#769: The Replacements & Mission of Burma

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🗓️ 21 August 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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The Replacements never had a hit song, but few bands have inspired such a deep connection with their fans. Bob Mehr, author of the biography Trouble Boys, talks with Jim and Greg about the band. Plus we revisit our interview with Mission of Burma.

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0:00.0	You're listening to sound opinions and Jim no doubt the replacements one of the most
0:09.4	important bands in our lives both as journalists and as fans.
0:14.0	80s Underground helped define it 79 through 91 one of the most important bands in the world
0:19.0	to the fans who loved them during that era.
0:22.0	Didn't sell any records. No big No big hits but a huge influence on bands that came after in that
0:27.5	alternative rock era a lot of bands influenced by the
0:30.1	replacements. Reunited in 2012 and the proof was there the crowds that came the The mats, as fans always called them, never took themselves seriously, in fact, you know, famous for shooting themselves in the foot, drinking, self-destruction.
0:49.0	That's part of the story, but it's not the whole story. People also know that Paul Westerberg is one of the most
0:54.4	admired songwriters by everyone who's followed. People who really are not afraid to wear
1:00.6	their heart on their sleeve to talk deeply about serious issues, even in as silly a thing is rock and roll.
1:06.2	The whole story is captured in the book Trouble Boys by journalist Bob Mayer.
1:10.8	We spoke with him in 2016 when the book came out and we are revisiting
1:14.7	that conversation today. Bob, welcome to sound opinions. Thanks for having me
1:19.0	guys. It's good to talk to both of you again. The 10 years you put into this book. It is really the story of the
1:25.0	replacements but also the story of a uniquely American rock band, the story of an
1:30.5	era in rock history, the story of the power of art to help people escape.
1:37.0	Yeah, I did once I realized the weight of the story, the gravity of it, the the depth and the scope it felt like this was an
1:45.2	opportunity to tell both a bigger and a smaller story a story of an era in rock music
1:51.6	in the music business in the way bands got together and took shape and
1:57.2	then also a smaller story in terms of the lives the intimate details of this group of people's
2:02.2	lives and the the tragedy. the I hope. Who were the four guys in the replacements and how did they end up making
2:16.0	music together? It's really the replacements were kind of a merger of a band, a
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