R.I.P. producer/photographer Glen Lockett, aka Spot, 1951-2023

Sadly, Glen Lockett – who cut many sessions with Hüsker Dü, Minutemen, Black Flag, Meat Puppets, etc – has passed away at 72.

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Red Bull Music Academy SPOT: Behind the sound of American punk by Sam Backer

Rolling Stone SST Records producer Glen "Spot" Lockett dead at 72 by Althea Legaspi

Variety Glen "Spot" Lockett, producer who helmed key SST Records releases by Black Flag and Hüsker Dü, dies at 72 by Chris Willman

Watch Hüsker Dü's Videowave interview from 1985

Greg Norton, Grant Hart and Bob Mould tune out soon after the interviewer's opening query about the meaning of Hüsker Dü.   

 

Bob Mould Band, Drew Thomson Foundation @ The Phoenix, Monday

Bob Mould's latest album Sunshine Rock is out now. Watch Bob discuss how it came together and whatever happened to Hüsker Dü below.  

Bob Mould Band on tour
Feb 18 Toronto, ON – The Phoenix
Feb 19 Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Smalls
Feb 21 New York, NY – Brooklyn Steel*
Feb 22 Chicago, IL – Metro
Feb 23 Chicago, IL – Metro
Feb 25 Ft. Collins, CO – Washington’s
Feb 26 Denver, CO – Gothic Theatre
Mar 01 Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom
Mar 02 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
Mar 08 Hamburg, Germany – Gruenspan
Mar 09 Berlin, Germany – Columbia Theater
Mar 11 Düsseldorf, Germany – Zakk
Mar 12 Leuven, Belgium – Het Depot
Mar 14 London, UK – Electric Ballroom
Mar 15 Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
Mar 16 Edinburg, UK – The Liquid Rooms
Mar 17 Manchester, UK – Academy 2 Manchester
Mar 30 Minneapolis, MN – The Palace
Mar 31 St. Paul, MN – Turf Club
Apr 02 Dallas, TX – Granada
Apr 03 Austin, TX – Mohawk
Apr 05 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
Apr 06 Seattle, WA – Neumos
Apr 07 Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Stop
* w/ Titus Andronicus

RIP Grant Hart, 1961-2017

Grant Hart, longtime Hüsker Dü drummer, singer and songwriter has passed away after a battle with cancer. 

New Hüsker Dü set explores Minneapolis trio's punk roots

Numero's 3CD/4LP Savage Young Dü box boasts 47 unreleased tracks from the original analog tapes. Stream it here. 

Hüsker Dü – Savage Young Dü

DISC 1
1. “Do You Remember?”
2. “Sore Eyes”
3. “Can’t See You Anymore”
4. “Picture Of You”
5. “The Truth Hurts”
6. “Do The Bee”
7. “Nuclear Nightmare”
8. “All I’ve Got To Lose Is You”
9. “Chinese Rocks”
10. “Uncle Ron”
11. “Data Control”
12. “Insects Rule The World”
13. “You’re Too Obtuse”
14. “Outside”
15. “Sexual Economics”
16. “What Went Wrong”
17. “Statues”
18. “Amusement”
19. “Writer’s Cramp”
20. “Let’s Go Die”
21. “Walk With The Wounded”
22. Industrial Grocery Store”

DISC 2
1. “Drug Party”
2. “Call On Me”
3. “Termination”
4. “I’m Tired Of Doing Things”
5. “Stick It To Me”
6. “Wheels”
7. “All Tensed Up”
8. “Don’t Try To Call”
9. “I’m Not Interested”
10. “Guns At My School”
11. “Push The Button”
12. “Gilligan’s Island”
13. “MTC”
14. “Don’t Have A Life”
15. “You’re Naive”
16. “Strange Week”
17. “Big Sky”
18. “Ultracore”
19. “Let’s Go Die”
20. “Won’t Say A Word”
21. “Don’t Try It”
22. “Private Hell”
23. “Diane”
24. “Sex Dolls”

DISC 3
1. “In A Free Land”
2. “What Do I Want?”
3. “M.I.C.”
4. “Target”
5. “Signals From Above”
6. “From The Gut”
7. “Blah, Blah, Blah”
8. “Punch Drunk”
9. “Bricklayer”
10. “Afraid Of Being Wrong”
11. “Sunshine Superman”
12. “Signals From Above”
13. “Everything Falls Apart”
14. “Wheels”
15. “Target”
16. “Obnoxious”
17. “Gravity”
18. “Do You Remember?”
19. “Travel In Opposite Car”
20. “It’s Not Funny Anymore”
21. “Real World”
22. “Out On A Limb”
23. “It’s Not Fair”