Trouble Boys
The True Story of the Replacements
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4.7 • 71 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Based on a decade of research and reporting--as well as access to the Replacements' key principals, Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson--author Bob Mehr has fashioned something far more compelling than a conventional band bio. Trouble Boys is a deeply intimate portrait, revealing the primal factors and forces that shaped one of the most brilliant and notoriously self-destructive rock 'n' roll bands of all time.
Beginning with riveting revelations about the Replacements' troubled early years, Trouble Boys follows the group as they rise within the early '80s American underground. It uncovers the darker truths behind the band's legendary drinking, showing how their addictions first came to define them, and then nearly destroyed them.
A roaring road adventure, a heartrending family drama, and a cautionary showbiz tale, Trouble Boys has deservedly been hailed as an instant classic of rock lit.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Music critic Mehr captures the light and dark of a band that could play both acoustic ballads such as "Here Comes A Regular" and punk anthems such as "Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out." The Replacements were one of the great alterative rock bands of the 1980s and were known for their live shows, which could be brilliant displays of controlled mayhem or drug-fueled disasters. Mehr covers all aspects of the band members: alcoholism and addiction, artistic differences, ruined friendships, and the death of lead guitarist Bob Stinson. Though the band was known for its short, fast, impromptu-sounding songs, this book takes an opposite approach: it runs more than 500 pages and is thoroughly researched and detailed. Mehr includes rare candid interviews with the band's singer-songwriter, Paul Westerberg, and bassist, Tommy Stinson, earning the "true story" subtitle. B&w photos not seen by PW.
Customer Reviews
Personally connected
Knowing Anita for as many years as my wife and I have, knowing this part of her life is astounding.
Wonderfully written.
Trouble Boys
Must read for
any replacements fan!
A must read if you like the Mats
Incredibly detailed, interesting, funny, depressing and very well told story. I thought I knew the Mats but I was wrong. Great.