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| The Living End | 
 enlarge | Artist: Huesker Due
Label: Rhino Encore
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 107248
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 45582
UPC: 081227992668
EAN: 0081227992668
ASIN: B0018DPC74
Release Date: June 10, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | New Day Rising | | • | Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill | | • | Standing In The Rain | | • | Back From Somewhere | | • | Ice Cold Ice | | • | Everytime | | • | Friend, You've Got To Fall | | • | She Floated Away | | • | From The Gut | | • | Target | | • | It's Not Funny Anymore | | • | Hardly Getting Over It | | • | Terms Of Psychic Warfare | | • | Powerline | | • | Books About UFO's | | • | Divide And Conquer | | • | Keep Hanging On | | • | Celebrated Summer | | • | Now That You Know Me | | • | Ain't No Water In The Well | | • | What's Going On | | • | Data Control | | • | In A Free Land | | • | Sheena Is A Punk Rocker |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 15 more reviews...
 AWESOME Live Epitaph from this classic band March 30, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Husker Du were and are one of the best bands ever, one of those bands I wish I was old enough to be into when they were around or that they never broke up. That being said, this live album from 1994, 7 years after they broke up, could be seen as a last-ditch cash-in by Warner Bros. if it sucked, which it doesn't! This is visceral, punch-you-in-the-chest hardcore rock played at full decibel volume! And wow, can they play. Mould's guitar buzzsaw's through everything, Norton's underrated bass playing is like an earthquake, and Grant Hart's drums have never sounded stronger.....he sounds like he's going to break all his drumskins, he hits them so hard. And the songs....awesome versions of Ice Cold Ice, What's Going On, Celebrated Summer, Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill, and more. Plus, three new songs they were working on before they broke up, Greg Norton's "Everytime" (a really heavy, savage rocker snarled by Greg Norton and Bob Mould), Grant Hart's catchy-as-hell and blistering "Now That You Know Me", and Bob Mould's "Ain't No Water In the Well" (which is actually the weakest of the 3 new ones...a romping blues stomper, nonetheless). All in all, even though Husker Du's entire catalog of studio albums are ESSENTIAL listening, after you've experienced those, you need to check this out!
Earplugs Not Included... September 1, 1999
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
and for good reason! Husker Du are one of those bands that are forever being cited as "seminal influences", especially during the early '90's grunge movement. Nirvana, and Green Day (especially pre "Dookie" Green Day) have molded their sounds, unsuccesfully I might add, to the power that was Husker Du, and this live album goes to prove this point even further. For those unfamiliar with the band, I have a hard time advising that you pick up this CD. It's not that it's bad, rather the power and energy of these live songs put their studio versions to shame. Hell, I bought most of the studio albums before hearing this, and I still have a hard time going back and listening to them the way I once did. The hollow, tinny drum sound of most studio Husker albums takes a while to get used to, but after hearing them live, you can never go back! As for the collection of songs on this CD, not a single one is worth skipping. From the insane hyper drum beat of "New Day Rising" to their cover of "Sheena is a Punk Rocker", this CD is a fine, career spanning colection of some of their best songs. Sure, some of the classics (or should I say singles) are missing ("Eight Miles High", "Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely", "Makes No Sense At All", etc), but this doesn't matter. The near 77 minutes of fuzz, energy, and brilliant song writing will soon make you forget. This CD is, without a doubt, the way the Husker's were meant to be heard.
 "Nostalgia is the symptom of a dying culture"---Grant Hart April 4, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I had just became a Bob Mould/Husker Du fanatic in the early-1990s and was buying up their back catalogue of stuff when this CD came out in 1994. Anything "new" from Husker Du was a BIG thing, so I snagged it as soon as it hit the record stores. This live CD was compiled from shows from 1987 when they were promoting Warehouse: Songs and Stories, their last studio release, so many of the tracks come from that album. That's OK by me, as I love that album.
