I’ve noticed that the punk music community, for being a clique dedicated to being rebels and rejecting what’s considered mainstream, seem to have a lot of rules and regulations on what is considered “true punk”
Green Day gets so much shit but one positive thing about them is that they have always gone above and beyond to try and help other bands get more recognition. Screeching Weasel, Pansy Division, Crimpshrine, Husker Du, and all the Lookout! bands just to name a few. Green Day turned me on to a lot of really good music.
agreed, most of my taste in music stems from green day. i only listened to rancid, bad religion, nofx, ratm, the adolescents, the interupters, bad cop/bad cop, the lillingtons ect because i first listened to green day.
They should do MORE homage to Husker Du! It is undeniable that Husker Du kicked down the door that Green Day walked through into greatness. I'd love more roots punk from them. We need it.
The Pixies and Sonic Youth had more mainstream success. Husker Du don't really seem to enjoy the same legacy by millennials and few people my age seem to have heard of them, except for those who are really into punk.
Way to represent one of the great bands in Husku Du. If it were up to some of you guys, bands wouldn't acknowdlge their influences. Not that hard to understand really Green Day paying their respects. Nice work!
I was at one of the first GD shows at Egg Plants house. After the show I went up to Mike, who I didn't really know but we were both Benicia people, and said "You are incredible...you sound like Husker Du". Mike said thank you and I think I only spoke with him, just a comment, outside Gilman, one more time. I am from Mpls I had seen Husker Du many times and many Gilman bands including Crimpshrine, Op Ivy, Isocracy, and others. Only GD that day was like Husker Du.
glad to see them paying respect to such an important band. I hope husker du never gets forgotten, as their music essentially changed the trajectory of alternative music, whether people consciously realized it or not.
Mason Upton thanks mate i dont have a problem with them at all just the old stuff is what got me into them :) ...there's always someone looking for an argument on here isn't there lol
all these people shittalking this cover as if its supposed to be better than Husker du this is a nod of respect to their roots not a fucking attempt to steal the song from Husker Du and make people see them as superior.
I was at the last Op Ivy Show...one of the First GD shows at Eggplants house and after GD played I commented to Mike that I thought they sounded like Husker Du... he said thanks...thanks alot.
Not a huge green day fan but you know what, they do this cover perfectly.And I love the original. Fast (faster than the original), raw and in your face, how punk should be. Hell, Rock as it should be.
Wow! My kids love Green Day for their American Idiot and onwards phase but I had no Idea they would do such GREAT version of this song. Husker Du made a classic album with Candy Apple Grey but this is a stand out track on that album.. Thanks for posting. Great song and done really,really well.
You can really see the direct line from Husker Du's signature sound to Green Day's . The influence is strong. Mike Dirnt kills it on Greg Norton's bass lines.
Never knew they covered this, one of my favs from Husker Du coming from my favorite sellouts, (I mean that with the utmost appreciation in my melancholy brain, btw) the only mainstreamers I love, fuck yeah Green Day
This is one of my favorite Husker Du songs that I've probably listened to over 1,000 times and this is an excellent cover. It fits well within Green Day's capabilities. Good choice, good job, good band to show respect to.
Thanks for posting! Kick-ass cover of a much-revered band here in Mpls....Saw this song live several times and Green Day, (who, honestly, I never really liked, but to each his own) does a great job of it...I know for a fact that Bob Mould, Grant Hart and Greg Norton would approve. The Huskers helped punk and helped put Mpls on the map, and if Green Day exposed young ones to it, all the better.
I like ALL of their stuff. A lot of people are like "Their older stuff is awesome, new stuff sucks". Makes it seem like you just don't want to accept any change from them. I think it's ALL really good, every album in it's own way. Y'know?
First tape I was gifted was Green Day’s dookie ...and it was blue played it up till 6th grade then my Walkman ate it ...wish they went back to their roots
i still find it funny that this video which i edited back in 2002 or so is still around. there are 2 live studio versions of this song. the one originally matching this video has talking over it so i tried to mix the 2nd version (which had a longer instrumental bridge) in with the video and had to cut and change speeds to match the best i could. still wish i could have fixed the brightness of the picture tho...
+greendayray the original audio from the original broadcast, interviews, mic drop, etc intact . i used to have this on a VHS but that shit is looong gone.
Ive only seen that video once, the only time I heard the song. Husker Du are a tough band to find haha I wouldnt mind hearin more of their stuff though
As an old-schooler, I give these young bucks full credit for a perfectly respectable cover. Does it carry the emotional ferocity of the original? Nah. But good for them for giving it a shot and putting their own stamp on.
