Jesse Malin will be the first to tell you that he owes much of his worldview, musical and otherwise, to Bad Brains singer H.R Now, with H.R. dealing with his own medical issues, Malin is directing fans toward a benefit concert for the singer while also announcing his own new project: the concert film and live album Chasing the Light.
On Friday, Malin previewed Chasing the Light, directed by Dave Stekert, with the release of a live performance of “I & I Survive” featuring H.R.
“H.R. was a childhood mentor of mine,...
On Friday, Malin previewed Chasing the Light, directed by Dave Stekert, with the release of a live performance of “I & I Survive” featuring H.R.
“H.R. was a childhood mentor of mine,...
- 5/3/2024
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Like so many other Replacements fans, no doubt, the first thing I did with the new version of Tim was skip right to “Left of the Dial.” One of those “bury my soul in these guitars” songs that any music fan collects over time. It’s a highlight of the classic 1985 album from four Minnesota punk boys, the great American rock band of the Eighties. “Left of the Dial” is the Replacement’s most heart-on-fire confession, a rager about losing your friends over time, missing them over the miles, until...
- 9/25/2023
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
Tickets for Lucinda Williams’ tour are currently on sale after the singer released her new album Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart.
This comes three years since Williams suffered a stroke and lost the ability to use the left side of her body. Since then, Williams has been in rehab in an attempt to learn how to relearn how to walk and do other basic functions. Not only did she suffer from a serious medical condition, but in 2020 she also experienced her Nashville home being damaged by a tornado and went through the pandemic.
She announced the album back in April on her Instagram, sharing a sneak peek of her new single “New York Comeback” and officially launched it in June. It was a challenging process for the singer to create the album, as she had to invent a new songwriting procedure due to her being unable to play the guitar anymore.
This comes three years since Williams suffered a stroke and lost the ability to use the left side of her body. Since then, Williams has been in rehab in an attempt to learn how to relearn how to walk and do other basic functions. Not only did she suffer from a serious medical condition, but in 2020 she also experienced her Nashville home being damaged by a tornado and went through the pandemic.
She announced the album back in April on her Instagram, sharing a sneak peek of her new single “New York Comeback” and officially launched it in June. It was a challenging process for the singer to create the album, as she had to invent a new songwriting procedure due to her being unable to play the guitar anymore.
- 9/19/2023
- by Nina Hauswirth
- Uinterview
The Replacements’ beloved major label debut, 1985’s Tim, will be expanded into a four-cd, one-lp box set this summer with a remix, previously unreleased recordings (including a few cuts with Alex Chilton), and a live recording from 1986 recorded a week before their shambolic SNL appearance. The rarities include alternate versions, demos, and even a “cello version” of “Can’t Hardly Wait.” The collection, officially titled Tim: Let It Bleed Edition, will come out Sept. 22.
The heart of the box is a new mix that engineer Ed Stasium (Talking Heads, Ramones) worked...
The heart of the box is a new mix that engineer Ed Stasium (Talking Heads, Ramones) worked...
- 8/2/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Lucinda Williams has mapped out a run of Fall 2023 tour dates in support of her latest album, Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart.
The “Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets” tour is described as a multimedia experience in which Williams will both perform songs from throughout her discography and share stories and anecdotes with the audience. It kicks off on October 7th in Nashville and will make subsequent stops in St. Louis, Kansas City, Chicago, Toronto, Boston, and New York City before wrapping up in Red Bank, New Jersey on October 29th. See her full touring schedule below, and grab tickets here.
Ahead of the fall tour, Williams has a residency at a Minneapolis jazz club, a handful of co-headlining dates with Big Thief, and her own headlining show in Los Angeles. She’s scheduled to head out to Europe and the UK in support of the album early next year.
The “Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets” tour is described as a multimedia experience in which Williams will both perform songs from throughout her discography and share stories and anecdotes with the audience. It kicks off on October 7th in Nashville and will make subsequent stops in St. Louis, Kansas City, Chicago, Toronto, Boston, and New York City before wrapping up in Red Bank, New Jersey on October 29th. See her full touring schedule below, and grab tickets here.
Ahead of the fall tour, Williams has a residency at a Minneapolis jazz club, a handful of co-headlining dates with Big Thief, and her own headlining show in Los Angeles. She’s scheduled to head out to Europe and the UK in support of the album early next year.
- 7/18/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
It’s a wish-you-had-gills type of humid September day in Nashville, but Lucinda Williams is comfortably out of the soup, sitting at the kitchen table of Ray Kennedy’s Room & Board Studio telling tales about life on the road to a gang of touring lifers including Tommy Stinson and Jesse Malin. They’re rare, behind-the-curtain anecdotes, many of which she shares in her superb memoir, Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You. But in person, hearing them delivered in Williams’ syrupy Southern drawl, they’re especially captivating.
Soon,...
Soon,...
- 7/1/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Lucinda Williams has announced she is returning with a new album titled Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart, out June 30th via Highway 20 Records/Thirty Tigers. As a preview, the country icon has teamed up with Bruce Springsteen for the first single, “New York Comeback.”
Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart was recorded while Williams was recovering from a stroke she suffered a few years back. At the time, she wasn’t able to write songs using her guitar and continued collaborating with her husband/manager Tom Overby while also bringing in singer-songwriter Jessie Malin to co-write three tracks and flesh out melodies. Williams’ longtime road manager, Travis Stephens, also co-wrote six songs on the album.
Produced by Williams, Overby and Ray Kennedy, Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart features backing vocals from Bruce Springsteen, Margo Price, Angel Olsen, Tommy Stinson, Jeremy Ivey, and more.
