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The Replacements
The Replacements in 1985, left to right: Top row: Chris Mars and Bob Stinson; Bottom row: Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson
The Replacements in 1985, left to right: Top row: Chris Mars and Bob Stinson; Bottom row: Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson
Background information
Also known as The 'Mats
Dogbreath
The Impediments
Origin Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Genre(s) Alternative rock
Punk rock
Years active 1979—1991, 2006
Label(s) Twin/Tone
Sire
Associated acts Bash & Pop
Golden Smog
Perfect
Static Taxi
Members
Paul Westerberg
Tommy Stinson
Slim Dunlap
Steve Foley
Bob Stinson
Chris Mars

The Replacements were an American alternative rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1979. Chris Mars (born April 26, 1961) is an American Musician. He was the drummer for seminal Minneapolis Minnesota alternative For the baseball player see Bob Stinson (baseball Bob Stinson (born Robert Neil Stinson, December 17, 1959 &ndash February Paul Westerberg (born December 31 1959 is an American Musician, best known as the former lead singer and songwriter of The Replacements, one of the seminal Thomas "Tommy" Eugene Stinson (born October 6, 1966, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U Minnesota ( Native Americans demonstrated the name to early settlers The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Twin/Tone Records (also spelled TwinTone was a Record label based out of Minneapolis Minnesota that operated from 1977 until 1994 and helped Sire Records Company is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros Bash & Pop was the band that Tommy Stinson formed after the dissolution of The Replacements. Golden Smog are a loosely connected group of musicians (arguably a supergroup) comprised at various times of members of Soul Asylum, The Replacements Perfect is Polish Rock music band founded in 1977 by drummer Wojciech Morawski, bass guitar player Zdzisław Zawadzki and lead guitar Static Taxi was a Post-punk band formed in the late 1980s by Bob Stinson, former lead guitarist of The Replacements, and members of Uptown from Minneapolis Paul Westerberg (born December 31 1959 is an American Musician, best known as the former lead singer and songwriter of The Replacements, one of the seminal Thomas "Tommy" Eugene Stinson (born October 6, 1966, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U Bob "Slim" Dunlap (born August 14, 1951) is an American Musician. For the baseball player see Bob Stinson (baseball Bob Stinson (born Robert Neil Stinson, December 17, 1959 &ndash February Chris Mars (born April 26, 1961) is an American Musician. He was the drummer for seminal Minneapolis Minnesota alternative The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Minnesota ( Native Americans demonstrated the name to early settlers The band comprised guitarist and vocalist Paul Westerberg, guitarist Bob Stinson, bassist Tommy Stinson, and drummer Chris Mars for most of their career. Paul Westerberg (born December 31 1959 is an American Musician, best known as the former lead singer and songwriter of The Replacements, one of the seminal For the baseball player see Bob Stinson (baseball Bob Stinson (born Robert Neil Stinson, December 17, 1959 &ndash February Thomas "Tommy" Eugene Stinson (born October 6, 1966, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U Chris Mars (born April 26, 1961) is an American Musician. He was the drummer for seminal Minneapolis Minnesota alternative The Replacements began as a punk rock group, but began to incorporate other subgenres of rock music and became instrumental in the development of early alternative rock. Following the critically acclaimed Let It Be (1984), the band signed to Sire Records, becoming one of the first American underground rock bands to sign to a major record label. Sire Records Company is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros

After Bob Stinson was fired from The Replacements in 1986, the band experienced several line-up changes; Slim Dunlap joined as lead guitarist and Chris Mars was replaced by Steve Foley in 1990. Bob "Slim" Dunlap (born August 14, 1951) is an American Musician. Towards the end of their career, Westerberg exerted more control over the band's creative output, recruiting session musicians for recording and writing all the original material. The band disbanded in 1991, with the members soon pursuing various projects. The Replacements never experienced wider commercial success, but have influenced various alternative rock acts, including Goo Goo Dolls, Green Day[1] and Pavement. Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of The Goo Goo Dolls are a Rock band formed in 1986 in Buffalo New York by John Rzeznik and Robby Takac. Green Day is an American rock trio Pavement was an American Indie rock band in the 1990s Although they experienced only moderate commercial success they achieved a significant cult

