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It can be pretty tough talking about favorite records sometimes. There will always be people out there with different views, different ideas and louder voices who can't help but berate you for your opinions about a band's discography and which album is the better of the bunch. That will not deter me here. Husker Du were a fine Hardcore band. They wrote competently when it came to the loud, fast rules. Apart from a few choice songs, I don't like those early records very much. Hardcore Punk can be a very stale, tired genre. There are so many bands doing the same damned thing and it all starts to sound trite and boring very quickly. It wasn't until the last two albums where Bob Mould and company really began to shine, in my opinion. 'Candy Apple Grey' is great, but, 'Warehouse: Songs And Stories' is Phenomenal!! Pop hooks, beautiful lovelorn lyrics and a heavy Post-Punk shimmer all added to a swan song album that spoke volumes. Husker Du were a band that went out on a high note. Just read the lyrics for 'Standing In The Rain' or 'Friend, You've Got To Fall." Pure poetry.
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In 1990 or '91, I saw the Pixies at the Barrymore Theater in Madison. I saw Mclusky at Bottom Of The Hill in San Francisco in 2000. I owe my life to both those shows. In the long run, I believe 'Mclusky Do Dallas' and 'Dolittle' will be records I am listening to 60 years from now. To my ears, Mclusky took what The Pixies did and added a few layers of sick wit and smarmy outlandishness. The songs on this record can and do go from a hushed whisper to a lion's roar. Stop-on-a-dime inventiveness and some of the funniest, smartest lyrics certainly don't hurt. I am sure everyone and their crippled attic sister already know about this album. I don't care. It has been ages since I listened to this and I am going to spend all day basking in it's glory.
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This reissue is all around amazing. Double LP gatefold featuring both albums the band released with all the lyrics printed on the inside. If you are a fan and don't have the originals and don't feel like draining your bank account on EBay, this is your best bet. Rorschach were a powerhouse Hardcore band from Paramus, New Jersey. They existed from the late eighties until 1993. I don't quite know how to explain their sound. Part raging Hardcore Punk, part slow, lumbering sonic dirge. I guess some people classify that as Power Violence, but, truth be told, I have always hated that descriptor. I always thought they sounded like Die Kreuzen or even The Accused. Total metallic Hardcore Bludgeoning!!! The only thing I know is whenever I put them on the stereo I feel like my chest is caving in. That is a good thing. They got back together recently for some reunion shows on the East Coast. I heard they were still uncompromisingly brutal in their delivery.
