Bob Mould
Bob Mould (born October 16, 1960, in Malone, New York) is an American music… Read Full Bio ↴Bob Mould (born October 16, 1960, in Malone, New York) is an American musician, principally known for his work as guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for influential rock bands Hüsker Dü in the 1980s and Sugar in the 1990s.
Born in Malone, New York, Mould lived in several places, including Pine City, Minnesota and the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, where he attended Macalester College. There, he formed Hüsker Dü in the late 1970s, with drummer/singer Grant Hart and bass guitarist Greg Norton.
Mould released his first solo album after Hüsker Dü broke up; 1989's Workbook eschewed Mould's trademark wall-of-noise guitar for a stripped-down sound featuring acoustic guitars and cellos. 1991's jagged Black Sheets of Rain put Mould in more familiar territory, recalling Hüsker Dü's loudest, angriest moments. Mould also started a record label, Singles Only Label, which released singles from up and coming bands such as Grant Lee Buffalo.
Mould then formed the group Sugar, a college/alternative radio favorite in the mid-1990s. Along with extensive touring, Sugar released two albums, an EP and a B-sides collection before splitting.
Mould returned to solo recording, releasing a self-titled album in 1996 (which is often referred to as Hubcap because of the cover photo) and 1998's The Last Dog and Pony Show. During a stint living in New York City in the late-1990s, Mould's tastes took a detour into dance music and electronica. Those influences were clear on his 2002 release Modulate, which featured a strong electronica influence to mixed critical reviews. To pursue this sound, Mould also began recording under the pseudonym LoudBomb (an anagram of his name). He has released one CD so far under this name.
Mould took a brief break from the music world to get involved with another passion of his, professional wrestling, when he joined WCW as a scriptwriter for a brief period. Creative differences with some of the other writers of the league led to Mould leaving the company and returning to music. The liner notes for Modulate thank some of the wrestlers he associated with, most notably Kevin Nash and Kevin Sullivan.
In addition to his solo work, Mould is also a live DJ in collaboration with Washington DC-area dance music artist Richard Morel, under the collective banner Blowoff. A recording under that banner was released in September 2006. Mould has been asked to do remixes for a variety of dance and alternative rock artists. A recent remix of the Interpol song "Length Of Love" has led to more critical acclaim for the veteran artist.
For much of the 1990s, Mould toured playing solo acoustic renditions of his catalog (occasionally switching to electric guitar midway through his set). In 2005 his solo album Body of Song was cross-announced with his first band tour since 1998. Brendan Canty, best known as the drummer for Fugazi, and Mould's Blowoff collaborator, Morel, played drums and keyboards, respectively, for the 2005 tour. Mould's latest album, District Line, was released in February 2008.
Though his homosexuality was previously something of an open secret, Mould was outed in the early 1990s; he is now openly gay. Though it was often rumored during his Hüsker Dü days that he and bandmate Hart were an item (Hart was also gay, and both acknowledge taking partners on tour), both have flatly denied ever having been romantically involved.
In 2006, Mould contributed the song "If I Can't Change Your Mind" to the album Wed-Rock, an album to promote same-sex marriage.
On September 29, 2005, Mould's song "Circles" was featured on The OC as Marissa Cooper was starting her first day at her public school in Season 3. Mould's song "Dog on Fire" is the theme song for The Daily Show. They Might Be Giants perform the current version. The song "See a Little Light" has been used more than once in various television applications: It was used in the closing scene of the original un-aired test pilot episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, it became one of the principal theme songs for the HBO series The Mind of the Married Man and was also used in a television commercial for TIAA-CREF (August 2007). Mould also composed the theme for the TLC program, In a Fix.
Mould and director Cameron Crowe are close friends; the character Bob Sugar (played by Jay Mohr) in Crowe's 1996 film Jerry Maguire is named for both Mould and his former band, Sugar.
Mould appeared on an episode of IFC's The Henry Rollins Show on June 15, 2007.
Mould also played lead guitar in the house band for the film of John Cameron Mitchell's Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Mould also participated in a Hedwig tribute album, Wig in a Box, on which he covered the song "Nailed."
