Remarkable music scenes don’t happen every day, and they don’t pop out of the void spontaneously.  It takes the hard work of dedicated individuals to produce the type of culture that fosters great music.  Behind every individual that reaps the financial rewards of a successfully commoditized music scene, there is a network of unsung heroes that provided venues, record stores, ‘zines, practice spaces, demo recordings and simply attended shows to support bands in their community.

Hüsker Dü was one of the bands that came out of the Twin Cities punk scene (a.k.a Minneapolis hardcore) of the 80’s: on the music-geography timeline, that’s the music scene that came after Athens, GA and before Seattle, WA.  Hüsker Dü distinguished themselves from other bands of the era (The Suicide Commandos, The Replacements, and later Soul Asylum) by their sheer velocity of sound, and later their introduction of melody into hardcore.  Hüsker Dü became the prototype for alternative and college rock and influenced countless other bands.  When Frank Black posted the want ad for a Pixies bass player, he asked for somebody into Peter, Paul & Mary and Hüsker Dü.

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