1987's "Ice Cold Ice" was the final single from the psychedelic pop-punk double L.P. Warehouse: Songs and Stories. The song, with it's lethally incessant vocal hook, is yet another of Mould's distorted confections. Sad to say, Mould can toss off a melodic rocker like this just too damn easily for his own good, which can sometimes result in one song bleeding into the next (see the totally unavailable B-side "Gotta Lotta" as a possible example). Of course Hüsker Dü bled its last here and, twenty-two years later, their corpse is unlikely to rise from the dead.
(Here's the official video for Warehouse's first single, "Could You Be the One").
{Thanks to the incredible Hüsker Dü Database for their help with these posts.}
Support the band!
I saw them live in Montreal, 22 years ago to the day. In fact, I just posted on it at my own blog.
ReplyDeletehttp://20prospect.wordpress.com/
Serendipity
Fantastic! Thanks for this!
ReplyDeleteTom
ReplyDeleteI love those 'first underground band I saw" stories, usually the band is not as cool as Husker Du but so much the better...
Anon
You're fantastically welcome.
so great
ReplyDeleteSo true.
ReplyDeletesaw them in munich, germany in 1987- what a great band .....
ReplyDeleteAnother lucky punter! They played in Winnipeg about six months before I started sneaking into bars. Curses!
ReplyDeleteHas anyone found the 12" B-side yet?
ReplyDelete