Solo Discography
Workbook LP (Virgin, 1989)
See A Little Light Single (Virgin, 1989)
Wishing Well + 4 Tracks Single (Virgin, 1989)
Black Sheets of Rain LP (Virgin, 1990)
Poison Years Compilation LP (Virgin, 1994)
Egøverride Single (Rykodisc, 1995)
Bob Mould LP (Rykodisc, 1996)
The Last Dog and Pony Show LP (Rykodisc, 1998)
Modulate LP (Granary Music, 2002)
Live Dog 98: The Forum, London UK Live LP (Granary Music, 2002)
Long Playing Grooves (released under anagram LoudBomb) LP (Granary Music, 2002)
Body of Song (Yep Roc, 2005)
District Line (Granary Music, 2008)
Silver Age (Edsel 2012)
Beauty & Ruin (Merge Records, 2014)
Patch the Sky (Merge Records, 2016)
Sunshine Rock (Merge Records, 2019)
Bootlegs
The Calm Before the Storm (Kiss The Stone, 1994)
Bands Produced
Soul Asylum, Made To Be Broken LP
Articles of Faith, Give Thanks and In this Life LPs
Magnapop, Hot Boxing LP
Verbow, Chronicles LP
The Zulus, Down on the Floor LP
Impaler, If We Had Brains... We'd Be Dangerous LP
Low, Tonight the Monkeys Die Remixes EP
http://www.bobmould.com
http://modulate.blogspot.com
Born in Malone, New York, Mould lived in several places, including Pine City, Minnesota and the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, where he attended Macalester College. There, he formed Hüsker Dü in the late 1970s, with drummer/singer Grant Hart and bass guitarist Greg Norton.
Mould released his first solo album after Hüsker Dü broke up; 1989's Workbook eschewed Mould's trademark wall-of-noise guitar for a stripped-down sound featuring acoustic guitars and cellos. 1991's jagged Black Sheets of Rain put Mould in more familiar territory, recalling Hüsker Dü's loudest, angriest moments. Mould also started a record label, Singles Only Label, which released singles from up and coming bands such as Grant Lee Buffalo.
Mould then formed the group Sugar, a college/alternative radio favorite in the mid-1990s. Along with extensive touring, Sugar released two albums, an EP and a B-sides collection before splitting.
Mould returned to solo recording, releasing a self-titled album in 1996 (which is often referred to as Hubcap because of the cover photo) and 1998's The Last Dog and Pony Show. During a stint living in New York City in the late-1990s, Mould's tastes took a detour into dance music and electronica. Those influences were clear on his 2002 release Modulate, which featured a strong electronica influence to mixed critical reviews. To pursue this sound, Mould also began recording under the pseudonym LoudBomb (an anagram of his name). He has released one CD so far under this name.
Mould took a brief break from the music world to get involved with another passion of his, professional wrestling, when he joined WCW as a scriptwriter for a brief period. Creative differences with some of the other writers of the league led to Mould leaving the company and returning to music. The liner notes for Modulate thank some of the wrestlers he associated with, most notably Kevin Nash and Kevin Sullivan.
In addition to his solo work, Mould is also a live DJ in collaboration with Washington DC-area dance music artist Richard Morel, under the collective banner Blowoff. A recording under that banner was released in September 2006. Mould has been asked to do remixes for a variety of dance and alternative rock artists. A recent remix of the Interpol song "Length Of Love" has led to more critical acclaim for the veteran artist.
For much of the 1990s, Mould toured playing solo acoustic renditions of his catalog (occasionally switching to electric guitar midway through his set). In 2005 his solo album Body of Song was cross-announced with his first band tour since 1998. Brendan Canty, best known as the drummer for Fugazi, and Mould's Blowoff collaborator, Morel, played drums and keyboards, respectively, for the 2005 tour. Mould's latest album, District Line, was released in February 2008.
Though his homosexuality was previously something of an open secret, Mould was outed in the early 1990s; he is now openly gay. Though it was often rumored during his Hüsker Dü days that he and bandmate Hart were an item (Hart was also gay, and both acknowledge taking partners on tour), both have flatly denied ever having been romantically involved.
In 2006, Mould contributed the song "If I Can't Change Your Mind" to the album Wed-Rock, an album to promote same-sex marriage.
