Bob Mould

Bob Mould
Bob Mould at McCarren Park Pool in July 2007.
Background information
Birth name	Robert Arthur Mould
Born	(1960-10-16) October 16, 1960 (age 56)
Origin	Malone, New York, United States
Genres	Alternative rock, hardcore punk, post-hardcore, punk rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, producer, singer-songwriter, dramatist, disc jockey
Instruments	Guitar, vocals, keyboards, bass, percussion
Years active	1979–present
Labels	Merge, Creation, Granary Music, Full Frequency, New Alliance, Reflex, Restless, Rhino, Rough Trade, Rykodisc, SOL, SST, Virgin, Warner Bros., Yep Roc
Associated acts	Blowoff, Hüsker Dü, Loud Bomb, Sugar, Deep Dish, Foo Fighters
Website	www.bobmould.com
Notable instruments
Ibanez Flying V (Hüsker Dü), (solo)

Robert Arthur "Bob" Mould (born October 16, 1960) is an American musician, principally known for his work as guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for alternative rock bands Hüsker Dü in the 1980s and Sugar in the 1990s.

Born in Malone, New York, Mould lived in several places, including the Minneapolis-St. Paul area where he then attended Macalester College. There, he formed Hüsker Dü in the late 1970s, with drummer/singer Grant Hart and bass guitarist Greg Norton.

Forming in 1979, Hüsker Dü first gained notice as a punk rock group with a series of recordings on the independent label SST Records. In 1986, they signed with a major record label (Warner Bros. Records), but found only modest commercial success. However, they were later often cited as one of the key influences on 1990s alternative rock, including bands such as Nirvana and the Pixies.

In the late 1980s, Hüsker Dü broke up acrimoniously amid members' drug abuse, personal problems, disputes over songwriting credits, musical direction, and the suicide of the band's manager, David Savoy. Mould and Grant Hart, the band's other songwriter and vocalist, still take occasional jabs at each other in the press, though the two briefly revisited their Hüsker Dü back catalog together at a 2004 benefit concert for an ailing friend, the late Karl Mueller of Soul Asylum.