The Replacements' music was influenced by classic rock artists such as the Faces and The Rolling Stones as well as punk bands such as The Clash. Classic rock was originally conceived as a Radio station programming format which evolved from the Album oriented rock (AOR format in the early-1980s Faces (sometimes known as The Faces) were a Rock band formed in 1969 by members of the Small Faces after Steve Marriott left that group For the debut album by The Clash see The Clash (album The Clash were Unlike many of their underground contemporaries, The Replacements played "heart-on-the-sleeve"[2] rock songs that combined Westerberg's "raw-throated adolescent howl"[3] with self-deprecating lyrics. The Replacements were a notoriously wayward live act, often performing under the influence of alcohol and trashing their instruments.

Contents

History

Formation and early years

The Replacements' history began in Minneapolis in 1978 when a nineteen-year-old Bob Stinson gave his eleven-year-old brother Tommy Stinson a bass guitar to keep him off the streets. For the baseball player see Bob Stinson (baseball Bob Stinson (born Robert Neil Stinson, December 17, 1959 &ndash February Thomas "Tommy" Eugene Stinson (born October 6, 1966, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the [4] That year Bob met Chris Mars, a high school dropout. Chris Mars (born April 26, 1961) is an American Musician. He was the drummer for seminal Minneapolis Minnesota alternative With Mars playing guitar and then switching to drums, the trio began covering songs by Aerosmith, Ted Nugent and Yes[5] without a singer. Aerosmith is an American Hard rock band sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston " and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band" Theodore "Ted" Nugent (born December 13, 1948) (aka Yes are an English Progressive rock band that formed in London in 1968. [6] One day, as Paul Westerberg, a janitor in a Senator's office, was walking home from work, he heard a band playing in the Stinson's house. Paul Westerberg (born December 31 1959 is an American Musician, best known as the former lead singer and songwriter of The Replacements, one of the seminal [7] After being impressed by the band's performance, Westerberg regularly listened in after work. Mars knew Westerberg and invited him over to jam; Westerberg was unaware Mars drummed in Dogbreath. [5]

Dogbreath auditioned several vocalists, including a hippie who read lyrics off a sheet. [8] The band eventually found a vocalist; however, Westerberg wanted to be the singer and took him aside one day to say "The band doesn't like you". [5] The vocalist soon quit, and Westerberg replaced him. [5] Before Westerberg joined the band, Dogbreath often drank and took various drugs during rehearsals, playing songs as an afterthought. [4] In contrast to the rest of the band, the relatively disciplined Westerberg appeared at rehearsals in neat clothes and insisted on practising songs until he was happy with them. [9]

After the other band members discovered first-generation English punk bands like The Clash, Dogbreath changed their name to The Impediments and played a drunken performance without Tommy Stinson at a church hall gig in June 1980. For the debut album by The Clash see The Clash (album The Clash were [10] After being banned from the venue for disorderly behaviour, they changed their name to The Replacements. [11] In an unpublished memoir, Mars later explained the band's choice of name: "Like maybe the main act doesn't show, and instead the crowd has to settle for an earful of us dirtbags. [. . . ] It seemed to sit just right with us, accurately describing our collective 'secondary' social esteem". [9]

Demo tape and Twin/Tone Records

The band soon recorded a four-song demo tape in Mars' basement,[12] and handed it to Peter Jesperson in May 1980. Jesperson was the manager of Oarfolkjokeopus, a punk rock record store in Minneapolis,[13] and had also founded Twin/Tone Records with a local recording engineer named Paul Stark. Twin/Tone Records (also spelled TwinTone was a Record label based out of Minneapolis Minnesota that operated from 1977 until 1994 and helped Westerberg originally handed in the tape to see if the band could perform at the Longhorn, a local venue where Jesperson disc jockeyed. The Longhorn is often considered the Nexus of the punk scene in Minneapolis and was located at 14 S [14] He eavesdropped on Jesperson's office as Jesperson put in the tape, only to run away as soon as the first song, "Raised in the City", played. [9] Jesperson played the whole song through, again and again. "If I've ever had a magic moment in my life, it was popping that tape in," said Jesperson, "I didn't even get through the first song before I thought my head was going to explode". [15]