On September 29, 2005, Mould's song "Circles" was featured on The OC as Marissa Cooper was starting her first day at her public school in Season 3. Mould's song "Dog on Fire" is the theme song for The Daily Show. They Might Be Giants perform the current version. The song "See a Little Light" has been used more than once in various television applications: It was used in the closing scene of the original un-aired test pilot episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, it became one of the principal theme songs for the HBO series The Mind of the Married Man and was also used in a television commercial for TIAA-CREF (August 2007). Mould also composed the theme for the TLC program, In a Fix.
Mould and director Cameron Crowe are close friends; the character Bob Sugar (played by Jay Mohr) in Crowe's 1996 film Jerry Maguire is named for both Mould and his former band, Sugar.
Mould appeared on an episode of IFC's The Henry Rollins Show on June 15, 2007.
Mould also played lead guitar in the house band for the film of John Cameron Mitchell's Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Mould also participated in a Hedwig tribute album, Wig in a Box, on which he covered the song "Nailed."
Solo Discography
Workbook LP (Virgin, 1989)
See A Little Light Single (Virgin, 1989)
Wishing Well + 4 Tracks Single (Virgin, 1989)
Black Sheets of Rain LP (Virgin, 1990)
Poison Years Compilation LP (Virgin, 1994)
Egøverride Single (Rykodisc, 1995)
Bob Mould LP (Rykodisc, 1996)
The Last Dog and Pony Show LP (Rykodisc, 1998)
Modulate LP (Granary Music, 2002)
Live Dog 98: The Forum, London UK Live LP (Granary Music, 2002)
Long Playing Grooves (released under anagram LoudBomb) LP (Granary Music, 2002)
Body of Song (Yep Roc, 2005)
District Line (Granary Music, 2008)
Silver Age (Edsel 2012)
Beauty & Ruin (Merge Records, 2014)
Patch the Sky (Merge Records, 2016)
Sunshine Rock (Merge Records, 2019)
Bootlegs
The Calm Before the Storm (Kiss The Stone, 1994)
Bands Produced
Soul Asylum, Made To Be Broken LP
Articles of Faith, Give Thanks and In this Life LPs
Magnapop, Hot Boxing LP
Verbow, Chronicles LP
The Zulus, Down on the Floor LP
Impaler, If We Had Brains... We'd Be Dangerous LP
Low, Tonight the Monkeys Die Remixes EP
http://www.bobmould.com
http://modulate.blogspot.com
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Bob Mould Lyrics
180 Rain If you are counting down the hours til you sleep…
Again and Again It began sometime last week The feeling that most everything…
All Those People Know Fred sits alone at his desk in the dark There's an…
Along the Way Scratching at the surface / keep the conversation light Lest…
Always Tomorrow Trapped, silver blue Plans, utterance Crashed, turn away Fat…
American Crisis I never thought I'd see this bullshit again To come of…
Angels Rearrange A pretty penny buys you lots of things A wooden nickel's…
Anymore Time Between What you say, what you mean And the space between those…
Argos Standing at the Argos Basement where the sex goes Centurie…
Art Crisis Overhearing conversations turn into dust Critically acclai…
Author's Lament Sometimes, as the traffic goes by The urge to cross the…
Bad Blood Better Early cloudy Sunday morning A somber letter I did write…
Beating Heart the Prize Get your ticket today Make it all go away Ticking off the…
Best Thing This would be The sound of me Looking for some kind of…
Black Confetti Tears at my heart, rips at my soul Calling you out,…
Black Sheets Of Rain Checking in every morning To the sound of steam and caffeine…
Brasilia Crossed With Trenton I walk through the day Through the open fields I walk to…
Briefest Moment I was a small-town kid with no possessions And I was…
Camp Sunshine Greetings from the camp where every day is fun The weather's…
Can't Fight It And it's strange to watch the things we had all…
Castor and Pollux Castor and Pollux Stars appear above our heads Castor and Po…
Celebrated Summer Love and hate was in the air, like pollen from…
Circles Star bright, so stunning and brilliant The circle keeps spin…
Classifieds Look through the classifieds, maybe I'll find a friend who…
Comeonstrong You always chase me You ought to be my buddy Lie to…
Compositions for the Young and Old Found a book of interest the other day Compositions for the…
Could You Be The One Could you be the one they talk about? Hiding inside, behind…
Daddy's Favorite Take me over then you're gone Played the devil's advocate so…
Days of Rain A simple word or two I need a little clarity If you…
