Former Husker Du and Sugar frontman Bob Mould joined Boing Boing co-editor David Pescovitz for an interview and a solo electric performance featuring songs spanning his legendary career. The video, directed by San Francisco filmmaker Scott Compton, delves far back into the musician’s career as he celebrates the release of his 11th solo record, Beauty & Ruin.
With all bands that started in hardcore punk, we hated the government, hated our parents, hated school and all of that. A couple of years of doing that and you get tired of hating those things exclusively, and it’s good to maybe bring some of your 60s pop sensibility into it.
