Bob Mould biography

He might either roar with anger or smile at the suggestion but Bob Mould must be considered one or rock’s elder statesmen. Now in his mid 40s, the New York born punk pioneer cut his teeth in Minneapolis and came to prominence with his groundbreaking group Husker Du. The band’s acrimonious split kick started his solo career and the late 1980s/early 1990s saw the release of ‘Workbook’ and ‘Black Sheets Of Rain’. Soon after, Mould formed the power pop band Sugar and Virgin Records put out a compilation of those two solo albums, ‘Poison Years’.

Sugar came and went with three albums to their name: the instant classic that was 1992s ‘Copper Blue’, mini album ‘Beaster’ from ‘93 (which attempted to tell the story of Jesus Christ over six tracks) and ‘94s ‘File Under Easy Listening’. Mould’s increasing fascination with electronica would manifest itself as he returned to his solo output. He played all the instruments on his self-titled third album from 1996, notable for the single ‘Egoverride’ (still a live favorite to this day) and the crossing of genres continued two years later with ‘The Last Dog And Pony Show’.

A lengthy (for him) period of musical inactivity occurred and Mould started to write scripts for a professional wrestling organization. He would even thank two of the wrestlers (Kevin Nash and Kevin Sullivan) in the sleeve notes to 2002’s ‘Modulator’: a title that clearly inspired his entertaining blog (modulate.blogspot.com). Now residing in Washington D.C, Mould has turned his hand to DJing (Blowoff) and this unique talent returned in 2005 with his most commercial effort in years, ‘Body Of Song’. This new set of songs have appealed to the latest generation of students and television producers alike: lead track ‘Circles’ was used on Fox’s ‘The O.C’, a barometer of what is currently “cool”. Whether Mould roared with anger or smiled at his track’s inclusion is unknown.