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Bob Mould may best be known as the pioneering frontman of Husker Du and Sugar, but since the late '90s, the singer-guitarist has turned to DJ'ing, hosting dance parties with pal Richard Morel under the moniker Blowoff. Mould is a walking Wikipedia of...
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In his 30-plus-year career, Bob Mould has always been known for his driving emotional music, whether its the highly-charged punk rock of Husker Du or his solo career. The angst that was present in his music is similar to aspects of his personal life,...
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But at the same time, Foo Fighters couldn't be less dangerous, and nor do they have, despite their enormity, any cultural traction. It's telling that Grohl brings onstage, for Dear Rosemary, Bob Mould of Husker Du, a band who enjoyed a fraction of Foos'...
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San Francisco resident Bob Mould has had quite an interesting life, and he shares the ups and downs of his fascinating history in an autobiography that spans his beginnings in the punk/alternative rock music scene to the current day, disc jockeying at...
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For musician Bob Mould, however, the '80s weren't all fun and games. With his groundbreaking and seminal band Husker Du, Mould built an underground infrastructure that paved the way for the alternative rock boom of the 1990s. Without Husker Du, there...
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This is an obvious must-read for anyone interested in punk rock: the story of the main force behind one of the top five American punk bands, Husker Du. And though by page 150 Husker Du has broken up, there's a lot of interesting stuff after that.
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While most musicians get eclipsed by the shadow of their youth, Bob Mould is anomalous. With a resume that includes co-founding the seminal Husker Du, fronting Sugar, a critically lauded solo career, and serving as a World Championship Wrestling scriptwriter,...
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Bob Mould's See a Little Light may seem like a modest contribution to the genre of rock-and-roll memoir. It's not the most high-flying account you'll read (Mould's fame was relatively modest); nor the most tragic (no band mates succumb to overdoses);...
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Four paragraphs into the introduction of his new memoir, See A Little Light: The Trail Of Rage And Melody, Bob Mould describes a trip he made to "a clothing-optional resort strictly for men" in Palm Springs, California, prior to Coachella one year. Three...
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"See a LIttle LIght: The Trail of Rage and Melody" he revisits them without flinching. From his days as the closeted front man for Minneapolis indie rock heroes Husker Du to his current career as a gay dance club DJ, from launching a successful solo career...
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Bob Mould, the damaged guitar god behind the 1980s postpunk trio Husker Du-the guy who wrote "59 Times the Pain" for cryin' out loud-has written a beautiful, painful, frank memoir chronicling his startlingly serpentine route to something resembling inner...
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To those out there who subscribe to the world view of Michael Azerrada's Our Band Be Could Be Your Life, then Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Husker Du/Sugar's Bob Mould are gods amongst men. So, to have both make appearances on Late Night with Jimmy...
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Weaved into the chronology of his career are confessional details about his severely troubled personal life-his long-gestating coming out, complicated relationships with boyfriends, and existence as a self-titled "miserablist." GQ sat down with Mould...
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SEE A LITTLE LIGHT, with Michael Azerrad shares a title with one of his not-so-hopeless solo songs. In addition to being a detailed document of punk's rise to the middle of the culture, the book is an unsparing accounting of things he has done wrong,...
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See a Little Light is a brisk and enjoyable read, but like any honest chronology it is subject to life's prosaic cadence of false starts, lulls and repetitions.
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In more important ways, however, "See a Little Light" isn't typical at all. Most centrally, it's an audacious and moving account of Mr.Mould's coming of age as a (mostly closeted) gay man in the macho alternative rock scene of the 1980s and 1990s. The...
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For someone whose music is so impassioned, Mould relays all this with surprising reserve. His prose is straightforward, the voice informal, without flourishes - an unadorned form that may be a product of his years as a blogger. The diary-like structure...
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Whether it is his unexpected and hilarious left turn to scriptwriting for professional wrestling, his busy career as one half of the DJ team Blowoff, or his hesitant and ultimately affirming embrace of mainstream gay culture, Mould never fails to captivate...
