{"product_id":"pink-turns-to-blue-ii","title":"PINK TURNS TO BLUE II","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf you've seen the first Pink Turns to Blue you already know where the name comes from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis one picks up where that left off — and takes the restraint I showed on the original and throws most of it out the window.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhich feels right for a Hüsker Dü sequel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first description covered Zen Arcade and what the song meant. What it didn't cover is what happened after.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHüsker Dü were so relentlessly prolific they released New Day Rising and Flip Your Wig in 1985 alone — the year after Zen Arcade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree albums in two years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey signed to Warner Bros, one of the first hardcore bands to make that \u003cbr\u003ejump, and the tension between Bob Mould and Grant Hart — two completely different songwriters sharing the same band — made every record feel like it was being pulled in opposite directions at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat tension is what made them great and eventually what finished them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheir manager died on Christmas Day 1987.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe band broke up weeks later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrant Hart died in 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBob Mould still tours and still sounds like nobody else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome things get better when you stop holding back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSame DNA as the original lamp — spattered light blue and neon pink over a darker blue body — but this time I was a lot less restrained with the splatter and the impact is completely different.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's the same song played louder.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Skull Guy London","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56882144510335,"sku":"0925_002_PK_BP_L_EP","price":180.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/7858\/1375\/files\/0925_002_PK_BP_L_EP_forever.gif?v=1776884780","url":"https:\/\/skullguylondon.com\/products\/pink-turns-to-blue-ii","provider":"Skull Guy London","version":"1.0","type":"link"}