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Minneapolis, United States (1979 – 1991)
The Replacements were an alternative rock band which formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1979. The band originally started off as a punk band who began to incorporate folk and power-pop influences in their sound to become one of the leaders of the early alt-folk set and one of the flagship bands of the American 80’s post-punk scene, as well as a major influence on 90’s indie rock.
The band was wild and vivacious, featuring vocalist and guitarist Paul Westerberg and Chris Mars the drummer as well as the Stinson brothers Bob playing guitar and Tommy playing bass.
They were infamous for their hard drinking lifestyles and their ragged stage performances, notorious for coming to shows too drunk to play very well at all, or sometimes just performing entire sets of covers.
The sound of this band showed off the very best of independent rock n’ roll. More than possibly any other band since the Rolling Stones, the Replacements embodied the spirit of rock n’ roll, from their raucous performances, drug addictions, charismatic and romantic frontman, and wild, basic rock n’ roll songs. At any given time, almost any list of “The Best Rock Albums Of All Time” will include either the album Let It Be or Tim, and usually both. Their sound started off as a classic-rock influenced punk style, to a melodic hardcore sound reminiscent of local buddies Hüsker Dü and progressed into a (relatively) straightforward but heartfelt rock style with a number of highly soulful ballads from the heart of Westerberg to round out the mix.
The band was wild and vivacious, featuring vocalist and guitarist Paul Westerberg and Chris Mars the drummer as well as the Stinson brothers Bob playing guitar and Tommy playing bass.
They were infamous for their hard drinking lifestyles and their ragged stage performances, notorious for coming to shows too drunk to play very well at all, or sometimes just performing entire sets of covers.
The sound of this band showed off the very best of independent rock n’ roll. More than possibly any other band since the Rolling Stones, the Replacements embodied the spirit of rock n’ roll, from their raucous performances, drug addictions, charismatic and romantic frontman, and wild, basic rock n’ roll songs. At any given time, almost any list of “The Best Rock Albums Of All Time” will include either the album Let It Be or Tim, and usually both. Their sound started off as a classic-rock influenced punk style, to a melodic hardcore sound reminiscent of local buddies Hüsker Dü and progressed into a (relatively) straightforward but heartfelt rock style with a number of highly soulful ballads from the heart of Westerberg to round out the mix.
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macijikralj wrote:
Sweet Georgia breezes, safe, cool and warm
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Taco_Chopper wrote:
All these Green Day comments are scaring the shit out of me. [2]
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Brushback wrote:
I never thought of the Replacements as being 'alt-folk'
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Crassetine wrote:
All these Green Day comments are scaring the shit out of me.
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garyxia wrote:
DO YOU KNOW THE ENEMY, DO YOU KNOW YOUR ENEMY WA HAAAYY
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lyle_catcliffe wrote:
The greatest Greatest Hits of all time.
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trashcity_ wrote:
I HOPE U HAD THE TIME OF UR LIFE!!
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garyxia wrote:
Don't want a nation under the new media And can you hear the sound of hysteria? The subliminal mind fuck America!
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vvhitenoise wrote:
I waalk aloone, i walk alooone on the boulevard of broken dreams
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mk741 wrote:
Pretty much everything in life feels watered down after listening to Green Day.
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garyxia wrote:
Pretty much a watered down version of 21st Century Breakdown era Green Day.
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mutantoverlords wrote:
That's the refreshments.
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neckermanncj wrote:
@Kevinflo: it's more of a Paul Westerberg album than it is a Mats album
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Cox_of_Seagulls wrote:
Yes. Clearly.
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alisonsuxxx wrote:
wtf are we actually comparing the fucking mats to green day are you joking
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metal_gimp wrote:
almost.
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derpdedoo wrote:
almost as good as green day
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Kevinflo wrote:
Haha I'm getting the feeling that I'm the only one with All Shook Down as their favorite Mats album.
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neckermanncj wrote:
Don't Tell a Soul is an amazing album and I really don't think it should be compared with their earlier albums because it's special in it's own way.
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