One of the great things I love about the internets is that you find great sources of archival material that you never would have thought would have been captured. Take, for example, the follow video of Hüsker Dü playing in 1981. I was nine when they recorded this (while TheBrit was in secondary school as he is, you know, OLD!), but I like how you can hear influential they would go on to become because you can hear where bands like The Killers, Nirvana, Pixies, Supechunk (and a gazillion others) would pull traces Hüsker Dü’s signature sound.
If you missed it, the song is internal monologue of a serial killer while he is stalking his prey. Nothing like a little rape and knife play to get all warm and fuzzy. Plus I’m greatly enjoying the headband action and pogo’ing of the audience.
This was written in 81??
Jesus, if the Killers sounded like this, I’d you know… enjoy their music.