Hüsker Dü

With a sound that was part snarling distortion, part punk rock speed, but never shy on intelligent melody, Hüsker Dü provided the sonic blueprint for the roaring punk-pop hybrid that crossed over into the mainstream in the early '90s. They were among the hard-touring, uncompromising underground acts of the '80s that paved the way for everything after it, both shaping the sound of alternative music and exemplifying that it was possible to release uncompromising art on a major label without losing any integrity or creative control. Hüsker Dü evolved from the breakneck tempos of ...