Jesperson called Westerberg the next day, asking "So do you want to do a single or an album?". [10][14] With the agreement of Stark and the rest of the band, The Replacements signed to Twin/Tone Records in 1980. [16] Jesperson's support of the band was welcomed, and they asked him to be their manager after their second show. Later that summer, the band played several club gigs to almost empty venues; when they finished a song, apart from the low hum of conversation, the band would hear Jesperson's loud whistle and fast clapping. "His enthusiasm kept us going at times, definitely", Mars later said, "His vision, his faith in the band was a binding force". [10]

After The Replacements signed to Twin/Tone, Westerberg began to write new songs, and soon had a whole album's worth of material. Mere weeks after their live debut, the band felt ready to record the album. Jesperson chose an eight-track home studio in Minneapolis called Blackberry Way; however, as the band had no clout at the studio, time spent in the studio was intermittent, and so it took about six months to record the album. [17] Although not important at the time, Twin/Tone could not afford to release the album until August 1981. Because they were suspicious of the music business in general, The Replacements had not signed a written contract with Twin/Tone Records. [3]

Early releases

When the band's first album, Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash, finally appeared in August 1981, it received positive reviews in local fanzines. Sorry Ma Forgot to Take Out the Trash is the first studio album by the American Punk rock band The Replacements. Option's Blake Gumprecht wrote: "Westerberg has the ability to make you feel like you're right in the car with him, alongside him at the door, drinking from the same bottle". [17] The album contained the band's first single, "I'm in Trouble", Westerberg's "first truly good song". "I'm in Trouble" is a song by the American Alternative rock band The Replacements, and is the fifteenth track on their 1981 debut album [17] Sorry Ma included the song, "Somethin to Dü", a homage to fellow Minneapolis punk band Hüsker Dü. For other uses see Husker Du. Hüsker Dü was an American Alternative rock band formed in Minneapolis-St [18] The Replacements had a friendly rivalry with the band, which started when Twin/Tone chose The Replacements over Hüsker Dü,[19] and Hüsker Dü landed an opening slot at a Johnny Thunders gig that The Replacements wanted. Johnny Thunders, born John Anthony Genzale Jr ( July 15, 1952 - April 23, 1991) was an Italian American Rock and roll [20] Hüsker Dü also influenced the band's music; The Replacements began playing faster and became more influenced by hardcore punk. Hardcore punk (now usually referred to as simply hardcore) is a subgenre of Punk rock that originated in North America in the late 1970s Despite this, the band did not feel part of the hardcore scene; as Mars later stated, "we were confused about what we were". [19]

At a January 1982 show in Chicago, The Replacements debuted a song called "Kids Don't Follow". Jesperson was convinced the song sounded like a hit,[21] and pleaded to fellow Twin/Tone co-owners Stark and Hallman: "I will do anything to get this out. I will hand-stamp jackets if I have to". [22] The partners agreed to fund the recording, but Jesperson and virtually everyone he knew had to hand-stamp ten thousand white record jackets. [22] The band recorded eight tracks within the week, with Jesperson as producer. Their "balls-to-the-wall hardcore punk attempt",[21], their first EP Stink, containing "Kids Don't Follow" and seven other songs, was released in June 1982, six months after the Chicago show. Stink is an EP by the band The Replacements, recorded at Blackberry Way Minneapolis Minnesota on March 13 1982 and released on June 24 1982 (see 1982 [21]

The Replacements began to distance themselves from the hardcore punk scene after the release of Stink. "We write songs rather than riffs with statements,"[23] Westerberg later stated. Inspired by other rock subgenres, he had been writing songs that incorporated a wide range of musical styles. He even wrote an acoustic ballad, "You're Getting Married One Night", but when he played it to the rest of the band, it was met with silence. "Save that for your solo album, Paul", Bob Stinson said, "That ain't The Replacements". [23] The track remained unreleased for years. Westerberg realized his toughest audience was the band itself, later saying: "If it doesn't rock enough, Bob will scoff at it, and if it isn't catchy enough, Chris won't like it, and if it isn't modern enough, Tommy won't like it". [23]

