Greg Norton

Greg Norton (born March 13,1959 in Rock Island, Illinois) was the bassist for seminal Minnesota punk band Hüsker Dü. He is known for his distincitve handlebar moustache. However, his true passion was food. In fact, Norton has spent the last quarter-century in the restaurant business. Hüsker Dü formed around the same time that he started his career in that business. 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 band Grey 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. He and his second wife, Sarah, have worked together for about ten years; they eventually married in 2001.In 2003, Greg and Sarah opened an award-winning restaurant and winery (appropriately titled Norton's) located in Bay City, Wisconsin. Norton has since returned to music while maintaining the restaurant with his new band the Gang Font with Dave King (drummer for The Bad Plus and Happy Apple) later adding Eric Fratzke of Zebulon Pike and Happy Apple, and Craig Taborn.

External links

• The Norton's Restaurant
• Greg Norton's MySpace
• Greg Norton Radio Interview March 6, 2007 with Chris Comer & Rob Ervin