Episode #193 | 7.8.25
The Replacements: Stink Bombs, Broken Guitars, and Self-Sabotage
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In this episode
A teenage bass-playing f*ck-up prodigy. A big brother in an ill-fitting bodysuit on national television. A drummer playing chicken with the cops on his motorcycle. And one of the greatest singer-songwriters to ever pick up a guitar and stumble towards a microphone. These were the Replacements: shambolic and chaotic, just like the best rock ‘n roll often is. In 1986, the Minneapolis quartet delivered a legendary performance on Saturday Night Live – one which ensured their short-term demise while cementing their long-term legacy.
Sources
Trouble Boys: The True Story of The Replacements, by Bob Mehr
The Replacements: All Over but the Shouting – An Oral History, by Jim Walsh
Going Down With the Replacements (Village Voice)
G.E. Smith talking about The Replacements on SNL
Harry Dean Stanton remember working with “unusual” Bob Dylan (Far Out)
Credits
Hosted by Jake Brennan.
Written by Patrick Coman.
Copy edited by James Sullivan.
Scored and mixed by Matt Beaudoin.
Additional music and score elements by Ryan Spraker.
DISGRACELAND theme song, “Crenshaw Space Boogie,” written and produced by Jake Brennan. Performed by Jake Brennan, Bryce Kanzer, Jay Cannava, and Evan Kenney. Mixed and engineered by Adam Taylor.
*illustrations by Avi Spivak @avispivak