Flip Your Wig (1985) would be their last indie release and paved the away for 'Warner' to pick them up for the release of Candy Apple Grey (1986). This new album showcased the continued perfection of their melodic discord while also showing dark introspective and acoustic styles. But Husker Du would fall victim the whole "unplugged" acoustic fad that ran rampant during the mid 1990s, and their more Hardcore fan base made their objections known. Regardless, the album was released to unanimous critical acclaim. The depth, clarity, and consistency they had desired had been achieved with their last album, Warehouse: Songs And Stories (1987). By the time of the album's release, tension in the band had now gone beyond the breaking point and Husker Du disbanded in 1987; Grant Hart and Bob Mould went on to solo careers, then formed Nova Mob and Sugar respectively, but they were never as good apart as together, leaving Husker Du as a highly influential band a memory and an influence to the future generation.
The Living End, a live collection taken from the band's final tour, was released after the band's demise.
Mould and Hart reunited at a benefit concert for ailing Soul Asylum bassist Karl Mueller (who had been receiving treatment for cancer, and has since died).
Hart died of liver cancer on September 14, 2017, at the age of 56.
Savage Young Dü, a collection of the band's pre-'SST' recordings, including Everything Falls Apart and an alternate version of Land Speed Record, was released by 'The Numero Group' in late 2017.
Footnote: The band's logo symbolized the creative commonality between Hart, Mould, and Norton. According to Mould, "The circle is the band. The three lines across are the members, and the intersection is the common train of thought."