Deep Karma Canyon You're in a deep karma canyon And your mind is so…
Disappointed Well I'm sorry you're disappointed But times they change and…
Doubleface You, you get an awful taste You kind of lost your…
Dreaming I Am Wire cage with rope and wooden framing doors behold Prancing…
Egoverride It's the sound of my ego spinning out of control Sounds…
Fire in the City Airplanes flying overhead While I toss and turn in bed A l…
First Drag of the Day Don't make me do it, don't make me sell the…
First Time Joy And we were children We were so afraid We built this dream W…
Fix It I'm out of inspiration Time to break it in a million…
Forgiveness I come to you to ask for your forgiveness I need…
Fort Know King Solomon There's a place in the mountains that we could go We…
Fort Knox, King Solomon There's a place in the mountains that we could go We could…
Fugue State A trail of fog and vapour It beads upon the green Under…
Gauze of Friendship You think you love him Or someone like him He reminds you…
Hair Stew I see you sleep with him And yeah, I guess that's…
Hands Are Tied I wanna run away Can I disintegrate? Where's my freedom? …
Hanging Tree Another exit on the freeway Another bridge I cannot bear to…
Hardly Getting Over It Twenty years ago, saw a friend was walking by And I…
Hear Me Calling I recall what it felt like years ago And it's all…
Heartbreak a Stranger Days come, days go by So it matters, so you say But…
Hey Mr. Grey Hey Mr. Grey, that's what the children say Life used to…
High Fidelity As suspicion grows I can't turn my back I can't live like…
Hold On Years of our lives The time we invested Washed away in a…
I You're in my memory You're in my history You're in my everyt…
I Am Vision I Am Sound I am vision, I am sound I am vision, I am…
I Don't Know You Anymore A thousand pieces of my heart Swept across a weathered floor…
I DON'T MIND Reality's a dream A game in which I seem To never find…
I Fought You're in my memory You're in my history You're in my everyt…
I Hate Alternative Rock Tired epileptic charade Get on the plane and fly away I kn…
I'm Sorry Baby But You Can't Stand In My Light Any More I'm sorry, baby, but You can't stand in my light any…
Irrational Poison Nowhere left to go I wanna swim to you, baby But I'm…
it Lately I've been thinking And how the whole world's come und…
Keep Believing And now the hearts are beating And all our sadness has…
Kid With Crooked Face I'm falling from the sky, the gravity, the spin I hate…
Let The Beauty Be Have you ever been tempted to cry But you couldn't get…
Life and Times Small pieces of truth, whispered on the dance floor Lift the…
Lifetime The clouds move between You and me and New York…
Light Love Hope Shine your light your love your hope Hold it in your…
Little Glass Pill Your god, your god, my god, my god Enough, enough, enough,…
Lonely Afternoon Well, the silence in this house It echoes in this house I…
Losing Sleep It's Saturday night Drivin' so high I'm noticing all the war…
Losing Time I don't wanna waste the chance The last embrace, face to…
Lost Faith In my sleep, I tell myself Anything, everything When I wake,…
Lost Zoloft You think you know the animal until you strike a…
Love Escalator Love escalator, taking a ride, it's taking me higher…
Love Light Hope Shine your light your love your hope Hold it in your…
Low Season The coldest wind rushes through the broken window Leaves the…
Lowdown Ground Water came and washed it all away Taught me a valuable…
Lucifer and God Crucified, where's your money? You decide, you always try Th…
Makes No Sense At All Walking around with your head in the clouds Makes no sense…
Megamanic Mega mega, mega mega Mega mega, mega mega I'll give you a…
Miniature Parade I say to you, secrets that I hold so dear I'm…
Missing You This is how I'm feeling for some time I'm missing you,…
MM 17 No idea where I'm going Here's a road to lead you…
Monument The end of the circle Tides that roll and sway Follow in…
Moving Trucks Tell me that you're feeling trapped in this life, thinking…
My Old Friend My old friend / take a moment, and you'll understand All…
Nailed By the gold light of your halo I wanna nail…
Nemeses Are Laughing When you're feeling empty Fragile, hungry and stoned Sweet c…
New #1 You, yeah, you always haul my ball and chain right To…
Next Time That You Leave The next time that you leave I'll throw everything you own S…
Nihil I sit and watch / as you fade to black For…
Old Highs We lock the gaze tightly upon each other No others come…
Old Highs New Lows We lock the gaze tightly upon each other No others come…
