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...REALLY QUITE IRONIC that some of the hardest, most uncompromising music in the current rock scene should also be one of the most conservative. Like its fellow hardcore bands--Black Flag and Minor Threat--Husker Du, on its new EP, Metal Circus, adopts a stance which firmly opposes the revolutionary ideals of the punk movement. This stance--which is basically, think for yourself, without paying attention to all the unrealistic talk of violent and anarchic revolutions--might seem a strange message from a band whose music appears so angry and nihilistic. The band's commitment and sincerity, however...
ALTHOUGH THIS VIOLENT, angry music doesn't seem to "fit in" with Husker Du's message, the band not only recognizes this, but also deliberately highlights this contradiction on Metal Circus. Thus, it is no mistake that the lines "I don't rape and I don't pillage other people's lives" appear on the same album alongside the line "I think I'll just rape you and kill you instead." Instead of attempting to hide this dichotomy. Du deliberately exposes it as something which both the band and its listeners must face...
This contradiction also serves to highlight Husker Du's major message: don't trust or look for answers in any music (even in Metal Circus), but rather look within yourself. For instance, in the first song on the EP, Mould states, "You can sing any song you want but you're still the same," thus denying the idea that music can or should after people's lives. In fact, this song reveals Husker Du's message and ideals more clearly than any other on the album. Behind the fast, clean guitar line which draws the listener into the album...
Five minutes later, the circus turned into...
...might get a mild argument from the other guys in the four-ring circus that is the Beanpot but--sorry. Charlie this year's feature attraction comes in Week One While Harvard and Northeastern hover around mediocrity B.U. and B.C.--the last two Pot champs enter the Causeway St. shootout as the class of the East...