- Greg Norton
Greg Norton (born
March 13 ,1959 inRock Island, Illinois ) was thehandlebar moustache bearing bassist for seminal Minnesota punk bandHüsker Dü . He wrote six songs with the band - "MTC", "Don't Have a Life", and "Let's Go Die", which appear on "Land Speed Record"; "From the Gut" and "Blah Blah Blah", which appear on "Everything Falls Apart "; and "Everytime", which appears on "The Living End".After
Hüsker Dü split in 1987 Norton formed the short lived bandGrey Area with one-time Hüsker Dü engineer Colin Mansfield and Jo Jones. The band played many venues in the Twin Cities, as well as touring the South and Midwest. Their two studio recordings remain unreleased.After Grey Area disbanded in 1991, Norton left the music business to focus on his career in the restaurant business, which began for him around the same time that Hüsker Dü formed. He and his second wife, Sarah, have worked together for about ten years, and eventually married in 2001. In 2003, Greg and Sarah opened Norton's, a wine-centered restaurant in
Bay City, Wisconsin . According to the restaurant's website, Norton relocated the restaurant to Red Wing, MN in July 2008. While still maintaining the restaurant, Norton has since returned to music with his new bandGang Font feat. Interloper , who formed in early 2006 and have released one self-titled record. The group is composed of Norton on bass as well asDave King (ofThe Bad Plus ,Happy Apple ,Halloween, Alaska ,12 Rods and theLove-Cars ) on drums, Eric Fratzke of Zebulon Pike andHappy Apple on guitar, andCraig Taborn on keyboard.External links
* [http://www.thenortonsrestaurant.com The Norton's Restaurant]
* [http://www.myspace.com/gregnorton Greg Norton's MySpace]
* [http://www.chriscomerradio.com/greg_norton/greg_norton3-6-07.htm Greg Norton Radio Interview March 6, 2007 with Chris Comer & Rob Ervin]
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