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Origin. Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Genres. Punk rock, alternative rock[1][2]Years active. Labels. Twin/Tone, Sire. Associated acts. Bash & Pop, Soul Asylum, Golden Smog, Perfect, Static Taxi. Websitethereplacementsofficial. Past members. Paul Westerberg. Tommy Stinson. Chris Mars. 24 Season 2 Episode 23 Watch Online.

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Bob Stinson. Slim Dunlap. Steve Foley. The Replacements were an American rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1. Initially a punk rock band, they are considered pioneers of alternative rock. The band was composed of the guitarist and vocalist Paul Westerberg, guitarist Bob Stinson, bass guitarist Tommy Stinson and drummer Chris Mars for most of its career. Following several acclaimed albums, including Let It Be and Tim, Bob Stinson left the band in 1. Slim Dunlap joined as lead guitarist.

Steve Foley replaced Mars in 1. Towards the end of the band's career, Westerberg exerted more control over the creative output. The group disbanded in 1. A reunion was announced on October 3, 2. The Replacements never had significant commercial success, except for "I'll Be You", which hit number 1 on the Billboard Alt Rock chart, but they influenced numerous alternative rock acts.

The Replacements' music was influenced by rock artists such as the Rolling Stones, Faces, Big Star, Slade, Badfinger, Lou Reed and the Beatles as well as punk rock bands such as the Ramones, the New York Dolls, Dead Boys and the Clash. Unlike many of their underground contemporaries, the Replacements played "heart- on- the- sleeve"[4] rock songs that combined Westerberg's "raw- throated adolescent howl"[5] with self- deprecating lyrics. The Replacements were a notoriously wayward live act, often performing under the influence of alcohol and playing fragments of covers instead of their own material. History[edit]Formation and early years (1. The Replacements' history began in Minneapolis in 1.

Bob Stinson gave his eleven- year- old brother Tommy Stinson a bass guitar to keep him off the streets.[6] That year Bob met Mars, a high school dropout. With Mars playing guitar and then switching to drums, the trio called themselves "Dogbreath" and began covering songs by Aerosmith, Ted Nugent and Yes[7] without a singer.[8] One day as Westerberg, a janitor in U. S. Senator David Durenberger's office,[9] was walking home from work, he heard a band playing in the Stinsons' house.[1. 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.[7]Dogbreath auditioned several vocalists, including a hippie who read lyrics off a sheet.[1. The band eventually found a vocalist, but Westerberg wanted to be the singer and took him aside one day to say, "The band doesn't like you."[7] The vocalist soon left and Westerberg replaced him.[7] Before Westerberg joined the band, Dogbreath often drank and took various drugs during rehearsals, playing songs as an afterthought.[6] In contrast to the rest of the band, the relatively disciplined Westerberg appeared at rehearsals in neat clothes and insisted on practicing songs until he was happy with them.[1. After the band members discovered first- generation English punk bands like the Clash, the Jam, the Damned and the Buzzcocks, Dogbreath changed its name to the Impediments and played a drunken performance without Tommy Stinson at a church hall gig in June 1.

After being banned from the venue for disorderly behavior, they changed the name to the Replacements.[1. 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".[1. Demo tape and Twin/Tone Records (1. The band soon recorded a four- song demo tape in Mars's basement[1. Peter Jesperson in May 1. Jesperson was the manager of Oar Folkjokeopus, a punk rock record store in Minneapolis,[1.

Twin/Tone Records with Paul Stark (a local recording engineer) and Charley Hallman. Westerberg originally handed in the tape to see if the band could perform at Jay's Longhorn Bar, a local venue where Jesperson worked as a disc jockey.[1. The band's first performance at a bar was at the Longhorn on July 2, 1.

He eavesdropped as Jesperson put in the tape, only to run away as soon as the first song, "Raised in the City", played.[1. Jesperson played the song 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".[1. Jesperson called Westerberg the next day, asking, "So do you want to do a single or an album?"[1. With the agreement of Stark and the rest of the band, the Replacements signed with Twin/Tone Records in 1.

Jesperson's support of the band was welcomed, and they asked him to be their manager after their second show. The Vampire Diaries Season 7 Episode 5 Watch Series. Later that summer they played at the Longhorn on a Wednesday "New Band Night". They also played several club gigs to almost empty rooms. 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."[1. After the Replacements signed with 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 Blackberry Way, an eight- track home studio in Minneapolis. However, as the band had no clout there, time spent in the studio was intermittent, and it took about six months to record the album.[2. Frankie &Amp; Alice Movie Watch Online. Although not important at the time, Twin/Tone could not afford to release the album until August 1.

Because they were suspicious of the music business in general, the Replacements had not signed a written contract with Twin/Tone Records.[5]Early releases (1. When the band's first album, Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash, was released in August 1. 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."[2. The album contained the band's first single, "I'm in Trouble", Westerberg's "first truly good song".[2. Sorry Ma included the song, "Somethin to Dü", a homage to another Minneapolis punk band, Hüsker Dü.[2. The Replacements had a friendly rivalry with the band, which started when Twin/Tone chose the Replacements over Hüsker Dü,[2. Hüsker Dü landed an opening slot at a Johnny Thunders gig that the Replacements had wanted.[2.

Hüsker Dü also influenced the band's music. The Replacements began playing faster and became more influenced by hardcore punk.

Despite this, the band did not feel part of the hardcore scene. As Mars later stated, "We were confused about what we were."[2. Sometime in late 1. Replacements played a song called "Kids Don't Follow".[citation needed] Jesperson was convinced the song sounded like a hit[2. Twin/Tone co- owners Stark and Hallman, "I will do anything to get this out. I will hand- stamp jackets if I have to."[2. The partners agreed to fund the recording, but Jesperson and virtually everyone he knew had to hand- stamp ten thousand white record jackets.[2.

The band recorded eight tracks within a week, with Jesperson as producer. Their "balls- to- the- wall hardcore punk attempt",[2. EP Stink, containing "Kids Don't Follow" and seven other songs, was released in June 1. Chicago show.[2. 5]The Replacements began to distance themselves from the hardcore punk scene after the release of Stink. We write songs rather than riffs with statements,"[2. Westerberg later stated.