Hootenany and Let It Be

With a batch of new songs, The Replacements entered a warehouse in Roseville, Minnesota to record their next album, with Twin/Tone co-owner Paul Stark engineering. Roseville is a city in Ramsey County, Minnesota, just north of Saint Paul and east of Minneapolis. Westerberg wrote songs in stops and starts, so it took several sessions of recording to finish the album. Stark's meticulous approach to recording was in contrast to that of The Replacements, which often frustrated the band. In one session, Mars and Westerberg switched instruments and the band began to improvise, with Westerberg shouting "It's a hootenanny" repeatedly. The band then declared it to be "side one, track one" of the new album. [24] According to Stark, the recording "was a complete joke from their point of view — they did not care what they delivered". [24]

Hootenanny, the band's second studio album, was released in April 1983. Hootenanny was the second Album by The Replacements. It was recorded from October 1982 to January 1983 at Blackberry Way Studios and at Stark/Mudge Hootenanny saw Westerberg expand his songwriting capabilities; in songs such as "Willpower", with echoed vocals and a sparse arrangement, and "Within Your Reach", which features Westerberg on all instruments, he revealed a more sensitive side. [24] Hootenanny was played on over two hundred radio stations across the country, with critics acclaiming the album; The Village Voice's Robert Christgau deemed it "the most critically independent album of 1983". This article is about a New York newspaper For the Ottawa Hills Ohio magazine see The Village Voice of Ottawa Hills. Robert Christgau (born April 18 1942) is an American Essayist, Music journalist, and the self-declared "Dean of American [25]

By Hootenanny's release, The Replacements had begun to attract a following outside of Minneapolis. The band embarked on their first tour of the U. S. in April 1983, joined by Bill Sullivan, a young security guard, as roadie, who approached the band after a show at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. This page is about the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. [26] Tommy Stinson dropped out of tenth grade to join the rest of the band on tour. The Replacements toured venues in the East Coast of the United States, including a tense gig at City Gardens in New Jersey where a number of punks lined the edge of the stage while the band were playing. The East Coast of the United States, also known as the "Eastern Seaboard" or "Atlantic Seaboard" refers to the easternmost coastal states in the central and northern New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. [23] The band visited cities such as Detroit, Cleveland and Philadelphia, but their intended destination was New York City, where they played at Gerde's Folk City and Maxwell's. Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə The City of New York Gerde's Folk City was a legendary venue in the West Village. Opened by owner Mike Porco as a coffeehouse in 1952 it was located at 11 West 4th Street (the building Maxwell's is a music club in Hoboken New Jersey that also has a restaurant and bar [27]

The Replacements returned to New York in June 1983, playing at CBGB. CBGB ( Country, Blue Grass, and Blues) was a music club at 315 Bowery at Bleecker Street in the borough of Manhattan The gig was a failure; the band were almost refused entry, Bob Stinson was thrown out as soon as he walked in the door, and The Replacements were the last of five bands, which meant they played in the early morning on a Monday night. The show at Folk City was not a success, because "The Replacements were so loud and obnoxious that the people just cleared right out", according to manager Jesperson. [27] The band supported R.E.M. on an eight-date tour later that summer, deciding that they should alienate the audience as much as possible. REM is an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by Michael Stipe ( lead vocals) Peter Buck ( Guitar It was not a successful tour; by the end, various members had threatened to quit The Replacements. Band morale was low, and Westerberg later stated: "We'd much rather play for fifty people who know us than a thousand who don't care". [28]

