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Hüsker Dü: Candy Apple Grey

17 March 1986 · 41 YEARS

Candy Apple Grey

Hüsker Dü

The trio traded their signature intensity for cleaner production and acoustic piano arrangements. This effort represents a move into the corporate world while maintaining their roots in the Minneapolis underground.

By allowing distortion to sit alongside acoustic instruments, the band bridged the gap between eighties hardcore and later alternative rock. It remains a melancholic bridge between those two distinct musical eras.

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