Bob Mould Launches Kickstarter Campaign for Film of Tribute Concert

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Last November, an all-star roster of musicians, including Dave Grohl, Ryan Adams and Britt Daniel, gathered together to pay tribute to the former frontman of Hüsker Dü and Sugar in "See a Little Light: A Celebration of the Music and Legacy of Bob Mould." Justin Mitchell, a filmmaker whose previous work has documented artists including Death Cab for Cutie, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists and Sigur Rós, recorded footage of the concert at L.A.'s Walt Disney Concert Hall, along with the show's rehearsals and other preparations. 

Earlier this week, Bob Mould launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $95,000 to complete a documentary film of the concert. The funds raised will help pay for editing, production, union costs, location fees, bandwidth, packaging, shipping and more.

"There is a significant amount of Bob's own out-of-pocket money already spent on this project and upcoming costs to make a film of this caliber a reality are high," a statement on the project's Kickstarter page says. "Due to the special nature of the event, location and performers, we want to ensure that the legacy of this night lives on for as long as possible and is shared with as many Bob fans as possible."

Rewards for contributors to the campaign include a limited-edition 7" single and unreleased recordings from Mould's February 2012 Copper Blue concert. The top prize (for a pledge of $1,500 or more) is a blue Fender stratocaster with a photo of Mould signing the instrument. 

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Bob Mould Launches Kickstarter Campaign for Film of Tribute Concert

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Last November, an all-star roster of musicians, including Dave Grohl, Ryan Adams and Britt Daniel, gathered together to pay tribute to the former frontman of Hüsker Dü and Sugar in "See a Little Light: A Celebration of the Music and Legacy of Bob Mould." Justin Mitchell, a filmmaker whose previous work has documented artists including Death Cab for Cutie, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists and Sigur Rós, recorded footage of the concert at L.A.'s Walt Disney Concert Hall, along with the show's rehearsals and other preparations. 

Earlier this week, Bob Mould launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $95,000 to complete a documentary film of the concert. The funds raised will help pay for editing, production, union costs, location fees, bandwidth, packaging, shipping and more.

"There is a significant amount of Bob's own out-of-pocket money already spent on this project and upcoming costs to make a film of this caliber a reality are high," a statement on the project's Kickstarter page says. "Due to the special nature of the event, location and performers, we want to ensure that the legacy of this night lives on for as long as possible and is shared with as many Bob fans as possible."

Rewards for contributors to the campaign include a limited-edition 7" single and unreleased recordings from Mould's February 2012 Copper Blue concert. The top prize (for a pledge of $1,500 or more) is a blue Fender stratocaster with a photo of Mould signing the instrument. 

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Album Premiere: Bob Mould, 'Silver Age'

Click to listen to Bob Mould's album 'Silver Age'

Alt-rock icon Bob Mould has made his share of confessional albums layered with deeply personal sentiments, but his latest project isn't one of them. "Silver Age is exactly what it appears to be: It's 38 minutes of rock," Mould says of the album, which Rolling Stone premieres exclusively today. "People can feel free to parse the songs and make what they want of them, but I didn't really have any agenda there."

That's not entirely true, but Mould's agenda had less to do with baring his soul than raising his pulse. After dissecting his own life for last year's memoir See a Little Light: A Trail of Rage and Melody, Mould was ready to do something that didn't require sitting still and being introspective. The result is a propulsive album full of bristling songs as catchy as any Mould has written, with no trace of the electronic elements Mould has dabbled in over the years.

"It's a really simple, natural reactionary record after the three-year process of writing the autobiography, which is all about editing and all about the wordy stuff of writing a book," says Mould, who anchored the influential Eighties punk band Hüsker Dü and the Nineties power-pop trio Sugar. "So it was nice to throw down a simple pop record."

It's no coincidence that Silver Age arrives 20 years after Copper Blue, Sugar's 1992 debut. Merge Records this year reissued the touchstone album, which Mould has been playing in its entirety on the road. 

