Remembering Grant Hart and Husker Du

It's one of the few times when an artist's death has absolutely gutted me...even if I wasn't surprised.

When I read about Grant Hart's passing, I was....well, on the one hand, I was watching a recent news item involving a music festival he was running. He...didn't look too well. But hearing of his passing was just gutting.

Husker Du and the Replacements helped me survived my twenties. Their music helped me through breakups, angst...and they still do. I'm one of those people who find loud,...