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If it’s so evident to you, I’m glad! :)
I was just asking because I was hoping it wasn't the usual "things were better when they were worse" talk.
Too bad the huskers weren't of color; it’s well known that Black people have rhythm in their blood.
(Hint: I’m 38 years old and I’ve seen Husker Du live twice, I have almost all the vinyls (which I bought upon release), so maybe next time you won’t act so pretentious. :) No hard feelings.)

Not the best of Iron, if I'm not mistaken the first one by Dickinson (not even mentioned in the review).
Shit, these albums are my childhood, I guess that's why I turned out this way :)

Sorry, but this review is worth little. You can't just throw in three fancy adjectives and think you've captured the idea, especially not in 30 words. This can be done for the Offspring or Green Day, who are worth 30 words, but not for pivotal moments not just in punk but in rock as a whole, like Husker Du or Wire. By the way, mentioning the dark shows you know the album well (smelling Joy Division isn't something everyone can do), you just don't want to tell us.
Cliffburton, postpunk means transcending the themes of punk while keeping some elements of the original matrix. This can happen in different ways; for example, Wire meticulously crafts their sound, something unthinkable for the various punk 77. Husker Du even wrote a concept album (Zen Arcade), another thing unthinkable for punk 77. 154 is, for example, along with the work of the Talking Heads, a cornerstone of what will become new wave.
Then you can't complain if someone who "could" be interested and derive "benefit" from punk doesn't, because they rely on the most laughable clichés, like "punks can't play." On the other hand, progressive is a "sonic masturbation"... The point is different: to express yourself, you don't need to have spent 30 years in conservatory, which doesn't mean that progressive is inexpressive, but simply that there are other paths.
A cosmic Mah...

Neither emo-core nor old-school. Cataloging Fugazi is essentially impossible; "indie" is fine by me, which means everything and nothing, but at least it's not strictly musical. Emo-core worked well for the early albums; even Repeater is emo. IMHO, "The Argument" is beautiful and completely different, like all Fugazi albums.

Mr. Iko, which part didn't you understand? You brought up the Clash (and they have little to do with the Husker Du), Pixies and Nirvana were just an example. The "statements" are not at all paradoxical, and beyond naive metaphors, I don't understand what you want from a "comment": A review of the album?
Kosmogabri:
"I was trying to write the ultimate pop song. I was basically trying to rip off the Pixies. I have to admit it [smiles]. When I heard the Pixies for the first time, I connected with that band so heavily I should have been in that band - or at least in a Pixies cover band. We used their sense of dynamics, being soft and quiet and then loud and hard."
(Kurt Cobain about how he wrote "Smells Like Teen Spirit", from a Rolling Stone interview by David Fricke, 01-27-94) "I really have no desire to read the lyrics my favorite rock stars write. I don't pay attention. My favorite album this year was the Breeders' Pod [from 1990]. Actually, I lied - I do listen to Kim Deal's lyrics. But I don't really pay attention to what people write. Even interviews, I just take with a grain of salt. The only ones I've ever read that I really liked were ones with the Pixies and Butthole Surfers - other than that I can't even think of any that I even finished." (Kurt Cobain again, in Spin, January 1992) "Frank Black is my vocal hero. And he's the best songwriter I know. You probably won't believe it but during the recording of the vocals for Enough Space he was sitting next to me. Our producer, Gil Norton, invited him. They're old friends. Norton produced many of the Pixies' records. But there he was, in the studio, when I had to sing. I was fuckin scared man! I thought: at least I have to try to impress him. So I yelled/screamed the vocals instead of singing them, Frank used to be pretty good at that. Finally I had the courage to ask him if he wanted to yell/scream along on the track, but he didn't want to. He was busy rehearsing new material and wanted to save his voice. Besides he said that the song didn't need his voice, it was good enough. It was one of the best moments of my life: Frank Black. THE Frank Black, saying that a Foo Fighters song is good enough." (Dave Grohl again, in an interview for the Dutch magazine Oor, May 1997, translated and reported by Joris Gillet) Beyond this, you can hear that the Pixies were more than just an influence for Nirvana.

If I really had to define them, I'd say the Clash are punk, but they take quite a few poetic licenses. I wouldn't define Sandinista (certainly among the best) as "punk," nor would I call them "soft-hearted" (I wouldn't define punk as "soft-hearted"), to the point that you mention White Riot. Okay, side note.
Hüsker Dü are a boundary group; after Zen Arcade, in my opinion, you can start talking about "post-punk," such is the impact of the album. I wouldn't say "very simple constructions," especially for Warehouse, which is their most "mannered" album. What is certain is that in Hüsker Dü, the architecture of the album is never at the song level, but at the album level; just listen to Zen Arcade, which is a concept album (unthinkable for a hardcore band like Hüsker Dü).
Historically speaking, they are among the most important groups in rock, not punk; it’s quite incredible that someone doesn't know them, certainly due to the fact that they played for an independent label and couldn't benefit from a massive distribution.
Due to their thematic and musical innovations, Hüsker Dü need to be digested; before making hasty judgments, one must grapple with the lyrics and place them in a musical context. Of course, this is just my opinion, but I would say the importance of the 80s in a future context is undeniable: even the Pixies are less known than Nirvana, but without the Pixies and that fat bald guy who screams in Spanish, we wouldn't have had Nirvana.