Hüsker Dü “Flip Your Wig” 1985. SST Records. Today, October 16th, is Hüsker Dü’s guitarist/vocalist/co-songwriter Bob Mould’s 60th birthday (b. 1960). Flip Your Wig was the band’s fourth LP and their last for SST Records before hopping to a major label (Candy Apple Grey, 1986 on Warner Bros.). It’s definitely one of my more-liked Hüsker Dü albums (I’m a bigger fan of Sugar and Mould’s solo work, but a lot of Flip Your Wig sounds a lot like his post-Hüsker Dü work) and it’s Bob Mould’s favorite, too; it went to #1 on the UK Indie chart. Melodic Midwest punky power-pop, Hüsker Dü in general had a huge influence on the 80′s/90′s alternative sound and you can hear this a ton in my top tracks like “Makes No Sense At All” (the album’s sole single, #2 UK Indie chart), the title track “Flip Your Wig,” “Hate Paper Doll,” the more roughly punk (though still melodic) and “Divide and Conquer,” (all written by Mould, about half of the other songs on Flip Your Wig were written by Grant Hart).