The Replacements All Over But the Shouting: An Oral History

by Walsh, Jim

• ISBN13: 9780760330623
• ISBN10: 076033062X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-11-15
• Publisher: Voyageur Press

Summary

This is the story of The Replacements, a band in three acts: from its founding through its ascension from the club scene to the national indie circuit and a major label deal in 1985, to its slow and painful implosion. Twin Cities music journalist Jim Walsh tells the story of the band that began in a basement and was eventually celebrated by The Village Voice and Rolling Stone. Walsh follows The Replacements remarkable rise (seven LPs, a spot on Saturday Night Live, a Grammy nomination) and their equally thunderous downfall.

Author Biography

Jim Walsh spent several years playing in Twin Cities bands before turning to rock criticism. In 1990 he became the music editor at City Pages, an alternative weekly in Minneapolis. Three years later he joined the St. Paul Pioneer Press as the pop music columnist and as a feature writer, and in 2002 left Minnesota to study at Stanford University on a Knight Fellowship. Walsh returned to Minneapolis in 2003 and after a stint with City Pages currently performs as his musical alter-ego The Mad Ripple.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Epilogue Waiting to Be Forgotten The Players Endnotes

Acknowledgments Song and Album

Index

General Index

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