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Androgynous by The Replacements

Artist Biography For The Replacements

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 90s Indie 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 Abrasive Hard Drinking Lifestyles And Their Ragged Stage Performances Notorious For Coming To Some Shows Too Drunk To Play Very Well At All. Sometimes They Just Performed Entire Sets Of Covers Their Picks Showing Their Debt To 70s Hard Rock Outfits. The Sound Of This Band Showed Off What Their Many Fans Saw As The Very Best Of Independent Rock N' Roll. More Than Possibly Any Other Band Since The Rolling Stones And The The Ramones The Replacements Embodied The Spirit Of Rock From Their Raucous Performances Drug Addictions Charismatic And Romantic Frontman And Wild Sometimes Basic And Sometimes Powerfully Confessional Songs. At Any Given Time Almost Any List Of 'The Best Rock Albums Of All Time' Will Include Either The Album 'Let It Be' Or 'Tim' Sometimes Both. Their Sound Started Off As A Classic Rock Influenced Shade Of Punk Mutating To A Melodic Hardcore Sound Reminiscent Of Local Buddies Hüsker Dü. They Also Progressed Into A Relatively Straightforward But Heartfelt Rock Style With A Number Of Highly Soulful Ballads From The Heart Of Westerberg To Round Out The Mix. The Band Broke Up In 1991. Bob Stinson Who Was Fired From The Band In 1986 And Was Subsequently Replaced By Slim Dunlap Died In 1995. Westerberg And Mars Both Have Solo Careers And Tommy Stinson Formed Several Bands Like Perfect And Bash And Pop And Now Plays Bass For Guns And Roses And Soul Asylum. In 2012 Paul Westerberg And Tommy Stinson Reformed The Replacements And Recorded An EP "Songs For Slim" As A Benefit For Former Member Slim Dunlap Who Had Suffered A Stroke. The Band Played Their First Show Since 1991 On August 24 2013 At RiotFest In Toronto And Has Since Played At Several Festivals Since. The Band Also Currently Includes Josh Freese On Drums And Dave Minehan On Guitar. The Band Played Its Final Show In June 2015.

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Androgynous

"Androgynous" Was Born From One Of The Most '80s Events Imaginable A Collaboration Between The Replacements And R.E.M. Guitarist Peter Buck. Replacements Manager Peter Jesperson Helped Out R.E.M. By Serving As Their Tour Manager For A Short Tour In 1983 When They Were Rising Fast And Caught Between Managers. The Move Caused Some Tensions Within The Replacements As They Felt Betrayed By One Of The Figures They Appreciated And Relied Upon More Than Anyone Else. When Jesperson Went Back To The Replacements He Brought A Couple Of Buck's Guitars With Him. Buck Followed Soon After Mostly As An Excuse To Hit The Clubs With Westerberg Though There Was Brief Discussion Of Him Producing Let It Be . As Westerberg And Buck Got Their Debauchery On They Decided To Mess Around With Gaudy Makeup And Women's Clothes. It Nearly Got Them Into A Fight With Some Less-Progressive Locals. A Girl Called Them "androgynous " Which Was The First Time Westerberg Heard The Word. He Looked It Up And Based The Song Around It. The Tidy Ballad Resulting From The Buck-Westerberg Club Collaboration Tells The Story Of An Androgynous Couple Dick And Jane Who Don't Adhere To Traditional Gender Norms Dick "might Be A Father But He Sure Ain't A Dad" . Rockers Like Lou Reed And David Bowie Released Songs Questioning Gender Roles In The '70s But By The '80s It's Wasn't A Hot Topic In Rock Owing Partly To The Rise Of Disco And New Wave Where It Was Natively Accepted. This Song Stood Out With Its Message That What Now Seemed Aberrant Would Eventually Be Normal “Kewpie Dolls And Urine Stalls Will Be Laughed At The Way You're Laughed At Now” The Song Was Included On The Replacements' Fourth Album Let It Be Which Is Now Hailed As A Classic. According To Westerberg The Song Wasn't Hard To Write But Getting The Band To Accept It Was A Challenge Because There Was No Place For Bob Stinson To Blast A Guitar Solo. Crash Test Dummies Included This Song On Their 1991 Debut Album The Ghosts That Haunt Me. Their Version Was Released As A Single Where It Was A Minor Hit In Canada. Joan Jett Covered The Song In 2006 On Her Album Sinner. Videos Were Made For Both Of These Versions.

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