Springsteen and...
Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart was recorded while Williams was recovering from a stroke she suffered a few years back. At the time, she wasn’t able to write songs using her guitar and continued collaborating with her husband/manager Tom Overby while also bringing in singer-songwriter Jessie Malin to co-write three tracks and flesh out melodies. Williams’ longtime road manager, Travis Stephens, also co-wrote six songs on the album.
Produced by Williams, Overby and Ray Kennedy, Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart features backing vocals from Bruce Springsteen, Margo Price, Angel Olsen, Tommy Stinson, Jeremy Ivey, and more.
Springsteen and...
- 4/4/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Lucinda Williams will welcome this summer with a new album. The revered singer-songwriter’s latest, titled Stories From a Rock n Roll Heart, will arrive June 30 and includes guest appearances by a number of other songwriting luminaries, including Bruce Springsteen, Angel Olsen, and Tommy Stinson. It follows her 2020 release, Good Souls Better Angels.
First up from the album is “New York Comeback,” on which Springsteen and Patty Scialfa add their background vocals to Williams’ melodies. A straightforward rock tune with driving electric guitar and splashes of Hammond organ, it features...
First up from the album is “New York Comeback,” on which Springsteen and Patty Scialfa add their background vocals to Williams’ melodies. A straightforward rock tune with driving electric guitar and splashes of Hammond organ, it features...
- 4/4/2023
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
It’s a New York day in the life of Jesse Malin in the songwriter’s new video for “Downliner (Afterglow Version).” Malin makes his bed, brushes his teeth, goes grocery shopping, folds his rock & roll T-shirts, and even wraps a gift as the melancholy ballad plays behind him. Captivating stuff, right? While on the surface, the actions depicted in the clip, directed by Dave Stekert, seem trite, they work to center one’s daily existence in mindfulness. It’s all very Buddhist.
“When I feel like I’m going...
“When I feel like I’m going...
- 2/10/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Jesse Malin takes a page out of Taylor Swift’s book and re-records his 2003 solo debut, The Fine Art of Self Destruction. Due Feb. 17 on the Mnrk Heavy label, the updated version of the LP features fresh versions of fan favorites like “Riding on the Subway,” “Downliner,” and “High Lonesome.” Some, like “Brooklyn,” have been retitled as well: Malin premieres a video for “Brooklyn (Walt Whitman in the Trash)” today.
Directed by Malin’s longtime bass player Cat Popper and photographer Vivian Wang, the video finds the Lower East Side...
Directed by Malin’s longtime bass player Cat Popper and photographer Vivian Wang, the video finds the Lower East Side...
- 11/4/2022
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Looking back on his years with everyone from the Replacements to Guns N’ Roses, Tommy Stinson admits he’s played some “strange places.” But a 2010 show with Gn’R — a private gig in Moscow for a Russian energy company — still leaps out. “I can’t even believe we did it,” Stinson says. “It was like, ‘What the fuck are we doing here?’”
In light of the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine — and the global ostracization of Russia’s most prominent moguls and biggest corporations — plenty of artists have begun asking themselves the same question.
In light of the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine — and the global ostracization of Russia’s most prominent moguls and biggest corporations — plenty of artists have begun asking themselves the same question.
- 5/30/2022
- by David Browne and Adam Rawnsley
- Rollingstone.com
Ruby Stinson — daughter of Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson — has released the new R&b single “Come Clean.”
Stinson, who records as Ruby, released the single accompanied by a video. Directed by Mary-Kate Schneider and shot in quarantine in Hudson, New York, it features the artist in different locations: standing in a field surrounded by nature, inside a shower, and later in the parking lot of a LaserWash in a shimmering silver dress. “Come/come clean to me,” Stinson sings over a seductive lo-fi beat. “Confess you want it bad, baby.
Stinson, who records as Ruby, released the single accompanied by a video. Directed by Mary-Kate Schneider and shot in quarantine in Hudson, New York, it features the artist in different locations: standing in a field surrounded by nature, inside a shower, and later in the parking lot of a LaserWash in a shimmering silver dress. “Come/come clean to me,” Stinson sings over a seductive lo-fi beat. “Confess you want it bad, baby.
- 1/14/2021
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Pleased to Meet Me was the sound of the Replacements trying for once. The band’s previous five LPs were snarky slacker masterpieces full of chintzy songs about hating music ’cause it’s got too many notes, ironic Kiss covers, and the occasional tender ballad, and their concerts were more like drunken hootenannies — all of this sloppiness was what won them their legend. But sometime after recording their beloved Tim album, Paul Westerberg decided they ought to grow up a little, the group parted ways with founding guitarist Bob Stinson,...
- 10/9/2020
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Walter Lure, a cofounder of 1970s punk rock pioneers the Heartbreakers, died Aug. 22 of cancer at age 71, friends confirmed.
The guitarist appeared on the Heatbreakers only studio album, 1977’s L.A.M.F., which featured frontman Johnny Thunders, bassist Billy Rath, and drummer Jerry Nolan. Lure was in and out of the band at various points.
He became a stockbroker and continued performing until earlier this year, performing with ad hoc lineups. A live album of Walter Lure’s L.A.M.F. with Lure and Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson, MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer, and Blondie drummer Clem Burke was released in 2017.
“Walter Lure our dear, friend has passed away,” said a social media post from the Starwood Club in Hollywood. “Walter was diagnosed with liver and lung cancer in July 2020, which spread rapidly and he died from complications related to the cancer at the age of 71, peacefully in the hospital,...
