Paul Westerberg
Paul Westerberg is the former lead singer and songwriter of The Replacements, one of the seminal indie rock bands of the 1980s.
The Replacements were one of the driving forces behind indie-rock in the 1980s. Their drunken disregard for societal norms, and their heart-breaking chords and lyrics made everyone think they would be the biggest thing in 1987, or 1986.
Unfortunately, The Mats never translated critical success into commercial sales, in spite of their faithful followers (see Ryan Adams, Uncle Tupelo, Goo Goo Dolls, and most of alt-country) who seemed to cash in on the same formula.
'Mats fans never forgot the original. After a major label period, Westerberg came to his senses, and let everyone hear what was going on his basement studio. The results, mostly lo-fi affairs, have been mixed.
Westerberg's half-sister, Mary Lucia, works for the Minneapolis-St. Paul radio station KCMP.
Discography
DVD/Movie
- Come Feel Me Tremble - Redline Entertainment/Ventura Distribution (2003)
Albums
- 14 Songs - Sire/Reprise Records 45255 (1993); produced by Matt Wallace and Paul Westerberg; limited edition CD book Sire/Reprise Records 45335
- Eventually - Reprise Records 9 46176-2 (1996); produced by Paul Westerberg; co-produced by Lou Giordano; (3 tracks produced by Brendan O'Brien and Paul Westerberg) ;
- Grandpaboy (self-titled CD EP) - Soundproof/Monolyth MCD 1315 (1997)
- Suicaine Gratifaction - EMD/Capitol (1999); produced by Don Was and Paul WASterberg
- Mono (Paul dba Grandpaboy) - Vagrant(2002); limited edition Mono stand-alone CD, 10,000 copies produced
- Stereo - Vagrant VR 369 (2002); includes bonus Mono CD
- Dead Man Shake (Paul dba Grandpaboy) - Fat Possum (2003)
- Come Feel Me Tremble - Vagrant Records (2003)
- Folker - Vagrant (2004)