New Day Rising is the third studio album by American punk rock band Hüsker Dü, released in 1985 on SST Records. The album continued the move away from the fast hardcore punk of the band's earliest releases toward slower, more melodic material.
New Day Rising
Hüsker Dü was an American punk rock band formed in Saint Paul, in 1979. The band's continuous members were guitarist/vocalist Bob Mould, bassist Greg Norton, and drummer/vocalist Grant Hart. They first gained notability as a hardcore punk band, and later crossed over into alternative rock. Mould and Hart were the band's principal songwriters, with Hart's higher-pitched vocals and Mould's baritone taking the lead in alternating songs.
Hüsker Dü in 1986 Left to right: Greg Norton, Grant Hart, and Bob Mould
Hüsker Dü in a 1985 publicity photo for New Day Rising
Bob Mould, July 2007 at McCarren Park Pool
Hüsker Dü's star on the outside mural of the Minneapolis nightclub First Avenue