The guitarist appeared on the Heatbreakers only studio album, 1977’s L.A.M.F., which featured frontman Johnny Thunders, bassist Billy Rath, and drummer Jerry Nolan. Lure was in and out of the band at various points.
He became a stockbroker and continued performing until earlier this year, performing with ad hoc lineups. A live album of Walter Lure’s L.A.M.F. with Lure and Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson, MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer, and Blondie drummer Clem Burke was released in 2017.
“Walter Lure our dear, friend has passed away,” said a social media post from the Starwood Club in Hollywood. “Walter was diagnosed with liver and lung cancer in July 2020, which spread rapidly and he died from complications related to the cancer at the age of 71, peacefully in the hospital,...
- 8/23/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
The Replacements have unearthed a previously unreleased demo of “I Don’t Know,” which is set to appear on the upcoming reissue of their 1987 album, Pleased to Meet Me, out October 9th via Rhino.
The demo version, unsurprisingly, is rougher around the edges, although that’s certainly not a negative when it comes to the Replacements. The horns from the final studio version aren’t present, but the guitars still move with a heavy chug and the band drawls the song’s titular refrain, “I don’t know,” with expert apathy.
The demo version, unsurprisingly, is rougher around the edges, although that’s certainly not a negative when it comes to the Replacements. The horns from the final studio version aren’t present, but the guitars still move with a heavy chug and the band drawls the song’s titular refrain, “I don’t know,” with expert apathy.
- 8/7/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
The Replacements are prepping an expansive box set reissue of their 1987 album, Pleased to Meet Me, featuring an assortment of rarities and unreleased tracks, including Bob Stinson’s final recordings with the band. The set will arrive October 9th via Rhino.
The collection will boast 29 previously unreleased tracks, including demos, rough mixes and outtakes. To coincide with the box set announcement, the Replacements shared six of those unreleased songs on digital platforms: Rough mixes of “Alex Chilton,” “Never Mind,” “Valentine,” “Kick It in” and non-album tracks, “Birthday Gal” and “Election Day.
The collection will boast 29 previously unreleased tracks, including demos, rough mixes and outtakes. To coincide with the box set announcement, the Replacements shared six of those unreleased songs on digital platforms: Rough mixes of “Alex Chilton,” “Never Mind,” “Valentine,” “Kick It in” and non-album tracks, “Birthday Gal” and “Election Day.
- 7/16/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Truly historical objects are often palimpsests: repainted, refinished, refurbished — if you were to peel back the layers like the rings of a tree, that object’s history would be revealed.
The same goes for Prince’s second 1984 Cloud guitar: beginning its life as an entirely different instrument — the castoff from a defunct company — it has been nearly every color on the spectrum. White, peach, light blue, yellow and, finally, electric blue. The instrument — nicknamed the Blue Angel — is now set to hit the auction block next month as part of...
The same goes for Prince’s second 1984 Cloud guitar: beginning its life as an entirely different instrument — the castoff from a defunct company — it has been nearly every color on the spectrum. White, peach, light blue, yellow and, finally, electric blue. The instrument — nicknamed the Blue Angel — is now set to hit the auction block next month as part of...
- 5/20/2020
- by Brenna Ehrlich
- Rollingstone.com
Beach Slang recruited former Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson for their new LP, The Deadbeat Bang of Heartbreak City, out January 10th via Bridge Nine Records.
The indie rock band previewed the album with thunderous lead single “Bam Rang Rang,” a torrent of power chord fuzz, bent-note guitar leads and the ragged snarl of frontman James Alex.
The track opens in glam-punk territory; after a false ending ushers in a wall of feedback, Alex leads the band through a cowbell-heavy hard rock section that conjures a hybrid of Mountain’s “Mississippi...
The indie rock band previewed the album with thunderous lead single “Bam Rang Rang,” a torrent of power chord fuzz, bent-note guitar leads and the ragged snarl of frontman James Alex.
The track opens in glam-punk territory; after a false ending ushers in a wall of feedback, Alex leads the band through a cowbell-heavy hard rock section that conjures a hybrid of Mountain’s “Mississippi...
- 10/15/2019
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
A Thousand Horses return with a new Dave Cobb-produced anthem, Tanya Tucker’s daughter Presley proves that talent runs in the family, and Kelleigh Bannen sparkles on a precious ballad in this week’s list of must-hear songs.
Rissi Palmer, “Soul Message”
When Rissi Palmer released her debut single in 2007, she became the first African-American woman in 20 years to chart a country hit. A dozen years later, she’s back with Revival, a potent punch of soul, rootsy R&b, and back-porch country. “Soul Message” slows the tempo to a sexy,...
Rissi Palmer, “Soul Message”
When Rissi Palmer released her debut single in 2007, she became the first African-American woman in 20 years to chart a country hit. A dozen years later, she’s back with Revival, a potent punch of soul, rootsy R&b, and back-porch country. “Soul Message” slows the tempo to a sexy,...
- 10/14/2019
- by Robert Crawford
- Rollingstone.com
At first glance, a deluxe, four-disc reissue of the second worst Replacements album might seem like kind of an odd idea — albeit a uniquely Replacements-y one, utterly in keeping with the Minneapolis punk rock icons’ gift for subverting even the simplest music industry rituals to the point of needless self-sabotage. Maligned at the time as once-great indie band’s unfortunate slide into the depths of major-label malaise, 1989’s Don’t Tell A Soul was, indeed, not much of an event compared to the lunatic racket of albums like their 1984 classic Let It Be,...
