bitterest of the trio. Still his current music is crisp and powerful, and his voice remains powerful. Why the bitterness and inability to loosen up have a laugh and occasionally knock out a Huskers tune with the boys? What good is that?
@TheNatedogg5612 жыл бұрын
Why in the actual FUCK do they play Blues Traveler? I just died a little inside...
@johnnyscifi7 жыл бұрын
Grant heart...I don read into their personal lives, so I'll just leave it at that. However, musically, he's my favourite member of Hüsker Dú
@scottlebrun67825 жыл бұрын
Me too.... he brought the emotional side
@CantStopScreaming4 жыл бұрын
I like them both, but I like Bob better when he's loud and angry, and I like Grant no matter what the style.
@kryptichands9684 жыл бұрын
@@CantStopScreaming Agree, love land speed record, and zen arcade
@danjay6712 жыл бұрын
I sit here and read these comments.... and wonder why.... why a clip on one of the most influential bands (along with the Replacements and even Soul Asylum) in music on the 90's until today..... in a period of some of the greatest music ever made..... and people here are worried about who was gay, or what Greg's mustache looked like. I was just old enough to get the experience in the mid-80's before it all fell apart...the sound in Seattle....started here. The music is what mattered.
@shruggzdastr8-facedclown5 жыл бұрын
...still missing you, Grant! (sniff-sniff) :'(
@dimone11 жыл бұрын
Husker Du began in St. Paul, not Minneapolis.
@GnomeChomsky99996 жыл бұрын
Jim Fitzsimons Fuck St. Paul..
@ichhasseamerika4 жыл бұрын
Chicago: what EVER.
@gerardaven13 жыл бұрын
Grant likes to collect stuff.. lol
@sd4279011 жыл бұрын
I had almost forgotten that VH1 used to be legitimate.
@plasticweapon4 жыл бұрын
ehhh, this isn't very legitimate...
@klasse64512 жыл бұрын
@Shaytan67 I sneaked in backstage when they played in Stockholm june 3 1987. They were in pretty bad shape, but the gig was one of the best i´ve ever been to.
@marloh4172 жыл бұрын
I grew a handlebar mustache; I still have a handlebar mustache. As I wax it, “Terms Of Psychic Warfare” usually enters my head …especially that bass line.
@damnvoid66032 жыл бұрын
I watched Nova Mob break up in real time.
@glenbellefonte96204 жыл бұрын
Greg Norton has got to be the coolest fucker ever. Kinda funny hearin blues traveler while talking about a GOOD band
@mattisprettycool11 жыл бұрын
wow lamest music choices in the background.
@Qolus13 жыл бұрын
Barrage of "guitars?" WTF
@alinesanchezramirezbaruchi2658 Жыл бұрын
"Eu estava estudando e trabalhando" Tem toda a bancarização feita já Me avisou
@godflesh198912 жыл бұрын
Solo from Could You Be The One, after that Love Is All Around (Sonny Curtis cover).
@oppositecar14 жыл бұрын
That one caught my eye too. Obviously a very early photo. I wonder where they dug it up.
@oppositecar12 жыл бұрын
In the video clip where he's wearing the cold-weather gear? That's "Admiral Of The Sea," from the 1992 Nova Mob album Last Days Of Pompeii.
@kurtduvel43457 жыл бұрын
By just listening to his voice, I could swear Greg was Tom Hanks.
@librarianeric14 жыл бұрын
Good Lord - VH1 uses songs from U2 and Blues Traveller in a short bio of HUSKER DU?!?!?
@majordandotnet14 жыл бұрын
Easy to learn, fun to play.
@gschaub9Ай бұрын
I like to believe Greg's had that handlebar since 3rd grade.
@JamesADempsey8 жыл бұрын
Best show I ever saw.
@rappitful11 жыл бұрын
What's the song in the first second, before could you be the one? Sounds like Big Country to me...
@GreenDayDookieDemos5 жыл бұрын
In A Big Country by Big Country
@DannyMars3710 жыл бұрын
I love how all the background songs are the mainstream shitty drivel bands that Husker Du was countering against in the first place. Still a good video, but idiotic song choices.
@jimbo-fk4dq7 жыл бұрын
They really should have kept it to Hüsker Dü songs, since that's who it was about.
