History Music / HuskerDu

* EchoingAcoustics: A common feature of the production on their studio albums, especially the later ones.

* PopPunk: An influence on the genre, and their later songs serve as examples.

* EmoMusic: The band themselves don't exactly qualify, but their more emotionally charged and often melodic brand of hardcore punk wound up being a seminal influence on the genre from its origins in the mid 80s DC hardcore scene into the 90s, with bands like Music/RitesOfSpring and Music/{{Jawbreaker}} among the early emo acts who were heavily influenced by them.

* EmoMusic: The band themselves don't exactly qualify, but their more emotionally charged and often melodic brand of hardcore punk wound up being an important influence on the genre from its origins in the mid 80s DC hardcore scene into the 90s, with bands like Music/RitesOfSpring and Music/{{Jawbreaker}} among the early emo acts who were heavily influenced by them.

* AuteurLicense: When the band signed with [[Creator/WarnerBrosRecords Warner Bros. Records]] in 1985, they were promised creative freedom by the label.

* EmoMusic: The band themselves don't exactly qualify, but their more emotionally charged and often melodic brand of hardcore punk wound up being an important influence on the genre from its origins in the mid 80s DC hardcore scene into the 90s, with bands like Music/{{Jawbreaker}} among the early emo acts who were heavily influenced by them.

* EmoMusic: The band themselves don't exactly qualify, but their more emotionally charged brand of hardcore punk wound up being an important influence on the genre from its origins in the mid 80s DC hardcore scene into the 90s, with bands like Music/{{Jawbreaker}} among the early emo acts who were heavily influenced by them.

* EmoMusic: The band themselves don't exactly qualify, but their more emotionally charged brand of hardcore wound up being an important influence on the genre from its origins in the mid 80s DC hardcore scene into the 90s, with bands like Music/{{Jawbreaker}} among the early emo acts who were heavily influenced by them.

* EmoMusic: The band themselves don't qualify, but they wound up being an important influence on the genre from its origins in the mid 80s DC hardcore scene into the 90s, with bands like Music/{{Jawbreaker}} among the early emo acts who were heavily influenced by them.

* EmoMusic: The band themselves don't qualify, but they wound up being an important influence on the genre from its origins in the mid 80s into the 90s, with bands like Music/{{Jawbreaker}} among the early emo acts who were heavily influenced by them.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Grant Hart usually drummed without shoes.

* ProtestSong: "In a Free Land". "Folk Lore" combines this with AdultsAreUseless.

* EmoMusic: The band themselves don't qualify, but they wound up being highly influential on the genre from it's origins in the mid-80s into the 90s, with bands like Music/{{Jawbreaker}} among the early emo acts who were heavily influenced by them.

* EmoMusic: The band themselves don't qualify, but they wound up being highly influential on the genre from it's origins in the mid-80s into the 90s, with early emo acts like Music/{{Jawbreaker}} being heavily influenced by them.

* EmoMusic: The band themselves don't qualify, but they wound up being highly influential on the genre from it's origins in the mid-80s into the 90s, with bands like Music/{{Jawbreaker}} being heavily influenced by them.

* EmoMusic: The band themselves don't qualify, but the "classic emo" bands of the 1990s, especially Music/{{Jawbreaker}}, were heavily influenced by them.

'''Hüsker Dü''' were an American HardcorePunk[=/=]AlternativeRock band from [[UsefulNotes/TwinCities St. Paul, MN]] who were together from 1979–88. They were composed of singer / guitarist / lyricist Bob Mould, bassist Greg Norton, and drummer / singer / lyricist Grant Hart. While they never had a hit record, among their most well-known work is the ConceptAlbum ''Zen Arcade'', the follow-up ''New Day Rising'', their CoverVersion of Music/TheByrds' "Eight Miles High", and their single "Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely", which was notably featured in the film ''Film/{{Adventureland}}'' and covered by Music/GreenDay. They are regarded as seminal in the creation of the AlternativeRock and PostHardcore genres.

Sadly, Hart passed away in September 2017.

* Greg Norton – bass

* CallAndResponseSong: The verses of "In a Free Land".

* DownerEnding: The band's collapse after failing to find commercial success.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Grantzberg Vernon Hart.

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