"Take Me Down To The Hospital" recounts the night The Replacements' frontman Paul Westerberg spent in an emergency room after taking pharmaceutical-grade amphetamine. It also explains why The Replacements' dressing rooms smelled like Ben-Gay from 1983 onwards. The incident happened after the band played a show at the St. Croix Boom Company, a refurbished historic site in Stillwater, Minnesota, where many local acts performed and recorded. In a scene detailed in Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements, the band were driving home when Westerberg began writ… read more
"Take Me Down To The Hospital" recounts the night The Replacements' frontman Paul Westerberg spent in an emergency room after taking p… read more
"Take Me Down To The Hospital" recounts the night The Replacements' frontman Paul Westerberg spent in an emergency room after taking pharmaceutical-grade amphetamine. It a… read more
The Replacements were an alternative rock group that formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1979. The band originally started off as a hardcore punk outfit but began to incorporate folk and power pop influences in their sound. They become one of the leaders of the early alt-folk set and one of the flagship bands of the American post-punk scene in the 80s, being a major influence on 90sindie rock as well. The band's best known lineup consisted of Paul Westerberg (vocals, guitar), Bob Stinson (guitar), Tommy Stinson (bass) and Chris Mars (drums). They were infamous for their … read more
The Replacements were an alternative rock group that formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1979. The band originally started off as a hardcore punk outfit but began to incorporate folk and po…read more
The Replacements were an alternative rock group that formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1979. The band originally started off as a hardcore punk outfit but began to incorporate folk and power pop influences in their sound. They become… read more