![]() (Drummer Chris Mars, who has since become a successful painter, declined to participate.)īM: Paul’s memory is funny. It’s the first to involve founding members Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson, who join hundreds of subjects related to the band to color a timeline stretching more than 50 years. They wanted to be great on their own authentic terms, even if it turned out to be an act in self-sabotage.īut over the last decade, the Replacements have reissued their albums, reunited to headline stadium shows and music festivals, even played "Fallon." Their niche as an influential band has led to a real wave of interest-a wave that drives Bob Mehr’s new biography, Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements, the most comprehensive book about the band to date. ![]() They signed with a major label, but bucked at playing nice with industry figures, purposely tanked do-or-die shows, antagonized producers until they quit. The Replacements are feted as the most gloriously alcoholic band of their generation-Midwestern fuck-ups writing heart-on-sleeve anthems who craved the spotlight, but did just enough damage to ensure they’d never reach it. ![]()
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