@elenchus6 жыл бұрын
they used what they had the rights to at that moment
@randombro895 жыл бұрын
elenchus So you’re telling me they couldn’t get the rights to use Hüsker du Songs when this segment is about them in the first place? What the fuck
@jackal5912 жыл бұрын
Why the fuck are they playing anything *but* Hüsker Dü in the background?
@thengoto2012 жыл бұрын
What was the first Husker Du song in this video?
@jfrey114 жыл бұрын
0:44 I wonder when that photo dates from. 80, 81?
@ichhasseamerika4 жыл бұрын
God they were great. I didn't realize what we had then until I hear how s**t music is now, how youth culture is so completely dead. Rest in peace Grant Hart. By the way, I just noticed what a nice Midwestern accent Greg Norton has ;-)
@michaelh2267 жыл бұрын
Why are they playing shitty U2 in the background??
@GreenFlash17904 жыл бұрын
Fantastic mustache.
@oppositecar11 жыл бұрын
It means "do you remember" in Danish and Norwegian (with no umlauts). It means nothing in Swedish.
@ladylazarus111312 жыл бұрын
does anyone know the song that starts at 2:40?
@mwothe12 жыл бұрын
I wonder what kind of boomboxes they were playing through @ 3:48
@hammerjohnston13 жыл бұрын
@oppositecar it's in bob's new book: 1980, first official press photo
@TheGoreand5 жыл бұрын
Land Speed Record is the best they ever recorded , and still kick me
@travistrent48804 жыл бұрын
Fuck Yeah Greg is a chef now.
@dude99512 жыл бұрын
Anyone know what song starts at 3:07?
@jimbo-fk4dq7 жыл бұрын
The downside: A Hüsker Dü reunion is about as likely as pigs flying. The upside: The three members of the group did help calibrate on the creation of the official Hüsker Dü website, so at least they grew to be on better speaking terms with each other.
@TryNSave7 жыл бұрын
I've always wondered which would be more likely -a Husker Du reunion, or a Creedence Clearwater Revival reunion. I don't guess either will happen, and it is definitely a plus that we have the possibility of seeing new remasters, film/TV licensing, official memorabilia, etc. from the Huskers. I don't know what people have to be bitter.
@jimbo-fk4dq7 жыл бұрын
Cody Lester Pretty much..It would be cool to see them reunite, and play one last show, since their final show was a bit of a mess, but if there would still be high tensions from the past (like Bob and Grant fighting over how many of their songs each get put in the set list, ect), then it would still be a mess again.
@niks76437 жыл бұрын
Cody Lester Read Bob Mould's recent biography, and you'll see that there's no chance in hell they will ever reform and tour again. Grant and Bob played together once at a benefit show and it was a nightmare. There seems to be a lot of deep rooted animosity between them still after all these years, so I think there more to it than what Bob lets on in the book. I'm surprised to hear that they cooperated on the website since Bob has stated that he never has an interest in collaborating with Grant and Greg again. You'd think they'd move on after all these years but they just can't seem to get along.
@MrStonermetal13 жыл бұрын
just regular guys who made great music for personal satisfaction, you wont find any band now that contains even 2 of those factors.
@windscar6212 жыл бұрын
what song was grant hart playing?
@dirty30jr13 жыл бұрын
@MrStonermetal Drive-by Truckers?
@stephenroche51074 жыл бұрын
POWERFUL.
@alinesanchezramirezbaruchi2658 Жыл бұрын
Where were you?
@TheHawkdaddy14 жыл бұрын
@shaxan With or Without you, although its not fitting here
@jackhillty112 жыл бұрын
greg's still the cute one
@blue2134Ай бұрын
He’s super handsome
@xsisterwifex3 жыл бұрын
Sure play U2 and Blues Fagler on a segment about Husker fucking Du.
@mantislake41415 жыл бұрын
The game the band took their name from is Danish, not Swedish.
@rknprs10 жыл бұрын
what song is playing at 1;32? please help,,,,,,,,,it's driving me crazy
@christopherkemp33810 жыл бұрын
Fire Escape - Fastball
@rknprs10 жыл бұрын
thanks!!!!