- 9/27/2019
- by Jon Dolan
- Rollingstone.com
Former Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson is the first to admit that his band’s sixth album is not his favorite. When the Replacements made 1989’s Don’t Tell a Soul, their record label was pressuring frontman Paul Westerberg to write songs that could get played on the radio, and the group ended up compromising on the mix of the album. Producer Matt Wallace’s mixes were dismissed, the tapes went missing for years, and the label hired hit-maker Chris Lord-Alge (Steve Winwood, James Brown) put his spin on it. The end result,...
- 9/27/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
In 2010, Jesse Malin and Green Day released a one-off collaboration under the name Rodeo Queens. The song was titled “Depression Times” and mixed Malin’s nasally voice with the power-punk of Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool.
Nine years later, Malin and Armstrong finally follow it up with the new collaboration “Strangers & Thieves,” a track off the New York singer-songwriter’s upcoming album Sunset Kids, produced by Lucinda Williams. It’s a propulsive song, hurried along by jangly guitars, an unrelenting backbeat and an irresistible chorus. Malin had...
Nine years later, Malin and Armstrong finally follow it up with the new collaboration “Strangers & Thieves,” a track off the New York singer-songwriter’s upcoming album Sunset Kids, produced by Lucinda Williams. It’s a propulsive song, hurried along by jangly guitars, an unrelenting backbeat and an irresistible chorus. Malin had...
- 6/13/2019
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
The Lemonheads announced they will tour North America this spring in support of their upcoming covers album, Varshons 2, which comes out February 8th. The Replacements’ Tommy Stinson will join Evan Dando and company, providing guest support for all 33 dates. The tour begins May 2nd in Fairfield, Connecticut and ends June 15th in Boston. Tickets go on sale Friday, February 8th at 1 p.m. Eastern Time.
The Lemonheads teased the news, releasing one of the new album’s tracks: a marginally updated version of the psych-pop band GiveGoods’ song “Unfamiliar,” which...
The Lemonheads teased the news, releasing one of the new album’s tracks: a marginally updated version of the psych-pop band GiveGoods’ song “Unfamiliar,” which...
- 2/5/2019
- by Brandon Kahn
- Rollingstone.com
“What we’re trying to do is build Guns N’ Roses back into something,” Axl Rose told Rolling Stone in January 2000. “I’d like to take some of the old Guns fans along with me gradually into the 21st century.”
At the time, Guns fans and Geffen Records were anxiously anticipating the supposedly imminent arrival of Chinese Democracy, the band’s long-awaited first album of original material since 1991’s twin Use Your Illusion releases. Doug Goldstein, the band’s then-manager, informed Rolling Stone that “we are now 99 percent musically done and 80 percent vocals done,...
At the time, Guns fans and Geffen Records were anxiously anticipating the supposedly imminent arrival of Chinese Democracy, the band’s long-awaited first album of original material since 1991’s twin Use Your Illusion releases. Doug Goldstein, the band’s then-manager, informed Rolling Stone that “we are now 99 percent musically done and 80 percent vocals done,...
- 11/23/2018
- by Dan Epstein
- Rollingstone.com
Ian West/Joel Ryan/Pa Archive/WhatCulture
After years of feuding, it looks as if the “old” Guns N’ Roses is back. Sort of. Even though they never really left… kind of. Look, they have a reunion coming up… partially, anyway.
Confused yet?
Pretty much every music fan not living under a particularly remote rock or the dark side of the moon for the past few decades knows the story of Guns N’ Roses. The huge debut, the excesses, the controversies, the membership changes and the eventual, complete implosion of the classic-era line-up. Steven Adler, Izzy Stradlin, Gilby Clarke (Stradlin’s original replacement), Slash, Duff McKagan – by the early 90s, they were dropping like flies. Come the late 90s, only singer Axl Rose and keyboardist Dizzy Reed remained, alongside a new group of musicians including The Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson.
While the most recent formation been the bands most stable in decades,...
After years of feuding, it looks as if the “old” Guns N’ Roses is back. Sort of. Even though they never really left… kind of. Look, they have a reunion coming up… partially, anyway.
Confused yet?
Pretty much every music fan not living under a particularly remote rock or the dark side of the moon for the past few decades knows the story of Guns N’ Roses. The huge debut, the excesses, the controversies, the membership changes and the eventual, complete implosion of the classic-era line-up. Steven Adler, Izzy Stradlin, Gilby Clarke (Stradlin’s original replacement), Slash, Duff McKagan – by the early 90s, they were dropping like flies. Come the late 90s, only singer Axl Rose and keyboardist Dizzy Reed remained, alongside a new group of musicians including The Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson.
While the most recent formation been the bands most stable in decades,...
- 2/4/2016
- by Jay Anderson
- Obsessed with Film
The Replacements, which currently consists of long-time members Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson, has been playing a new track called “Whole Foods Blues” at recent shows. The song is now streaming in a pretty decent fan-shot video (isn't technology wonderful?). The slow, bluesy song details a sad trip to the grocery store, where Westerberg gets “A Protein Shake/ To keep [his] girlish figure.” In December, the band released a dizzy, fiercely confident 24-minute jazzy improvisational song called “Poke Me In My Cage” on their SoundCloud. It's not at all representative of the band's classic style, but it's good. They’ll be touring the Us this spring, as well as playing the Primavera Sound Fest this summer.
- 4/26/2015
- by Greg Cwik
- Vulture
Geffen
Guns N’ Roses are known as one of the most notorious acts in music history. The stars of today have nothing on these guys; from trashed hotel rooms, international manhunts, riots, serial killers, the list goes on and on.
