Flex Your Head: Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade

On the fifth episode of Flex Your Head host Jason Schreurs welcomes back Mike Isacson to talk about Hüsker Dü's double theme album Zen Arcade, which explores the troubled upbringing of a young man and the effects on his mental health.

Flex Your Head is a special episode series of the Scream Therapy podcast dissecting classic punk albums with my guests.

Featured song clips:
Hüsker Dü - "Something I Learned Today" from Zen Arcade (SST Records, 1984)
Hüsker Dü - "Dreams Reoccurring" from Zen Arcade (SST Records, 1984)
Hüsker Dü - "Never Talking to You Again" from Zen Arcade (SST Records, 1984)
Hüsker Dü - "What's Going On" from Zen Arcade (SST Records, 1984)
Hüsker Dü - "Beyond the Threshold" from Zen Arcade (SST Records, 1984)
Hüsker Dü - "Whatever" from Zen Arcade (SST Records, 1984)
Hüsker Dü - "Reoccurring Dreams" from Zen Arcade (SST Records, 1984)

Intro/background music clips:
Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" from The Buzz of a Buzzless Situation
Minor Threat - "12XU" (originally by Wire) from V/A - Flex Your Head (Dischord Records, 1982)