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Hüsker Dü: Candy Apple Grey (Warner Bros.)

Lenny Kaye, Spin, July 1986

DÜ BE DÜ BE DÜ, as new next-door label-mate Hoboken Frank likes to say. The Hüskers have joined forces with the true hard corp(oration), a leap from indie sal­vation to major-label faith that's often found bands scissored between their own uncompromising rock and a hard place (X marks the spot).

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