With more than 100 million albums sold worldwide, the band that broke onto the hard rock scene in the 80s during the L.A. Glam period then reached its peak in the mid 90s has had more than its share of scandals. Making the antics of bands like The Rolling Stones or Black Sabbath look absolutely docile in comparison, Gn’R didn’t just live the sex, drugs, and rock n’ roll lifestyle, they redefined it.
Founding members were out of the group before it ever released its debut album, whilst lyrics to songs like “One in a Million” and “Used to Love Her” caused an outcry. A live sexual romp...
Guns N’ Roses are known as one of the most notorious acts in music history. The stars of today have nothing on these guys; from trashed hotel rooms, international manhunts, riots, serial killers, the list goes on and on.
With more than 100 million albums sold worldwide, the band that broke onto the hard rock scene in the 80s during the L.A. Glam period then reached its peak in the mid 90s has had more than its share of scandals. Making the antics of bands like The Rolling Stones or Black Sabbath look absolutely docile in comparison, Gn’R didn’t just live the sex, drugs, and rock n’ roll lifestyle, they redefined it.
Founding members were out of the group before it ever released its debut album, whilst lyrics to songs like “One in a Million” and “Used to Love Her” caused an outcry. A live sexual romp...
- 1/27/2015
- by Jay Anderson
- Obsessed with Film
The MTV VMAs wasn't the only notable happening on Sunday night: legendary rockers The Replacements got together for the first time in 22 years to perform at Toronto's Riot Fest. Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson were joined by drummer Josh Freese (nope, not Chris Mars) and guitarist David Minehan as they played a 22-song set over 75 minutes, with a little bit of banter in between. "Hello. Sorry it took so long, for 25 years,we had a wardrobe debate. Unresolved," Westerberg began as he stood with Stinson. The Replacements Live Archive Project captured good audio of the whole performance, which you can stream...
- 8/26/2013
- Hitfix
It's easy to forget that the Replacements used to be a punk band.
Those who witnessed their first live set in 22 years at Riot Fest in Toronto last night, however, will never forget that the Replacements used to be a punk band. As if taking their cue from Iggy and the Stooges, who played just prior, Paul Westerberg and co. brought a lot of loud and fast material to the fore on their way through an exuberant performance few would have thought likely a few short months ago.
But it did happen, and it played out brilliantly. The 'Mats played an eclectic mix of old songs, made jokes, took requests, played covers, and forgot lyrics in just over 75-minutes onstage.
. (O) /..../ /…./ /´¯/’…’/´¯¯\ /’/…/…./…/¨¯\ (…´…´…. ¯~/’…’) \……………../ \………...../
— The Replacements (@TheReplacements) August 25, 2013
"Takin' A Ride," the first song the Replacements played in front of an audience in over two decades, was fittingly the first track off of their debut "Sorry Ma,...
Those who witnessed their first live set in 22 years at Riot Fest in Toronto last night, however, will never forget that the Replacements used to be a punk band. As if taking their cue from Iggy and the Stooges, who played just prior, Paul Westerberg and co. brought a lot of loud and fast material to the fore on their way through an exuberant performance few would have thought likely a few short months ago.
But it did happen, and it played out brilliantly. The 'Mats played an eclectic mix of old songs, made jokes, took requests, played covers, and forgot lyrics in just over 75-minutes onstage.
. (O) /..../ /…./ /´¯/’…’/´¯¯\ /’/…/…./…/¨¯\ (…´…´…. ¯~/’…’) \……………../ \………...../
— The Replacements (@TheReplacements) August 25, 2013
"Takin' A Ride," the first song the Replacements played in front of an audience in over two decades, was fittingly the first track off of their debut "Sorry Ma,...
- 8/26/2013
- by HuffPost Canada Music
- Huffington Post
Paul Westerberg's manager has confirmed to the Minneapolis Star Tribune that The Replacements reunion lineup will feature drummer Josh Freese and guitarist David Minehan in addition to original members Westerberg and Tommy Stinson. Freese is like the Zelig of rock drummers, having transformed himself to play with everyone from Devo and The Vandals to Weezer, Nine Inch Nails, and A Perfect Circle. Also Daughtry and Sublime With Rome. And he co-wrote "Chinese Democracy." And played drums on the two new Replacements tracks that appeared on the hits package Don't You Know Who I Think I Was? Minehan played ...
- 8/19/2013
- avclub.com
1. The Replacements: Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson will play their first shows together in 22 years this summer. Pleased to meet me, indeed. 2. Kanye West: The week before the release of “Yeezus,” he makes news in a New York Times profile as he compares himself to Steve Jobs. Look for the iWest coming to a store near you. 3. Cyndi Lauper: She becomes (incredibly) the first female composer to win a Tony for best musical, “Kinky Boots.” Girls just want to have fun. 4. The Beatles: Apple Corps, the Fab Four’s business arm, inks a deal with Universal’s Bravado...
- 6/16/2013
- Hitfix
The Replacements, one of the biggest punk rock bands of the 1980s, is planning to reunite this summer at Riot Fest 2013, a multi-band tour heading to Toronto, Denver and Chicago.
An active band from 1979 to 1991, the members of The Replacements have not performed as a single live band since July 4, 1991. That last show, performed in Grant Park, Chicago, has become legendary -- roadies gradually replaced band members on stage until all were gone, leading to the nickname "It Ain't Over 'Til the Fat Roadie Plays."
Technically, The Replacements never broke up. The band members just stopped playing.
That all changed in October 2012. Singer Paul Westerberg and bassist Tommy Stinson officially reformed the band in order to record an Ep, "Songs for Slim." Only 250 copies of the vinyl album were made and sold in order to benefit Slim Dunlap, the Replacements' guitarist, after a stroke.
Despite the official band reunion, there...