Audio samples of Let It Be
  • "Unsatisfied"
    is the seventh track of Let It Be (1984). Writer Michael Azerrad names it "a soaring hymn to restlessness, frustration and ennui". [29] The song features twelve-string guitar and slide guitar. Slide guitar or bottleneck guitar is a particular method or technique for playing the Guitar. [30]
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For the recording of their next studio album, The Replacements decided to return to Blackberry Way Studios in late 1983. The band considered R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck as producer, but when they met him in Athens, Georgia, they did not have enough material to begin recording. REM is an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by Michael Stipe ( lead vocals) Peter Buck ( Guitar Peter Lawrence Buck (born December 6, 1956 in Berkeley California) is the guitarist and co-founder along with Bill Berry, Mike Mills Athens-Clarke County is a unified city-county in Georgia, US, in the northeastern part of the state at the intersection of U Instead, Jesperson and Steve Fjelstad co-produced the album. [31] By this time, The Replacements had grown tired of playing loud and fast exclusively; Westerberg stated: "Now we're softening a little where we can do something that's a little more sincere without being afraid that someone's not going to like it or the punks aren't going to able to dance to it". [32]

The new material placed more of a focus on songwriting and the music was influenced by heavy metal, arena rock and Chicago blues. The Chicago blues is a form of Blues music that developed in Chicago Illinois by taking the basic acoustic guitar and Harmonica -based Delta blues Instruments such as piano, twelve-string guitar and mandolin featured throughout the album. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers A mandolin is a musical instrument in the Lute family (plucked or strummed [3] The new album featured songs such as "I Will Dare", which featured Buck playing a guitar solo, "Androgynous", with Westerberg on piano, and "Unsatisfied", where, according to writer Michael Azerrad, Westerberg "had hit upon a moving new way to declare that he can't get no satisfaction". "I Will Dare" is a song by American Alternative rock band The Replacements, written by Paul Westerberg. [3] Let It Be was released in October 1984 to critical acclaim. [33] Robert Christgau gave the album an A+,[34] and Seattle Rocket critic Bruce Pavitt called Let It Be "mature diverse rock that could well shoot these regional boys into the national mainstream". Bruce Pavitt is the Chicago -born founder of Record label Sub Pop. [33]

Early major label releases

Let It Be's release had attracted attention from the major record labels, and by late 1984 several had expressed interest in signing The Replacements. [35] Financially, the band were not doing well; they were not selling enough records to recoup their expenses, and money from shows went to recording costs, hotels, travel and instrument repairs. Bob Stinson worked a day job as a pizza chef. [36] Twin/Tone were not being paid reliably by distributors[37] and the sales of Let It Be were not high enough to justify extra promotion. "It was time for a major label to take over", according to the label's co-owner Stark. [36] The band was close to a major label contract, but often alienated label representatives by intentionally performing badly in concert;[38] their 1985 live album, The Shit Hits the Fans, was an example of their concert performances at the time. The Shit Hits the Fans is a Twin/Tone Records (TTR 8443 cassette-only live album by The Replacements which was released January 25 1985

One label, Warner Bros. Records subsidiary Sire Records, eventually signed The Replacements. Warner Bros Records Inc is an American Record label that operates as a wholly owned Subsidiary of Warner Music Group. Sire Records Company is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros [39] The band admired label head Seymour Stein, who had managed the Ramones, and Stein recruited Tommy Ramone as producer for their first major label album. Seymour Stein (born 1942 in Brooklyn New York) is an entrepreneur in the music industry who has been a part of the business since getting his first job as a clerk for Billboard The Ramones were an American rock band often regarded as the first Punk rock group Tommy Ramone (born Erdélyi Tamás, January 29, 1952 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian Record producer [40] Their first major-label release was Tim on Sire. Tim is an Album released in October 1985 on Sire Records by the Alternative rock band The Replacements. Sire Records Company is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros

After the release of Tim, The Replacements fired Bob Stinson, partly for being unwilling to play the band's "less rocked-out" material, and partly for being too drunk to try. They also fired Jesperson the same year. "It was like being thrown out of a club that you helped start", Jesperson later commented, "Everybody was drinking and doing more drugs than they needed to". [41]

Stinson preferred the louder, faster style of the band's early music, while Westerberg was exploring new territory in ballads like "Here Comes a Regular" and "Swingin' Party". The remaining Replacements carried on as a trio for Pleased to Meet Me (1987) recorded in Memphis with Big Star producer Jim Dickinson. Pleased to Meet Me is the fifth Album by The Replacements. It was released on July 7 1987 (see 1987 in music) Big Star is an American Rock and roll band founded in the early 1970s Jim Dickinson is an American Record producer, pianist and singer Minneapolis guitarist Slim Dunlap took over lead guitar duties for the subsequent tour and soon became a full member of the band. Bob "Slim" Dunlap (born August 14, 1951) is an American Musician.

