Bob Mould & Fred Armisen perform Husker Du classic

Performance will air Oct 1st

Bob Mould offers a sneak peek into the set he and Fred Armisen are performing at this year’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass with their version of the Hüsker Dü classic, “I Apologize.” This year’s festival is being held as a free, virtual, live-streamed event. Mould’s set, featuring Armisen, is scheduled to be streamed on Friday, October 1st at 10:05 pm ET/7:05 pm PT.

“I was thrilled when the Hardly Strictly folks asked me to perform for this year’s online series,” Mould states. “They wondered if I had a colleague who might be able to help out on a few songs, and I immediately thought of my good friend, Fred Armisen — he wrote the foreword for Distortion — and fortunately he was available on ‘tape day.’ Fred drove up from Los Angeles, we rehearsed the entire set at soundcheck and then ran the set a second time for the cameras. I love it when things come together so easily, and we’re both really happy with the performance.”

Earlier his summer, Mould and Armisen shared a video opening the boxes of the different vinyl volumes of Distortion. Armisen penned the introduction to Mould’s massive 24 CD Distortion box which was released last autumn by Demon. The vinyl volumes have been released periodically over the last year, with the fourth and final vinyl box Distortion: Live released by Demon on August 6th. The 8 LP set includes live recordings from Mould’s solo career as well as performances by his band, Sugar.

Mould is currently on tour with his band, bassist Jason Narducy and drummer Jon Wurster. Starting October 15th, he’ll be performing solo, with Narducy serving as the tour’s opener. Mould is on tour in support of his last album, 2019’s Blue Hearts and his massive career retrospective box set Distortion. On tour, Mould is performing songs from his early days in the seminal Hüsker Dü, to his solo career, and his 1990’s band Sugar.

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