An active band from 1979 to 1991, the members of The Replacements have not performed as a single live band since July 4, 1991. That last show, performed in Grant Park, Chicago, has become legendary -- roadies gradually replaced band members on stage until all were gone, leading to the nickname "It Ain't Over 'Til the Fat Roadie Plays."
Technically, The Replacements never broke up. The band members just stopped playing.
That all changed in October 2012. Singer Paul Westerberg and bassist Tommy Stinson officially reformed the band in order to record an Ep, "Songs for Slim." Only 250 copies of the vinyl album were made and sold in order to benefit Slim Dunlap, the Replacements' guitarist, after a stroke.
Despite the official band reunion, there...
- 6/13/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
The '80s are officially back as alternative favorite The Replacements are set to reunite.
Formed in 1979, The Replacements are scheduled to perform together for the first time in more than twenty years at the upcoming music festival Riot Fest. The band is top-billed for three shows at the festival: an August 25 show in Toronto, a mid-September show in Chicago, and a late September show in Denver.
"Oh, and you saw that right, The Replacements are playing!" an accompanying announcement to the Riot Fest lineup reads on the music festival's official website.
Originally made up of Paul Westerberg, Bob Stinson, Tommy Stinson, and Chris Mars, The Replacements performed onstage for the last time in Chicago's Grant Park on July 4, 1991. The surviving members of the band, Westerberg, Tommy Stinson, and Mars, teased a reunion late last year. Westerberg and Stinson came together to record an Ep to benefit former Replacements guitarist...
Formed in 1979, The Replacements are scheduled to perform together for the first time in more than twenty years at the upcoming music festival Riot Fest. The band is top-billed for three shows at the festival: an August 25 show in Toronto, a mid-September show in Chicago, and a late September show in Denver.
"Oh, and you saw that right, The Replacements are playing!" an accompanying announcement to the Riot Fest lineup reads on the music festival's official website.
Originally made up of Paul Westerberg, Bob Stinson, Tommy Stinson, and Chris Mars, The Replacements performed onstage for the last time in Chicago's Grant Park on July 4, 1991. The surviving members of the band, Westerberg, Tommy Stinson, and Mars, teased a reunion late last year. Westerberg and Stinson came together to record an Ep to benefit former Replacements guitarist...
- 6/13/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
The Replacements played their last show in Chicago in 1991, and though the influential drunk-rock band never officially broke up, the likelihood of any new activity dwindled through the years: Singer-guitarist Paul Westerberg has been famously reclusive, bassist Tommy Stinson has been playing with Guns N Roses, Chris Mars has pursued a career as a visual artist (he also left the band a year before that last show), and guitarist Slim Dunlap had a serious stroke last year. That last bit of information actually ignited this reunion: Westerberg and Stinson re-grouped last year to record an Ep to benefit Dunlap ...
- 6/13/2013
- avclub.com
The Replacements will reunite to play their first shows in 22 years as the seminal Minneapolis rock band will take the stage at Riot Fest 2013 in Toronto, Denver and Chicago. The band last performed together July 4, 1991 at Chicago’s Grant Park at Taste of Chicago. That gig, to put it mildly, ended badly as guitarist Paul Westerberg and bassist Tommy Stinson basically dissolved the group on stage. Westerberg and Stinson came together again last fall to pay tribute to former guitarist Slim Dunlap after he suffered a stroke earlier in 2012: the pair recorded an Ep of song covers...
- 6/13/2013
- Hitfix
1963
Johnny Cash: Blood, Sweat and Tears (Columbia)
Some of Cash's '60s concept albums were burdened with much too talking between tracks; here the tribute to the American working man gets to mostly stand alone on its musical merits, and shines. Notably, it incluces the top version of the traditional "John Henry"” about the most legendarily heroic working man ever, and the version of "Casey Jones" here is classic as well. Politically and psychologically, Cash was the perfect man for this job.
1968
Byrds: Notorious Byrd Brothers (Columbia)
Sometimes transitional albums, confusing listeners expecting a group's earlier style, are underrated. Not so with this classic. It's true that it didn't sell as well as earlier Byrds LPs, nor did the single from the album chart very high, but for decades Notorious Byrd Brothers has been widely revered, and not just by fans; some critics have even anointed it as the band's best album.
Johnny Cash: Blood, Sweat and Tears (Columbia)
Some of Cash's '60s concept albums were burdened with much too talking between tracks; here the tribute to the American working man gets to mostly stand alone on its musical merits, and shines. Notably, it incluces the top version of the traditional "John Henry"” about the most legendarily heroic working man ever, and the version of "Casey Jones" here is classic as well. Politically and psychologically, Cash was the perfect man for this job.
1968
Byrds: Notorious Byrd Brothers (Columbia)
Sometimes transitional albums, confusing listeners expecting a group's earlier style, are underrated. Not so with this classic. It's true that it didn't sell as well as earlier Byrds LPs, nor did the single from the album chart very high, but for decades Notorious Byrd Brothers has been widely revered, and not just by fans; some critics have even anointed it as the band's best album.
- 1/30/2013
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
The Replacements have reunited to record a new Ep of cover songs that will come out later this year. Only 250 copies of the 10-inch vinyl Ep will be pressed, and all will be auctioned online, according to Rolling Stone. Sales of the EPs will go to assist Slim Dunlap, who served as the band’s guitarist from 1987-1991. He had a stroke in February. Singer Paul Westerberg and bassist Tommy Stinson cut the tracks in a Minneapolis studio in late September to cut the tracks. Drummer Chris Mars did not take part: Peter Anderson plays drums on the Ep, while Kevin...