Don't Tell a Soul and All Shook Down

The band's next album, Don't Tell a Soul, was a quieter, less punky affair, largely considered a stab for mainstream success. Don't Tell a Soul is an album released in 1989 by The Replacements. While the move cost the Replacements appreciation of some hardcore fans, the album had a number of notable songs, such as "Achin' to Be" and "I'll Be You", which topped Billboard's Modern Rock chart. " I'll Be You " was the lead single from The Replacements ' seventh studio album Don't Tell a Soul in 1989 and was written by lead They then made a second appearance on network television—on ABC's short-lived Rock Awards show—where they performed a typically energetic version of "Talent Show" and caused a minor controversy when Westerberg responded to the network's censoring of the "feeling good from the pills we took" line by inserting an uncensored "It's too late to take pills, here we go" at the end of the song.

But there was trouble within the band following a disastrous tour opening for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are an American rock band formed in 1975 by Tom Petty Westerberg recorded a new album largely with session musicians but was persuaded to release it as a Replacements album. All Shook Down won critical praise and more mainstream attention, though the many guest players and Mars's quick departure from the band following the album's release led many to wonder about the band's future. All Shook Down is the final album by the band The Replacements, released on September 25 1990 (see 1990 in music)

Breakup

Steve Foley was recruited as Mars's replacement in 1990, and the band embarked on a long farewell tour which lasted into the summer of 1991. On July 4, 1991, the band officially broke up following a Taste of Chicago performance in Grant Park, referred to by fans as "It Ain't Over 'Til the Fat Roadie Plays" because each member disappeared during the set, their respective roadies taking their places. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. The Taste of Chicago is the world's largest Food festival, held annually for 10 days in Chicago starting Friday before the 4th of July and ending the Sunday after Grant Park (originally named Lake Park is a large Park (319 acres or 1 This show was broadcast by Chicago radio station WXRT. WXRT, also known as WXRT- FM, WXRT 931, XRT, and 93-XRT is an AAA Radio station in Chicago Illinois There are several bootlegs floating around the Internet. The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks

Tommy Stinson has been the bassist with Guns N' Roses since 1998, replacing charter GnR member Duff McKagan. Guns N' Roses is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985 Michael Andrew "Duff" McKagan (born February 5 1964) is an American Musician and rock Bassist, who is best known He also played with the bands Bash & Pop and Perfect. Bash & Pop was the band that Tommy Stinson formed after the dissolution of The Replacements. In 2004 he released a solo CD titled Village Gorilla Head. Bob Stinson, who played in a few other bands after leaving the Replacements, including Static Taxi and The Bleeding Hearts, died in 1995.

Westerberg is a successful singer-songwriter signed to Vagrant Records and, under his alias Grandpaboy, to Fat Possum Records. Vagrant Records is an independent record label founded by Face to Face manager Rich Egan and friend Jon Cohen in 1996. History Founded by Matthew Johnson and Peter Redvers-Lee in 1992, the label initially specialised in discovering Blues players from the North Folker, his latest album, was released in September 2004; it marks his return to the melodic low-fi of The Replacements. Dunlap keeps a low national profile, but is still quite active in the local Twin Cities music scene, while Mars primarily works as a visual artist.

