For a city of its size, the music scene in Minneapolis is remarkably cultivated and sustained. There have been many waves and incarnations. In the 1980s, The Replacements and Husker Du played blistering rock with his funky purple majesty Prince reigning over the charts. The 1990s saw Soul Asylum and...
Minneapolis, the Mini Frozen Apple, has a long and much venerated punk rock aesthetic. The fertile Twin Cities art scene has bred such punk heroes as Husker Du, the Dillinger 4, the Replacements, and the Hold Steady. With that scene and its commitment to the protestant work ethic comes an innumerable...