History Music / TheReplacements

The band reunited in 2012 and played several shows in 2013. Westerberg has not ruled out a new album.

* FanNickname: The Placemats, the Mats

* NamesTheSame: "Red Red Wine" is NOT the same as the [=UB40=] song.

* TakeThat: "Seen Your Video", a swipe at hair metal bands of the era.

The band reunited in 2012. They will be playing several shows in 2013, and Westerberg has not ruled out a new album.

* SoundtrackDissonance: Some variation of this occurs in the video for "The Ledge", about a man DrivenToSuicide. The video consisted of a bunch of generic shots of people eating chips and sitting on couches. About halfway through there's an inspirational scene in which Westerberg stares at the camera for a few seconds and then picks his ear using his middle finger.

* JanglePop: One of the genre's more Punk-influenced and aggressive bands, but they still count. They started to play songs in this style on ''Hootenanny''. "I Will Dare", incidentally, is perhaps the band's most "jangly" sounding track- it even features [[Music/R.E.M. Peter Buck]] as a guest guitarist!

* JanglePop: One of the genre's more Punk-influenced and aggressive bands, but they still count. They started to play songs in this style on ''Hootenanny''. "I Will Dare", incidentally, is perhaps the band's most "jangly" sounding track- it even features [[Music/REM Peter Buck]] as a guest guitarist!

* JanglePop: One of the genre's more Punk-influenced and aggressive bands, but they still count. They started to play songs in this style on ''Hootenanny''. "I Will Dare", incidentally, is perhaps the band's most "jangly" sounding track- it even features [[REM Peter Buck]] as a guest guitarist!

** In the liner notes for the CD of All Shook Down: "The musicians who played on this recorded thing include"

--> ''"Oh, meet me anyplace or anywhere or anytime\\

If you will dare, I might dare"''
--> -- '''The Replacements''', ''"I Will Dare"''


Defining {{Alternative Rock}} bands, before it was cool. The definitive lineup included Paul Westerberg (rhythm guitar, vocals), Tommy Stinson (bass), Bobby Stinson (lead guitar) and Chris Mars (drums). Bobby Stinson was replaced by Slim Dunlop in 1987 and Chris Mars by Steve Foley in 1990. Since the breakup of the band in 1991 Westerberg has released numerous solo records, and Tommy Stinson has played in a number of bands, most notably with [[Music/GunsNRoses Axl Rose and Friends]].

* DrivenToSuicide: The main character of "The Ledge". It's never explicitly stated why he wants to kill himself, but the song implies he feels ignored by the world.

* BitingTheHandHumor: The back cover of ''Let It Be'' is a closeup of what looks to be a garage door covered with various in-jokey graffiti, including "Twin Tone eats slotty crap" [[hottip:*: or possibly "sloth crap" depending upon how you interpret the scrawled handwriting]] - Twin/Tone was the record label they were signed to at the time. Humorously, on some editions of the album, the Twin/Tone logo appears directly beneath that message.

* SelfDeprecation: Most evident in the EP titles ''Stink'' [[hottip:*: The cover of course reads "The Replacements Stink" in all caps]] and ''Don't Buy Or Sell, It's Crap''. Even their name was picked to make them sound second-rate - the intended implication is that they'd only be added to a concert lineup if a more popular band backed out and it was the best the promoters could do on short notice.

!!Tropes involving this band:

* IWantSong: "Here Comes a Regular" and "Unsatisfied".

** The rarity The rarity "Lookin' For Ya" (which they would re-work into "Love Lines") ends with Paul Westerberg ad-libbing "Keep your riches, give me a Budweiser!" This is because it was originally recorded for ''Trackin' Up The North'', a compilation put together as part of a "Rags To Riches" battle of the bands co-sponsored by Miller High Life.

* BitingTheHandHumor: The back cover of ''Let It Be'' is a closeup of what looks to be a garage door covered with various in-jokey graffiti, including "Twin Tone eats slotty crap" [[hottip:*: or possibly "sloth crap" depending upon how you interpret the scrawled handwriting]] - Twin/Tone was the record label they were signed to at the time. Humorously, on some editions of the album, the Twin/Tone logo appears directly beneath that message.

** "Something to Du" (for [=Hüsker=] [=Dü=])

Starting out as a loud fast HardcorePunk band, they transitioned into a melodic alternative rock band, driven by the heart on the sleeve, earnest songwriting of Paul Westerberg. In terms of general popularity the Mats barely register compared to the likes of their contemporaries Music/{{REM}} or their arguable successors Music/{{Nirvana}}, Music/PearlJam and Music/{{Soundgarden}}. But don't feel too sorry for them though, much of their unpopularity can be attributed to their drunken
stage antics and penchant for biting the hand that feeds.

* LampshadeWearing: "Swinging Party"
* LeaveTheCameraRunning: The video for "Bastard of Young", a static shot of a stereo system playing the song at the wrong speed.

** "Something to Du" (for [=Hüsker=] [=Dü=]

* ShoutOut: Music/TheyMightBeGiants' "We're The Replacements"

If you will dare, I might dare\"''

Starting out as a loud fast HardcorePunk band, they transitioned into a melodic alternative rock band, driven by the heart on the sleeve, earnest songwriting of Paul Westerberg. In terms of general popularity the Mats barely register compared to the likes of their contemporaries Music/{{REM}} or their arguable successors Music/{{Nirvana}}, Music/PearlJam and Music/{{Soundgarden}}. But don't feel too sorry for them though, much of their unpopularity can be attributed to their drunken stage antics and penchant for biting the hand that feeds.

* DownerEnding: "The Ledge".