"I wanted to put together a companion piece, something that would complement the sentiment of that album, the aesthetic of that album," says Mould, who recorded Silver Age with drummer Jon Wurster and bassist Jason Narducy. "I really wanted to celebrate that record, because to me it's one of my three favorites that I've been part of." 

The other two? His 1989 solo debut, Workbook, and Hüsker Dü's 1985 album Flip Your Wig. "Hüsker fans are always surprised, like 'Why did you pick that one when there's Zen Arcade or New Day Rising?'" Mould says. "But that was the record where Hüsker Dü was completely in control of their own destiny."

In addition to Copper Blue and his own reaction to writing his autobiography, Mould credits Foo Fighters as an inspiration for Silver Age. The singer contributed vocals and guitar to Foo Fighters' 2011 album Wasting Light, and he opened for Dave Grohl's band on tour last year. "Being up on stage with those guys and being in that setting, it sort of reminded me, this is what I do," Mould says. "When I got off of their stuff in December of '11, I went home and banged out the remainder of Silver Age pretty quickly."

Mould spent most of the summer playing Copper Blue at festivals, which didn't allow enough time on stage to mix in many songs from Silver Age. That will change, he says, when he starts a headlining tour September 7th in Brooklyn. "I think to pair it up with Copper Blue in the live show will be really fun," Mould says.

Silver Age is out September 4th on Merge.

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Album Premiere: Bob Mould, 'Silver Age'

Click to listen to Bob Mould's album 'Silver Age'

Alt-rock icon Bob Mould has made his share of confessional albums layered with deeply personal sentiments, but his latest project isn't one of them. "Silver Age is exactly what it appears to be: It's 38 minutes of rock," Mould says of the album, which Rolling Stone premieres exclusively today. "People can feel free to parse the songs and make what they want of them, but I didn't really have any agenda there."

That's not entirely true, but Mould's agenda had less to do with baring his soul than raising his pulse. After dissecting his own life for last year's memoir See a Little Light: A Trail of Rage and Melody, Mould was ready to do something that didn't require sitting still and being introspective. The result is a propulsive album full of bristling songs as catchy as any Mould has written, with no trace of the electronic elements Mould has dabbled in over the years.

"It's a really simple, natural reactionary record after the three-year process of writing the autobiography, which is all about editing and all about the wordy stuff of writing a book," says Mould, who anchored the influential Eighties punk band Hüsker Dü and the Nineties power-pop trio Sugar. "So it was nice to throw down a simple pop record."

It's no coincidence that Silver Age arrives 20 years after Copper Blue, Sugar's 1992 debut. Merge Records this year reissued the touchstone album, which Mould has been playing in its entirety on the road. 

"I wanted to put together a companion piece, something that would complement the sentiment of that album, the aesthetic of that album," says Mould, who recorded Silver Age with drummer Jon Wurster and bassist Jason Narducy. "I really wanted to celebrate that record, because to me it's one of my three favorites that I've been part of." 

The other two? His 1989 solo debut, Workbook, and Hüsker Dü's 1985 album Flip Your Wig. "Hüsker fans are always surprised, like 'Why did you pick that one when there's Zen Arcade or New Day Rising?'" Mould says. "But that was the record where Hüsker Dü was completely in control of their own destiny."

In addition to Copper Blue and his own reaction to writing his autobiography, Mould credits Foo Fighters as an inspiration for Silver Age. The singer contributed vocals and guitar to Foo Fighters' 2011 album Wasting Light, and he opened for Dave Grohl's band on tour last year. "Being up on stage with those guys and being in that setting, it sort of reminded me, this is what I do," Mould says. "When I got off of their stuff in December of '11, I went home and banged out the remainder of Silver Age pretty quickly."

Mould spent most of the summer playing Copper Blue at festivals, which didn't allow enough time on stage to mix in many songs from Silver Age. That will change, he says, when he starts a headlining tour September 7th in Brooklyn. "I think to pair it up with Copper Blue in the live show will be really fun," Mould says.

Silver Age is out September 4th on Merge.

To read the new issue of Rolling Stone online, plus the entire RS archive: Click Here

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