In 1997 Reprise Records released the 2-CD set All For Nothing/Nothing For All. Reprise Records is an American Record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra, which is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated All for Nothing/Nothing for All is a two-disc Compilation album by the The Replacements. The All For Nothing disc collected cuts from Tim through All Shook Down, while the Nothing For All disc is a collection of B-sides and other previously non-album tracks. Tim is an Album released in October 1985 on Sire Records by the Alternative rock band The Replacements. All Shook Down is the final album by the band The Replacements, released on September 25 1990 (see 1990 in music)

In 2002, in an interview with Rolling Stone, Westerberg mentioned The Replacements had been considering a reunion. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published Westerberg stated; "We'll get together again one day. It will take a while, or it might take a few legal swipes of the pen, but we ain't over". [42] A partial reunion nearly occurred in March 2002, when Tommy Stinson planned to join Westerberg on a tour of the Midwest, but Stinson's prior commitments with Guns N' Roses prevented it from happening. [42]

On June 13, 2006, Rhino records released a best of The Replacements compilation, entitled Don't You Know Who I Think I Was?. Don't You Know Who I Think I Was? is a compilation album from both The Replacements Twin/Tone and Sire years It consists of songs from both the Twin/Tone and Sire/Reprise records years and includes two new songs, "Pool & Dive" and "Message To The Boys". Both songs were written by Westerberg and recorded by the band at Flowers Studio in Minneapolis. Session musician Josh Freese (The Vandals, A Perfect Circle, ex-Guns N' Roses) played drums on the two tracks, while Mars contributed backing vocals. Josh Freese (born December 25, 1972) is an American session drummer and songwriter The Vandals are an American Punk rock band formed in 1980 in Huntington Beach California and currently recording for Kung Fu Records. A Perfect Circle ( APC) is an Alternative rock supergroup formed by guitarist Billy Howerdel and Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan Guns N' Roses is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985 Slim Dunlap did not participate in the sessions. Bob "Slim" Dunlap (born August 14, 1951) is an American Musician. On 22 April 2008, Rhino Entertainment released re-mastered 'deluxe editions' of the bands four Twin/Tone albums with rare bonus tracks. Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Rhino plans on releasing Deluxe Editions of the bands major label releases later in the year.

Live performances

The Replacements were somewhat notorious for their rowdy, drunken shows. Sometimes the band would show up too intoxicated to play their own songs, and instead would play covers, which they would perform with drunken coarseness. Yet there was also an element of unpredictability to the group's reputation for such inebriated performances, as The Replacements - when sober - gained critical praise for their live shows. Part of the mystique of the band, then, was the fact that fans never knew until the start of a concert if The Replacements would be performing in a besotted or clearheaded state.

It was not uncommon for the group to play entire sets of covers, ranging anywhere from Bryan Adams' "Summer of '69" to Dusty Springfield's "The Look of Love" to Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog. {Otherpeople|Brian Adams}} Bryan Adams OC, OBC, (born Bryan Guy Adams on November 5, 1959) is a Canadian rock Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien OBE ( 16 April, 1939 &ndash 2 March, 1999) professionally known as Dusty Springfield Led Zeppelin were " When The Replacements played CBGB, the New York City club, the band performed a sloppy rendition of The Beatles's "Let It Be", but with Westerberg singing the lyrics to his own "Fuck School. CBGB ( Country, Blue Grass, and Blues) was a music club at 315 Bowery at Bleecker Street in the borough of Manhattan The City of New York The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 "Let It Be" is a song by The Beatles, released in March 1970 as a single and as the Title track of their album Let It Be. "

Television appearances and videos

During their years together, The Replacements acquired an "anti-video" reputation. The video for "Bastards of Young" featured nothing more than a single shot of a speaker, while "The Ledge" (which MTV would not play due to lyrical themes that explored suicide) featured the band sitting around in a room with chairs and a sofa doing nothing in particular. This video was recycled for "Alex Chilton".

However, prior to Stinson's departure, the band appeared on Saturday Night Live and performed the then-new "Bastards of Young". Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City The band was subsequently banned from SNL due to a combination of the band's state of inebriation and the fact that Westerberg swore during the live broadcast. Still, Westerberg's status as a songwriter and performer merited him a shot at SNL redemption, and he performed an acclaimed version of The Replacements song "Can't Hardly Wait" on 4 December 1993 with his solo band, complete with the SNL horn section. "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar)

