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Re: The Tommy Stinson Thread
you are grasping at straws dude. His tone would indicate that he is less than impressed with the final outcome.
get off the nut swing and call it for what it is.
I never said he wasn't less than impressed with the final outcome. He clearly said so himself. What I'm, and others, are saying is that he was frustrated with the process. He clearly explains how the songs were done way earlier in the decade and various "suits" would come in and tell them to rework the songs and make them sound better. And he feels that they didn't sound any better after all the tweaks. Clearly expressing his feeling that the album should've been released YEARS earlier.
Re: The Tommy Stinson Thread
Knowing what background Tommy came from, I would lean to the side of he thinks it is a mess due to the delays and added layers. Like I said, Tommy probably thought the record was done in 2001-2002.
Agreed. I'm not sure why this is so difficult to accept.
Re: The Tommy Stinson Thread
http://www.vita.mn/story.php?id=122190229
Music: Ex-Replacement Tommy Stinson relishes being a frontman
May 19, 2011
By Chris Riemenschneider
It's the first thing he did when the Replacements split up in 1991, so it's no surprise that Tommy Stinson said he would like to be a full-time frontman if he could. Yet Friday's First Avenue show will be the Minneapolis rock legend's first time leading a band in about five years.
"It's been too long," he said. "The cool thing about where I'm at now, though, is I get the opportunity to do a lot of different things -- all of which pay." The paying gigs include his stint playing bass in Axl Rose's revamped Guns N' Roses and his other bassist job with Soul Asylum.
Stinson has a new record, "One Man Mutiny," tentatively set for August release. The disc includes a contribution from his old 'Mats buddy Paul Westerberg on one song, "Match Made in Hell." He finished the album a couple of months ago before moving to Hudson, N.Y.
On his new album: "It's a little more rootsy than the last record, and more upbeat. I did most of it over the last couple years, piecemeal between Guns N' Roses tours. I just work on it when I can. Hopefully, I'll move quicker now. One of the goals of moving up here to Hudson was to have my own place with my own studio."
On his post-'Mats bands Bash & Pop and Perfect: "Bash & Pop was interesting because it was my first foray into leading a band. The problem I had right off the bat -- which I'm facing again -- was it's hard to start a band. It's hard to get the right gigs and get people paid. In Bash & Pop, that was all on me. In Perfect, it was more of a group effort, but then that got to be hard, too. A lot of work and a lot of effort went into just getting screwed again."
On future Replacements endeavors: "I think the last round was scraping the bottom of the barrel as far as reissues go. I'm not sure about a live album. I don't know if there was ever a live recording made that was worth a crap. I could be wrong, but I don't remember any.
"I don't know if Paul or Chris [Mars] have completely shut the door on it, but I've always thought of it as an open door. If we wanted to go play some shows, we'd just go do it, no big deal."
On Soul Asylum's record: "We still have a few things to finish up. Just last week, I was working on a couple things. Hopefully we'll get it out by the end of the year. It's a little hard because we are spread across different states, but we've been really working hard on it."
And GNR: "We have dates in October, November, and then I'm still waiting to get the 411 on what will happen next year. I think the next thing is really going to have to be someone trying to organize a record and getting it together. I think there's a really good band there to do it. But, you know, the thought of it is more daunting than a 'Mats or a Soul Asylum record combined."
Re: The Tommy Stinson Thread
TOMMY STINSON, founding member of the seminal Minneapolis-based rock group The Replacements, and current bass player for Guns N’ Roses and Soul Asylum will release his second solo effort, One Man Mutiny, on his own Done To Death Music label on August 30th, 2011. 
One Man Mutiny is his most fully-realized effort to date in both production quality and craftsmanship of song. “I’m finding it a lot more interesting to make music these days,” says Tommy. “Especially given the musical climate as of the last few years – there are a lot of people complaining about how bad it is. I am actually embracing the challenges”. This album is also a family affair for Tommy – his fiancée Emily Roberts sings harmonies on many of the songs and lead on his first ever duet, “Destroy Me,” while her uncle Chip Roberts’ slide guitar playing flavors the album from beginning to end.
The album was produced by Phillip Broussard, Jr. (who has engineered records for such groups as Red Hot Chili Peppers, Weezer as well as Tommy’s 1st solo effort, Village Gorilla Head) and recorded at Tommy’s Bipolarbear studios in both Los Angeles and suburban Philadelphia. The exception would be “One Man Mutiny,” which was recorded with Guns N’ Roses members Dizzy Reed and Richard Fortus in the restaurant of the Conrad Hotel in Brussels, Belgium on a day off from their 2010 European tour, which was documented on video (along with all sorts of other adventures on the road with GnR) on Tommy’s website www.tommystinson.com. The album was mixed by Sean Beavan (GnR, Nine Inch Nails, and Tommy’s Village Gorilla Head).
Stinson, whose career began at the tender age of 13, has spent his entire life thus far making music and touring incessantly, leaving an indelible mark in the world of music and pop culture.
After the Replacements stopped playing in 1991, Stinson went on to record with his Faces-flavored group Bash & Pop and the more straight-forward Perfect. His first solo release, Village Gorilla Head, was released in 2004 receiving praise from the critics and the fans. In 2005, Stinson also scored his first movie ("Catch and Release" with Jennifer Garner) with musician pal, BT.
Re: The Tommy Stinson Thread
you are grasping at straws dude. His tone would indicate that he is less than impressed with the final outcome.
get off the nut swing and call it for what it is.
Tommy has always been like this, he's always been honest. You guys are now telling people to read between the lines of what he's saying, instead of what he's saying. If he hated the record, he'd say it. You can't have it both ways, he's either honest or a liar. He wants to make another album...
And faldor is far from a nutswinger, so don't even try and start that shit.
Re: The Tommy Stinson Thread
And GNR: "We have dates in October, November, and then I'm still waiting to get the 411 on what will happen next year. I think the next thing is really going to have to be someone trying to organize a record and getting it together. I think there's a really good band there to do it. But, you know, the thought of it is more daunting than a 'Mats or a Soul Asylum record combined."
sounds interesting, but not too positive on a new album...
Re: The Tommy Stinson Thread
Correct. He'd get fired for saying mess. So he said it without saying it. dense and mish-mash = mess.
Again, your interpretation. I don't agree at all. He said in 2009 it turned out "great" and "right". The record was out by then, so unless he explicitly says otherwise, there is no reason to think he's changed his tune. Unless, you're a mindreader, your claim is just your interpretation.
As Mister ID said, "You guys are now telling people to read between the lines of what he's saying, instead of what he's saying."
I'll leave it at that since that sums it up perfectly from my perspective.
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