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The band recorded a four-song demo tape in Mars's basement; [23] Westerberg handed it to Peter Jesperson in May 1980. [24] Jesperson was the manager of Oar Folkjokeopus, a punk rock record store in Minneapolis; [25] he also founded Twin/Tone Records with Paul Stark (a local recording engineer) and Charley Hallman.
The video was created using extra 1987 footage from the music video for the band's song "The Ledge," also from Pleased to Meet Me. [5] [6] The video for "The Ledge," a song written about suicide, was rejected by MTV for "objectionable song content," so the footage was reused in 1987 for another track from the album, "Alex Chilton."
A music video for "Alex Chilton" was released in 1987. The video was created by repurposing footage from the music video for the band's song "The Ledge," also from Pleased to Meet Me. [6] [7] The video for "The Ledge," a song written about suicide, was rejected by MTV for "objectionable song content." Extra footage from these films were later ...
The group’s influence loomed huge over the subsequent grunge and alternative rock boom, as artists such as Nirvana, Green Day, Liz Phair, Pavement, and Wilco ushered the Replacements’ spirit ...
Let It Be is the third studio album by American rock band the Replacements.It was released on October 2, 1984, by Twin/Tone Records.A post-punk album with coming-of-age themes, Let It Be was recorded by the band after they had grown tired of playing loud and fast exclusively as on their 1983 Hootenanny album; the group decided to write songs that were, according to vocalist Paul Westerberg, "a ...
The Replacements released a pencil-sketched animation for "Shutup," honoring the 40th anniversary of their 1981 classic Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash. The black-and-white video has a ...
"Androgynous" is a song by the Replacements featured on their 1984 album Let It Be. The song, which has been described as "decades ahead of its time" [1] describes in positive terms a romantic relationship between two gender non-conforming individuals, and expresses hope that in the future such people and their personal relationships will be more accepted.
Musician Bob "Slim" Dunlap, who stabilized the Replacements between 1987-1991 following the departure of original guitarist Bob Stinson, has died.