Granary Music is the independent record label

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 and publishing company operated by Alternative

Alternative rock

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/punk

Punk rock

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/indie

Indie rock

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 icon Bob Mould

Bob Mould

Robert Arthur "Bob" Mould 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.-Early life:...

, formerly of Hüsker Dü

Hüsker Dü

Hüsker Dü was an American rock band formed in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1979. The band's continual members were guitarist Bob Mould, bassist Greg Norton, and drummer Grant Hart....

 and Sugar.

As a record label, its only artists are Mould himself, his former band Sugar, and his electronic dance music side project Loudbomb. Under the Granary name, Mould controls the master rights to the entire Sugar discography, and all of the solo work he has recorded since Sugar's breakup in 1995

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. Most of these masters have been leased through Granary to other labels, including Rykodisc

Rykodisc

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 and Yep Roc

Yep Roc Records

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; however, Mould released his 2002

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 solo album Modulate and the Loudbomb CD directly through Granary.

Granary also controls the publishing rights to all of Mould's compositions, including all of the songs he wrote and performed with Hüsker Dü, which he claimed after the band's own publishing partnership was disbanded in 1988

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Granary is also the name used to refer to Mould's home studio, first used in NYC for parts of The Last Dog and Pony Show

The Last Dog and Pony Show

The Last Dog and Pony Show was the fourth solo album by former Hüsker Dü and Sugar vocalist Bob Mould. He wrote all 12 tracks on the album. The title refers to the fact that Mould planned to cease touring with a full electric band after supporting the album...

and for Modulate

Modulate

Modulate is Bob Mould's fifth solo album, released in 2002. Although a few tracks on his previous release, The Last Dog and Pony Show, had featured tape loops and samples, Mould shocked his fans with such a dramatic embrace of electronica...

. When he moved to Washington, DC, Mould moved the studio and label along with him and recorded most of the basics (save for live drums) for his 2005

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 Body of Song

Body of Song

Body of Song is the sixth solo album from punk/indie/alternative rock veteran Bob Mould . It is his first studio album under his own name since 2002's controversial Modulate.-Album history:...

there.

In a June 2005 interview Mould expressed interest in reissuing Hüsker Dü's SST

SST Records

SST Records is an American independent record label formed in 1978 in Long Beach, California by musician Greg Ginn. The company was initially called Solid State Transmitters through which Ginn sold electronics equipment...

 releases on Granary, but the other former Hüskers, Grant Hart

Grant Hart

Grant Hart is an American musician, best known as the drummer and co-songwriter for the influential alternative rock and hardcore punk band Hüsker Dü. After the band's breakup in 1987, Hart formed the alternative rock trio Nova Mob, where he moved to vocals and guitar...

 and Greg Norton

Greg Norton

Greg Norton is an American musician, formerly of the band Hüsker Dü....

, have so far been reluctant to sign off and allow Mould to take control of the SST Hüsker tapes on behalf of the band.