- 10/4/2012
- Hitfix
Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson—better known as one-half of The Replacements—have gotten the old band semi-back together. According to Rolling Stone, the duo spent a day in a Minneapolis studio last month, recording four covers that will be released as a limited-edition 10-inch Ep later this year. Only 250 copies of that record will be made and all of them will be auctioned online, with the proceeds going to former Replacements guitarist Slim Dunlap, who had a stroke earlier this year and is now semi-paralyzed. While the reunion is more than welcome, Westerberg told Rolling Stone that former ...
- 10/3/2012
- avclub.com
It was announced a couple months ago that the original members of Guns 'N Roses, who have been estranged for years, would be reuniting for their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony taking place April 14 in Cleveland, Ohio.
But not anymore. Axl Rose has sent a rather bizarre letter to the Hall of Fame saying he is skipping the ceremony and that he declines his entire induction into the Hall.
Maybe he has plans with Lana Del Rey.
Here is the letter in its entirety:
The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Guns N' Roses Fans and Whom It May Concern,
When the nominations for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame were first announced I had mixed emotions but, in an effort to be positive, wanting to make the most of things for the fans and with their enthusiasm, I was honored, excited and hoped...
But not anymore. Axl Rose has sent a rather bizarre letter to the Hall of Fame saying he is skipping the ceremony and that he declines his entire induction into the Hall.
Maybe he has plans with Lana Del Rey.
Here is the letter in its entirety:
The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Guns N' Roses Fans and Whom It May Concern,
When the nominations for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame were first announced I had mixed emotions but, in an effort to be positive, wanting to make the most of things for the fans and with their enthusiasm, I was honored, excited and hoped...
- 4/12/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Getty Images Singer Axl Rose of Guns N’ Roses performs at the Hollywood Palladium on March 9, 2012 in Hollywood, California.
Axl Rose has penned a letter declining an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. “I won’t be attending The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction 2012 Ceremony and I respectfully decline my induction as a member of Guns N’ Roses to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame,” Rose said in the letter. “I strongly request that...
Axl Rose has penned a letter declining an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. “I won’t be attending The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction 2012 Ceremony and I respectfully decline my induction as a member of Guns N’ Roses to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame,” Rose said in the letter. “I strongly request that...
- 4/12/2012
- by Lyneka Little
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Nothing lasts forever in the cold November rain, but on a chilly March night at Los Angeles' Wiltern Theater (capacity: 2,200), 50-year-old Axl Rose proved that Guns N’ Roses might last until he’s 100. During a 30-song set, the frontman sang the bejesus out of all the hits, accompanied by the audience (especially on “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”) and his band du jour: longtime Gnr keyboardist Dizzy Reed, relatively newish guitarists DJ Ashba, Richard Fortus and Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, bassist Tommy Stinson, drummer Frank Ferrer and keyboardist Chris Pitman. All of them were on a musical par with
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- 3/13/2012
- by Tim Appelo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Guns N' Roses have announced plans to embark on a UK arena tour. The band will play seven dates across the country in May, following their induction into the Us Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April. The tour will begin at Nottingham's Capital FM Arena on May 19 and finish at London's O2 Arena on May 31. Current members include singer Axl Rose, keyboard players Dizzy Reed and Chris Pitman, bassist Tommy Stinson, rhythm guitarist Richard Fortus, drummer Frank Ferrer plus lead guitarists Ron Thal and DJ Ashba. The original members of Guns N' Roses, which include Slash and Izzy Stradlin, will reunite for their enrolment (more)...
- 2/28/2012
- by By Lewis Corner
- Digital Spy
We forecast the year that will be for your favorite stars, in Bigger Than the Sound.
By James Montgomery
Beyonce
Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images
Welcome to 2012, the year that will either bring us the end of civilization as we know it or perhaps flying cars (finally!) Of course, between those two events, there's also going to be a presidential election, the London Olympics and that last "Twilight" movie (finally x 100!), not to mention a whole lot of activity within the lives of your favorite stars, too: Babies, weddings, honorary doctorates in nanotechnology; this is the year it'll all happen.
Which is why, with the new year upon us, I've decided to get my Kreskin on with these predictions for 2012. Don't ask me to gaze deep into my crystal ball and try to foresee who'll win the White House or the World Series, because, seriously, if I knew that, don't...
By James Montgomery
Beyonce
Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images
Welcome to 2012, the year that will either bring us the end of civilization as we know it or perhaps flying cars (finally!) Of course, between those two events, there's also going to be a presidential election, the London Olympics and that last "Twilight" movie (finally x 100!), not to mention a whole lot of activity within the lives of your favorite stars, too: Babies, weddings, honorary doctorates in nanotechnology; this is the year it'll all happen.
Which is why, with the new year upon us, I've decided to get my Kreskin on with these predictions for 2012. Don't ask me to gaze deep into my crystal ball and try to foresee who'll win the White House or the World Series, because, seriously, if I knew that, don't...
- 1/3/2012
- MTV Music News
Gorman Bechard’s Color Me Obsessed is the rare music documentary that lavishes admiration not only onto its subject, rowdy Minneapolis cult rock band The Replacements, but on the band’s fans as well. The doc doesn’t feature a single song by The Replacements, nor does it feature interviews with any of the three surviving members. Instead, Bechard lets the fans tell the story. Over the course of the film, he interviews dozens of subjects: the musicians, misfits, and devotees whose formative years were sound-tracked by The Replacements. We hear conflicting opinions about nearly everything – favorite songs, band dynamics, the point at which things turned sour. And we hear story after story about how the band changed (and in some cases saved) people’s lives.
