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Before Prince, Hüsker Dü, Spirit Asylum, as well as the Substitutes dominated and defined the Minneapolis rock scene from the ’80s, three guys, Chris Osgood, Steve Almaas, and Dave Ahl, had a swinging small punk rock combo called the Suicide Commandos. They produced only two information, one of these a …

Curtiss A (aka Curt Almsted) is a fixture in Minneapolis rock and roll since 1978, when he recorded along with his punk-ish combo the Spooks. Hardly ever really a punk rocker in the original feeling, Almsted was even more of a origins rock and roll wiseguy more affected by John …

Although generally tagged an “alternative” band throughout their brief career, Beat Rodeo wasn’t scared to permit their retro-rock root base shine through within their music, much like such various other similarly styled bands from the era as the Blasters and Green on Red. Led by vocalist/songwriter and guitarist Steve Almaas …

As the Replacements, Hüsker Dü, and Soul Asylum were the Minneapolis bands that took the city’s underground rock and roll to international attention, the Suburbs were the Twin Cities’ biggest local act from the 1980s, packaging the largest clubs around with a good, challenging, and darkly witty mix of punk …

Vocalist/songwriter Steve Almaas rose from NEW YORK punk from the past due ’70s right into a well-respected designer through the ’80s and ’90s. Almaas wasn’t an integral part of the whole corporate and business scheme of items, having performed in various rings during the 10 years of big-hair metallic and …