new alliance records. nar-007 / 17 tracks / jan 1982

UK: alternative tentacles. virus 25 / 1982 (?)

RI: sst. 195 / 1987 (?)

Approx. 5000 copies made of the original NAR pressing (thirdav.com). Recorded live at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, Aug 15, 1981. + lyric sheet. SST version also available on cassette and CD. Limited 1990 reissue on green vinyl, later on grey vinyl.

Hüsker Dü’s debut LP is a 1981 live recording; the music is completely different to nearly anything else they’ve done, a lot faster and trashier. Many fans dismiss this LP as kind of an “accident”, but it had a huge impact back then, especially on the emerging European hardcore scene that had not heard many other early American hardcore records. If we forget about the Hüsker Dü connection for a second, this is a cool hardcore LP with just a slight Minneapolis edge; fast, noisy and chaotic but also powerful and driving. A classic. [8]

Auf ihrer Debut-LP klingen die Hüskers noch ungewohnt chaotisch und derb, aber die typischen HD-Riffs schimmern schon überall durch; Grundlage ist trotz allem der Minneapolis-Sound, der allerdings durch die krachige Aufnahme und das schnelle Tempo kaum noch zu erkennen ist. Mit eine der ersten ’echten’ HC-Platten, Legende…

Tracks: all tensed up / don’t try to call / i’m not interested / guns at my school / push the button / gilligan’s island / mtc / don’t have a life // bricklayer / tired of doing things / you’re naive / strange week / do the bee / big sky / ultracore / let’s go die / data control