Formed in 1979 by drummer Chris Mars and brothers Bob and Tommy Stinson, The Replacements were soon joined by Paul Westerberg, a local janitor who...
Formed in 1979 by drummer Chris Mars and brothers Bob and Tommy Stinson, The Replacements were soon joined by Paul Westerberg, a local janitor who...
- 11/22/2011
- by Dan Schoenbrun
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Guns N’ Roses will play its first full U.S. tour in five years starting Oct. 28 in Orlando. A few dates had been announced here and there, but today we got confirmation of the cities (and some venues) on the arena tour. The line-up is Axl Rose, guitarist DJ Ashba, keyboardist Dizzy Reed, bassist Tommy Stinson, guitarist Richard Fortus, guitarist Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal, keyboardist Chris Pitman and drummer Frank Ferrer. The press announcement screams that the band will play “all its hits,” which is a good thing since we’ve had no new music since 2008 “Chinese Democracy,” which yielded zero hits,...
- 9/21/2011
- Hitfix
Guns N' Roses have announced dates for their first Us tour in five years. The tour will begin in Orlando, Florida, on October 28 and will take in more than 30 cities across the country, including Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, Minneapolis and Denver, reports Entertainment Weekly. The band have not toured in their home country since before the release of 2008's infamously long-awaited Chinese Democracy album. The band currently features a lineup of founding member Rose, Tommy Stinson (formerly of the Replacements), (more)...
- 9/21/2011
- by By Hugh Armitage
- Digital Spy
Trek kicks off October 28 in Orlando, Florida, and will feature more than 30 shows.
By James Montgomery
Guns N' Roses' Axl Rose
Photo: Jeff Kravitz/ FilmMagic
Having spent the past two years touring everywhere but the United States (except for that one time they played at a motorcycle rally in South Dakota), Guns N' Roses will finally bring their show to our shores, with a run of arena gigs set to kick off in late October.
The tour — which launches October 28 at the Amway Center in Orlando and features more than 30 dates — is Gn'r's first run of U.S. shows in more than five years. That also means it's the first time they've hit the road here since the 2008 release of their Chinese Democracy album.
In addition to that Orlando show, the list of confirmed U.S. shows, according to the band's publicist, are: October 29 at the American Airlines Arena...
By James Montgomery
Guns N' Roses' Axl Rose
Photo: Jeff Kravitz/ FilmMagic
Having spent the past two years touring everywhere but the United States (except for that one time they played at a motorcycle rally in South Dakota), Guns N' Roses will finally bring their show to our shores, with a run of arena gigs set to kick off in late October.
The tour — which launches October 28 at the Amway Center in Orlando and features more than 30 dates — is Gn'r's first run of U.S. shows in more than five years. That also means it's the first time they've hit the road here since the 2008 release of their Chinese Democracy album.
In addition to that Orlando show, the list of confirmed U.S. shows, according to the band's publicist, are: October 29 at the American Airlines Arena...
- 9/21/2011
- MTV Music News
With all the hype surrounding the controversial album cover, the upcoming short film and the ongoing "G.O.O.D. Fridays" project, there is one fascinating story that has gotten a bit lost in the run up to the release of Kanye West's new album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. During the Los Angeles premiere of "Runaway," West revealed that the next single from the album (the third overall, after "Power" and "Runaway") will be a track called "All of the Lights," and it will feature a staggering list of guest stars. On that track, there are drop-ins from Rihanna, Alicia Keys, Elton John, Fergie, John Legend, The-Dream, Tony Williams, Kid Cudi, Charlie Wilson, Ryan Leslie and La Roux's Elly Jackson. "It's completely seamless and completely ghetto as f---," West said of the track.
Not only is that a huge number of collaborators for one song (that's 11 total, which...
Not only is that a huge number of collaborators for one song (that's 11 total, which...
- 10/19/2010
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
James Murphy has admitted that he 'doesn't give a s**t' about Guns N' Roses. The LCD Soundsystem star revealed his attitude to NME before the band's performance at Leeds Festival. He said: "I don't give a s**t about Guns N' Roses except for [bassist] Tommy Stinson, which I feel weird about." Murphy added of his set on the festival's final day: "Sunday (more)...
- 8/31/2010
- by By Clare Wiley
- Digital Spy
Reports suggesting upcoming Guns N' Roses shows have been scrapped have sparked confusion among the members of the band - bassist Tommy Stinson reveals he has no idea what's going on. After a disastrous, delayed band performance at the Rock 'N Rev Festival in Sturgis, South Dakota on August 13, a post appeared on frontman Axl Rose's Twitter page suggesting all upcoming concerts had been canceled.
The organizers of the Leeds and Reading Festival in England, where the rockers are due to perform this weekend, have assured fans the tweet was a hoax penned by someone who hacked into Rose's account. Stinson insists "everything's fine", but even he was stumped by the tweet.
He tells Cleveland, Ohio's classic rock radio station 98.5 Wncx, "It's startling to me how stuff happens. It's stressful. It's like you kinda think, 'Ok, well, I've gotta get my life in order here 'cause I'm leaving in five days,...
The organizers of the Leeds and Reading Festival in England, where the rockers are due to perform this weekend, have assured fans the tweet was a hoax penned by someone who hacked into Rose's account. Stinson insists "everything's fine", but even he was stumped by the tweet.
He tells Cleveland, Ohio's classic rock radio station 98.5 Wncx, "It's startling to me how stuff happens. It's stressful. It's like you kinda think, 'Ok, well, I've gotta get my life in order here 'cause I'm leaving in five days,...
- 8/24/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
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