Legacy

Green Day vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong recalled seeing The Replacements live after the release of Pleased to Meet Me: "It was amazing. Green Day is an American rock trio Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17 1972 in Oakland, California) is the lead vocalist, main Lyricist, Pianist and Pleased to Meet Me is the fifth Album by The Replacements. It was released on July 7 1987 (see 1987 in music) It changed my whole life. If it wasn't for that, I might've spent my whole time playing in bad speed-metal bands. "[1]

The band They Might Be Giants composed a song in memory of The Replacements entitled, simply enough, "We're The Replacements. They Might Be Giants (commonly abbreviated to TMBG) is an American Alternative rock band which began as a duo of John Flansburgh and John "

As another indicator of the lasting influence of the group, 1234 Go! Records released We'll Inherit the Earth, a tribute album to The Replacements. We'll Inherit the Earth is a Tribute album to the 1980s-90s rock 'n' roll band The Replacements. The album was released on 3 October 2006, and features twenty-three Replacements cover songs by notable rock, punk, pop, and country artists. Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

Discography

Main article: The Replacements discography

Studio albums

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b Walsh, Jim (May 22 1998. "Singer Says 'Seinfeld' Tune Was Much Ado About . . . Nothing". St. Paul Pioneer Press. The St Paul Pioneer Press is a Newspaper based in St Paul Minnesota, primarily serving the Twin Cities metropolitan area
  2. ^ Azerrad, 2001. p. 196
  3. ^ a b c d Azerrad, 2001. p. 202
  4. ^ a b Azerrad, 2001. p. 198-9
  5. ^ a b c d Azerrad, 2001. p. 198
  6. ^ Heibutzki, Ralph (October 29, 1993). "Brats in Babylon". Goldmine.
  7. ^ Walsh, 2007. p. 56-7
  8. ^ Ayers, Dave (December 1983). "The Replacements: Getting No Place?". Matter.
  9. ^ a b c Azerrad, 2001. p. 199
  10. ^ a b c Azerrad, 2001. p. 200
  11. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. The Replacements > Biography. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2008-02-03. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states
  12. ^ Walsh, 2007. p. 56
  13. ^ "Rock's Rudder Works at the Oar". Minneapolis Star. The Star Tribune (also Star Trib or Strib, as it is often referred to is the largest Newspaper in the U September 11, 1979
  14. ^ a b Walsh, 2007. Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) p. 61
  15. ^ Azerrad, 2001. p. 199-200
  16. ^ The Replacements: Biography. The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. RollingStone. com. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons
  17. ^ a b c Azerrad, 2001. p. 201
  18. ^ Mason, Stewart. Somethin to Dü. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2008-02-03. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states
  19. ^ a b Azerrad, 2001. p. 205
  20. ^ Azerrad, 2001. p. 204-5
  21. ^ a b c Azerrad, 2001. p. 206
  22. ^ a b Walsh, 2007. p. 89
  23. ^ a b c d Azerrad, 2001. p. 208
  24. ^ a b c Azerrad, 2001. p. 209
  25. ^ Azerrad, 2001. p. 210
  26. ^ Azerrad, 2001. p. 207
  27. ^ a b Azerrad, 2001. p. 216
  28. ^ Azerrad, 2001. p. 218
  29. ^ Azerrad, 2001. p. 222
  30. ^ Janovitz, Bill. "Unsatisfied" > Song review. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-02-10. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead
  31. ^ Gray, Marcus. It Crawled from the South: An R. E. M. Companion. Da Capo, 1997. Second edition. ISBN 0-306-80751-3, p. 356-357
  32. ^ Azerrad, 2001. p. 221
  33. ^ a b Azerrad, 2001. p. 223
  34. ^ Christgau, Robert. CG: the replacements. robertchristgau. com. Retrieved on 2008-02-13. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed
  35. ^ Azerrad, 2001. p. 226-7
  36. ^ a b Azerrad, 2001. p. 226
  37. ^ Azerrad, 2001. p. 225
  38. ^ Walsh, 2007. p. 165
  39. ^ Azerrad, 2001. p. 227
  40. ^ Walsh, 2007. p. 167
  41. ^ Azerrad, 2001. p. 228
  42. ^ a b Devenish, Colin (2002-03-29). See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Replacements Mull Reunion. RollingStone. com. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons

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