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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: Kids Don't Follow
The-Replacements - Stink
The Replacements Frontman Paul Westerberg Wrote This Song After Seeing U2 Perform "I Will Follow" Twice At A Show In April 1981. Westerberg Liked The Sound Of The Song But Had A Problem With Its Message - He Looked Around Him And Saw A Bunch Of Kids Rebelling Not Following. He Wrote "Kids Don't Follow" In Response.
Westerberg Didn't Know That U2 Frontman Bono Wrote "I Will Follow" For His Mother. It Wasn't A Blanket Statement About Youth. Westerberg Often Wrote Songs As Disgruntled Responses To Other Songs. The Stink Album Is Bookended With Such Songs Opening With "Kids Don't Follow" And Closing With "Gimme Noise " A Response To "Music For Boys" By The Suburbs. Before The Song Begins You Can Hear A Recording Of Minneapolis Police Busting A House Party The Band Had Thrown To Raise Rent Money. Voices Can Be Heard Cursing Out The Cops. In Trouble Boys Author Bob Mehr Confirms Long-Held Rumors That One Of The Voices Is That Of Soul Asylum Frontman Dave Pirner. Pirner Explains They'd Been Hiding Behind A Soundboard And Yelling Because They Knew The Police Couldn't Identify Where The Voices Were Coming From. The Current Asked Pirner About The Event. Pirner Confirmed He Was There And Called It "the Second-Best Minneapolis Warehouse Party Ever " After A Warehouse Party Dubbed "the Cold Party" And Held By Minneapolis Act Man Sized Action. It Was Catered By White Castle. The Replacements Manager/producer Peter Jesperson Was A Sincere Some Said Fanatic Devotee Of The Band. He Loved "Kids Don't Follow" And Believed It Was A Groundbreaking Song That Had To Be Recorded ASAP. The Band's Label Twin/Tone Records Hesitated Because They Still Hadn't Gotten Their Money Back For Sorry Ma Forgot To Take Out The Trash The Replacements' First Studio Album. The Situation Pushed Twin/Tone To Demand That The Replacements Sign A Proper Contract. The Label And The Band Were Small And Hadn't Entered Into A Formal Binding Agreement. Westerberg Refused The Stipulations Of The Contract And Kicked Off A Years-Long Battle Between The Label And The Band - One That Eventually Brought Them To Court. From Westerberg's Perspective He Was Getting Ripped Off. From Twin/Tone's Perspective The Replacements Hadn't Produced A Cent Of Profit And Had No Leverage. The Band Had A Passionate Fanbase In Their Native Minnesota But Nothing Much Outside Of That. Twin/Tone Needed To Recoup Their Investment Westerberg Wanted Artistic Freedom And A Bigger Slice Of The Pie. The Most Important Thing Is That Stink Got Made Anyway. The Replacements Premiered "Kids Don't Follow" In January 1982 While Opening A Wisconsin Show For Their Friendly Rival Hüsker Dü. They'd Driven To The Venue In A Van Borrowed From The Suburbs. The Three Groups Formed The Holy Trinity Of The Minnesota 1970s/1980s Music Scene That Heavily Influenced Punk Rock's Evolution Into The More-Melodic Sound That Would Come To Be Labeled "alternative" Music.
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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.
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The Replacements frontman Paul Westerberg wrote this song after seeing U2 perform "I Will Follow" twice at a show in April 1981. Westerberg liked the sound of the song but had a problem with its message - he looked around him and saw a bunch of kids rebelling, not following. He wrote "Kids Don't Follow" in response.
Westerberg didn't know that U2 frontman Bono wrote "I Will Follow" for his mother. It wasn't a blanket statement about youth.
Westerberg often wrote songs as disgruntled responses to other songs. The Stink album is bookended with such songs, opening with "Kids Don't Follow" and closing with "Gimme Noise," a response to "Music For Boys" by The Suburbs.
Before the song begins you can hear a recording of Minneapolis police busting a house party the band had thrown to raise rent money. Voices can be heard cursing out the cops. In Trouble Boys, author Bob Mehr confirms long-held rumors that one of the voices is that of Soul Asylum frontman Dave Pirner. Pirner explains they'd been hiding behind a soundboard and yelling because they knew the police couldn't identify where the voices were coming from.
The Current asked Pirner about the event. Pirner confirmed he was there and called it "the second-best Minneapolis warehouse party ever," after a warehouse party dubbed "the Cold Party" and held by Minneapolis act Man Sized Action. It was catered by White Castle.
The Replacements manager/producer Peter Jesperson was a sincere (some said fanatic) devotee of the band. He loved "Kids Don't Follow" and believed it was a groundbreaking song that had to be recorded ASAP. The band's label, Twin/Tone Records, hesitated because they still hadn't gotten their money back for Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash, The Replacements' first studio album. The situation pushed Twin/Tone to demand that The Replacements sign a proper contract. The label and the band were small and hadn't entered into a formal binding agreement.
Westerberg refused the stipulations of the contract and kicked off a years-long battle between the label and the band - one that eventually brought them to court. From Westerberg's perspective, he was getting ripped off. From Twin/Tone's perspective, The Replacements hadn't produced a cent of profit and had no leverage. The band had a passionate fanbase in their native Minnesota, but nothing much outside of that. Twin/Tone needed to recoup their investment, Westerberg wanted artistic freedom and a bigger slice of the pie. The most important thing is that Stink got made, anyway.
The Replacements premiered "Kids Don't Follow" in January, 1982, while opening a Wisconsin show for their friendly rival Hüsker Dü. They'd driven to the venue in a van borrowed from the Suburbs. The three groups formed the holy trinity of the Minnesota 1970s/1980s music scene that heavily influenced punk rock's evolution into the more-melodic sound that would come to be labeled "alternative" music. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.