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The Beat Goes On

MINNEAPOLIS—Husker Du, onetime local laughing stock turned global hardcore juggernaut turned metalworking, pop-pumping, damn-the-conventions artistes have assembled to elevate a pale biz cliche to sensory-certifiable truth: dig it, man, these guys can cook!

December 1, 1984
David Ayers

The Beat Goes On

HUSKER DU: ZEN TAPIOCA AT THE GATES OF URGH

MINNEAPOLIS—Husker Du, onetime local laughing stock turned global hardcore juggernaut turned metalworking, poppumping, damn-the-conventions artistes have assembled to elevate a pale biz cliche to sensory-certifiable truth: dig it, man, these guys can cook!

“It’s my own marinade recipe,” says drummer Grant Hart, who proudly sports an expert eater’s physique. “Some black cherry wine, a little Hershey’s sauce; it’s a little sweet, but I like what it does for the meat.”

The Huskers’ audacious, foursided, honest-to-Ian Anderson concept album, Zen Arcade, has just entered the Rockpool chart at number six—shining like a hot red sore between Difford & Tilbrook and Echo & The Bunnymen, a full three slots above the Jacksons—but at the moment the Du is more concerned about what’s hot to the barbeque.

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