@ceevishus41302 жыл бұрын
3 amazing guys
@mwothe13 жыл бұрын
3:55 those are some sweet boombox heads
@oppositecar12 жыл бұрын
@NORDSTRAND83 Greg's mustache is curly, but the rest of him is straight. Read the Earles Husker bio or Bob's autobiography.
@SuperDobie17 жыл бұрын
Bob disliked this.
@deerhunter22185 жыл бұрын
Bob loved it
@batterycock14 жыл бұрын
0:43 no tache!!
@podfunk11 жыл бұрын
What's with the fuckin' U2 backing track?
@alexdiablo66669 жыл бұрын
song at 3.08 ?
@trencher79 жыл бұрын
diablo6666 Stupid Girl by Garbage
@bordem40908 жыл бұрын
lol, I think thats just generic vh1 music used as filler...
@gamejunkiee1 Жыл бұрын
Not sure if you still care 7 years later, but the song is ‘Stupid Girl’ by the band Garbage (1995)
@RuddyIPA12 жыл бұрын
@ri394 Well said.
@beeswaxlike11 жыл бұрын
Jesus, can America can get anything right when it comes to world knowledge? In all these clips they just keep switching from Danish, Norwegian to Swedish. They're not the same language and I know for a fact that the phrase doesn't exist in Swedish.
@medicinegone13 жыл бұрын
HAHA. Grant is such a dork. It's always been clear where the talent came from in that band. Bob rules.
@Ace_Hunter_lives12 жыл бұрын
What kind of idiot decided to have over half the music in this feature be from bands that are NOT Husker DU?!?!?!?
@Kaaotikock7 жыл бұрын
freddie mercury was also husker du?? wow
@deerhunter22185 жыл бұрын
Freddie Mercury was also husker du??? Wtf mate
@icesombi4 жыл бұрын
Grant Hart better than Kurt
@booze_talkin11 жыл бұрын
Read Bobs book for his take on Gregs skills. Not flattering.
@faschuck7 жыл бұрын
Ray Wolf Sad but true. Not to mention, Bob said that by the time 'Candy Apple Grey' came out (1986), he and Grant were increasingly leaving Greg out of many crucial band decisions. What's more, Bob said repeatedly that he and Grant were clearly the 'brains' of the operation, as they did the bulk of the songwriting. In fact, Bob said that they had worked out a contractual 60-40 split in the royalties, with Bob taking that 60%. Arrogant? Sure, but you have to respect Bob's fierce work ethic...
@wide_awake3 жыл бұрын
Interesting..He’s a fine bass player in my book
@daytonabeachUSA2 жыл бұрын
I love how they play the shittiest songs ever in the background… Mrs Jones… really? Really.
@tobygibson38067 жыл бұрын
Fantastic band! If you love this kind of stuff from MN, please check out Dan Corrigan's book: www.mnhs.org/mnhspress/books/heyday
@oppositecar12 жыл бұрын
@Shaytan67 Greg is straight.
@subrec11 жыл бұрын
Linked up at MNPunk.com
@Geekman33312 жыл бұрын
Gay, straight...why does it matter??
@ruf198011 жыл бұрын
i knew greg divorced and left his diner to his x-wife
@havefunbesafe3 жыл бұрын
Why are playing stupid U2 with this?!? I’m offended
@BillMentzer9 жыл бұрын
The pastiche of generic 90's background music is just too much, to can't evening.
@deerhunter22185 жыл бұрын
Speak English boy
@hermeszaion850311 жыл бұрын
Who cares dude? The music is all that matters.
@georgeferreira1247 жыл бұрын
Don't believe ANYTHING in this video... They left out some key factors... Like for instance their albums and their music, (except for a few words about Candy Apple Grey...) What about New Day Rising and it's complex but simple poetry??? Or the modernistic vision of Zen Arcade??? Or the masterpiece and probably the greatest album of all time, Warehouse: Songs and Stories??!!!!!!!!!! Only X ever came close. Not Bowie, Not The Clash, probably not even The Who's Quadrophenia!!! Quadrophenia hit deep but along with it came human issues. . Husker Du have a solution to all this! Be happy. Love, be gay and laugh a lot.
@metalmadsen5 жыл бұрын
Danish bordgame! 🇩🇰
@NORDSTRAND8312 жыл бұрын
@oppositecar Greg Norton is straight? I thought he was the gayest one of all? What about his YMCA moustache?