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This was not the initial idea. The project, he said, began innocuously enough. in 2001, Mould was approached by Little, Brown's Michael Pietsch about writing in a memoir; Mould turn him down, feeling that the time wasn't right. A subsequent encounter...
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Almost three years in the making and a decade since he was first approached with the idea, Mould's autobiography lands in stores next week accompanied by a gig and bookstore appearance in the town he called home for a decade. Titled "See a Little Light:...
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When news broke in early 2009 that Bob Mould was writing an autobiography (with assistance from Our Band Could Be Your Life's Michael Azerrad), it was tantalizing. Mould has remained intensely private, even though he's one of the most important figures...
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Twenty-five years ago, it would have been difficult to imagine Bob Mould, singer/guitarist for one of the most celebrated rock bands ever, Minneapolis' three-man juggernaut Husker Du, evolving to the point where he would someday record an album of electronic...
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Alright, so, dude was in some good bands back in the day -- Husker Du and Sugar. Since '96, he's steadily put out solo records. He stopped playing guitar and shit in 1998 because rock music got pretty lame and he "got in touch with himself" and discovered...
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It was still more than 24 hours before My Bloody Valentine was to assault the crowd at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival with an onslaught of guitar noise, but Saturday afternoon revelers who took in Bob Mould's set should be well prepared. In...
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This year marks two important anniversaries for Bob Mould. Thirty years ago, in 1979, his seminal trio, Husker Du, played its first live gig. Ten years later, after Husker's brutal demise, Mould made his solo debut with Workbook, an indie-rock masterwork...
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Bob Mould may have begun this decade experimenting with new musical styles for his solo work, but ever since 2002's Modulate he's been slowly retracting that head-first dive into electronic music with a succession of redemptive releases, each more rock-oriented...
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Bob Mould made his name laying his emotions bare, and it's a trait that's not only stayed with him throughout his 30-year career, but one that perhaps has become even more pronounced. The same holds true for alt-legend Mould's level of self-awareness,...
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Dan Harris of Amplified, an ABC News music blog, posted a video of Bob playing a private in-store performance.
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Punk legend, alt-rock mainstay, "Daily Show" theme song composer: Bob Mould has got the icon thing covered. In April, the veteran musician is set to release his eighth solo studio album since the 1988 implosion of Husker Du. (That tally doesn't even count...
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The Daily Swarm: You have a great new album Life and Times out in April, upcoming shows at Coachella and Carnegie Hall, your Blowoff DJ nights, you're the keynote speaker at Noise Pop, and you're writing a book - is this the busiest you've ever been?...
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2009 is shaping up to be Bob Mould's kind of year. The former Husker Du front man has a busy few months ahead of him, with teaser tour dates (including a solo acoustic show at the Hotel Cafe and a recently announced Coachella slot with his full band)...
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It's been 20 years since Bob Mould released his first solo album, 'Workbook,' and you can add another 10 years on top of that since he first formed Husker Du. Despite Husker Du's enormous influence on post-punk in the '80s and, by turn, the alternative...
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Bob Mould has become more cheery than he was on brooding, post-Husker Du solo albums such as 1989's Workbook and 1991's Black Sheets Of Rain. The 47-year-old Mould now laughs a lot and seems more pragmatic than the guy who swore he'd never play his Minneapolis...
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In celebration of his illustrious career, alt-rock pioneer Bob Mould is set to release Circle of Friends: Live at the 9:30 Club October 9th via MVD Visual. The DVD -- recorded in October 2005 while touring behind Mould's last solo effort Body of Song...
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Despite being one of the most influential figures in rock over the past 25 years, Bob Mould has always been somewhat reticent about his past. After his first band, Husker Du, broke up in 1988, he released Workbook, a solo album that traded the Huskers...
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As he traded songs with drummer Grant Hart in the 1980s punk band Husker Du, Bob Mould's anguished vocals and the melodic buzz saw of his guitar playing would prove a key influence on the likes of Nirvana and Pearl Jam. He added to his status as a role...
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Bob Mould is eyeing a June release for his next solo album, which he has been recording with Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty. The artist is in talks with several labels to release the follow-up to 2005's "Body of Song," which was issued by Yep Roc and debuted...
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