I don't usually care for live records but there are a few track here that sound even better here than on the studio releases. "Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill" is one example as Grant Hart doesn't scream it at the top of his lungs like on New Day Rising. "Keep Hanging On" (recorded on Bob Mould's birthday) is another example. This version makes me like the song even more. I also like how you can really hear Hart's backing vocals like on "Standing in the Rain" and "Ice Cold Ice." Sometimes the backing vocals sound lost on the studio albums, but Hart and Mould sound great together and it really adds to the tracks. Mould sings the chorus to "Ice Cold Ice" a little differently which I also like. "Everytime" is sung by Greg Norton, the bass player with the cool mustache. He has a rough, buzz-saw voice. The song is pretty good. I have it also on a Warehouse Interview record. Unfortunately, "She Floated Away" sounds a bit stale here as it's missing the backing vocals (Hart provided both lead and backing vocals on the studio version). "It's Not Funny anymore" also sounds great here. "Now That You Know Me" was a pleasant surprise. It was recorded on Grant Hart's Intolerance solo album. "Ain't No Water in the Well" is way too yeehaw for my tastes.
Fans can find a lot of omissions here: "Diane" comes to mind, as well as singles "Could You Be the One?", "Makes No Sense At all" (actually, I don't miss them that much), "I Don't Want to Know If you Are Lonely," "Pink Turns to Blue," "She's a Woman (And Now He is a Man)" (one of my all-time favorites), and "Charity, Chastity, Prudence and Hope," but I think it is a good mix of early stuff ("From the Gut", "Target," "Data Control" [great rendition here], "In a Free Land") and later material. It ends with an ode to the Ramones, "Sheena is a Punk Rocker." I remember Joey Ramones on MTV's 120 Minutes saying he thought Husker Du was a Ramones rip-off band. Husker Du may have been influenced by the Ramones, but they created a style all their own and developed their style with each album, and it shows here. The booklet has a history of the band and a few photos including a long colorized one from the "Could You Be the One?" music video.
Memories. February 22, 1999
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This album (sorry to date myself) certainly conjures up incredible memories of experiencing Husker Du live.How I wish that night never ended. How I miss the real alternative days. This is a must for sentimental fools such as myself.
husker du is my Band with a capital B August 17, 2000
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Husker Du came along at just the right time for me - their music's mixture of punk's power and pop's melody, the mighty incomparable guitar noise of Bob Mould, and Mould and drummer Grant Hart's songwriting genius. Their music affects me in the same way that the great bands of 60's pop did for older folks - music that just becomes part of your mental vocabulary.That said, I'm only 17, and was born the year Metal Circus came out - I'd honestly give a finger off my right hand to see them live at the tour either from which this was drawn, or maybe circa New Day Rising or Flip Your Wig. Anyway, less about me, more about the record. This is an awe-inspiring live document. Some favorites are missing -- the early hardcore choices are occasionally spotty ("From the Gut" and "Target" could have been happily replaced by "Blah Blah Blah" and "Everything Falls Apart" IMHO), and we don't have The Hits - "Could You Be the One?," "Makes No Sense at All," "8 Miles High," "Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely, etc. However, for the most part, it doesn't matter in the slightest, because the album's strongest points are unexpected ones. For instance, "Standing in the Rain." A great Warehouse track, it is impeded on album by the thin production and restrained feel. Here, however, Hart doubles Mould on vocals and knocks the song into the stratosphere, Hart's sweet harmonies encouraging Mould to step forward with a deeper, stronger bellow. (BTW, if you can, look for the "Up in the Air" boot - the band does the same thing to "These Important Years."). I could go on and on about just that song, but I'll cite other examples -- in retrospect, the production was often weak on HuDu records, but the band overcomes that here with sheer passion of delivery: "The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill" and "Powerline," "In a Free Land" and "Data Control," "Keep Hanging On" and "Books About UFO's," these songs are incredibly stronger than their recorded counterparts. Prepare for liftoff, HuDudes!
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