Finally lost his battle with cancer at the age of 56.
Not ashamed to admit I've just shed a tear at this awful news. Husker Du were a massive massive band for me, and some of Grant's songs were their most distinctive, and amongst their absolute best...
Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely, Diane, The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill, Dead Set On Destruction...I could go on and on. Some of his solo records were amazingly good, too. I'm listening to his
Intolerance LP as I write this. This is
The Main, which is a pretty unflinching account of heroin addiction
...Rest easy, Grant.
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His solo and post-Huskers stuff never got the attention it deserved. Some of the Nova Mob stuff is fantastic, particularly The Last Days Of Pompeii LP.