One Good Reason In the forest all the trees are turning black And sorry's…
Out Of Your Life If you want me out of your life Now all you…
Paralyzed An obvious display Of feelings that have dissipated And I do…
Poison Years Poison thoughts in my mind Got to free myself from this…
Pray for Rain Every time I pray The fear of failure pours down on…
Quasar As the meteor flies / Ice forming in outer space In…
Reflecting Pool I stumble through this godforsaken Uncertain of the path I'm…
Return To Dust True blue star, would you stay in my heart? Or will…
Roll Over and Die You forsake me No one walks away, not this time If you…
Round the City Square Whisper going round the city square Rumor grows a tumor in…
Sacrifice/Let There Be Peace If I ride on the rails I shall ride them alone And…
SacrificeLet There Be Peace If I ride on the rails I shall ride them alone And…
Sacrifice\x01Let There Be Peace If I ride on the rails I shall ride them alone And…
See a Little Light Listen, there's music in the air I heard your voice, coming…
Semper FI Forever fidelity / I know you're tired, so I'll let…
Send Me a Postcard Before loneliness will break my heart Send me a postcard, da…
Shelter Me Shelter me from everything you do Shelter me I can't see…
Shoot Out the Lights In the dark, who can see his face? In the dark,…
Silver Age The spring is over, no more golden race All the ease…
Sin King Life has changed around this place For reasons I can't expla…
Sinners and Their Repentances All those things I've done before It doesn't matter anymore …
Skin Trade Floodlight, Arizona, the fire trucks rush in Double wide do…
Skintrade Floodlight, Arizona, the fire trucks rush in Double wide dou…
Slay/Sway How long have you lived in a dead end town…
Sound on Sound I am vision, I am sound I am vision, I am…
Soundonsound She′s sailing along the diamonds He's picking up trash along…
Spiraling Down Spiraling down, spiraling round Nobody writes a song about …
Stand Guard Stand guard over what is mine Stand guard day and night…
Star Machine You had a chance to go around the world But you…
Steam of Hercules We stand and watch the stars The sky was filled without…
Stop Your Crying A moment sits suspended in time what I a time…
Stupid Now Please listen to me, and don't disagree Even as we fight,…
Sunny Love Song We started out so awkwardly There was rain and cold and…
Sunset Safety Glass Mystified, fire red sky / Sundown fog lifts up and…
Sunshine Rock They don't love you like I love you I won't leave…
Surveyors and Cranes Surveyors and cranes And all that remains is a creek where T…
Sweet Serene I needed the rain to wash away indifference I needed the…
Taking Everything This fever on my mind, I'm burning down inside My luck…
The Act We Act I'm watching you walk As you walk that distant way Take that…
The Breach And I know now And you know as well So…
The Descent I started out so starry-eyed Full of hope and wonder And I…
The Final Years It's the slowing down Foot caressing pavement with caution N…
The Last Night Tonight's the last night that I'm coming home to you It…
The Receipt The world, it owes you nothing / You're such a…
The Silence Between Us There were trails of fallen trees Deciduous and weeding mars…
The War And all these songs I write for you They tear me…
Thirty Dozen Roses Some days, my brain blows up in an elegant way My…
Thumbtack Here's the town we live in This is how the land…
Tomorrow Morning Tomorrow morning I'll be rising And I keep waiting for the…
Trade A thousand questions await you May you find the answer that…
Underneath Days Fucked underneath between days Fucked underneath between day…
Vaporub Kept my heart locked away, kept it far away from…
Very Temporary If you want it to be, you've got to stand…
Voices In My Head I decide to listen to the voices in my head Strange…
Walls In Time Is it a crime, to want to show your soul We've…
Wasted World All along the Internet Snuff movies and animal sex It…
Western Sunset Music floats in the sky, then it disappears (I don't…
What Do You Want Me To Do What do you want me to do? Run to the top…
Whichever Way the Wind Blows Jackrabbit done run cross that road Goin' to motel in the…
Who Needs To Dream? You plead with yourself, But it's me that you want It's th…
Who Was Around Who was around when the world was falling down? Who…
Why Do You Want Me To Do What do you want me to do? Run to the top…
Wishing Well Wishing well runs wet and dry I wish for things i…
You Say You Confusion all the time Passion and aggression, it's a real …