Replacements Reunite To Record EP

Two of the three surviving original members of The Replacements – singer Paul Westerberg and bassist Tommy Stinson – recently got back together in the studio to work on a covers EP. Could this mean a reunion tour is a possibility sometime soon?

The four-track EP is being released as a limited edition 10-inch vinyl. To get your hands on one of the 250 copies, you’ll have to take part in an online auction.

Proceeds from the EP will help out Slim Dunlap, who played guitar for the Replacements from 1984-1991 and suffered a severe stroke earlier this year.

Westerberg told Rolling Stone that Dunlap, who encouraged his former bandmates to reunite, is “in rough shape. He’s sort of paralyzed, he can move his leg a little bit.”

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Tommy Stinson, former bassist for The Replacements, performs with Soul Asylum at Mohegan Sun Wolf Den in Uncasville, Conn.

The EP includes Dunlap’s “Busted Up,” Hank Williams’ “Lost Highway,” Williams Gordon Lightfoot’s “I’m Not Sayin’” and “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” from the Broadway musical “Gypsy.”

Original drummer Chris Mars declined to take part in the reunion. Peter Anderson took his place on drums. Kevin Bowe, who Rolling Stone points out toured in Westerberg’s solo band in 2005, played guitar.

When asked if a tour or new album could come next, here’s what Westerberg told Rolling Stone:

“It’s possible. After playing with Tommy last week, I was thinking, ‘All right, let’s crank it up and knock out a record like this.’ I’m closer to it now than I was two years ago, let’s say that.”

The last time The Replacements, who broke up in 1991, put out new music was in 2006. Two new tracks were recorded for the band’s greatest hits album Don’t You Know Who I Think I Was?

Founding member and lead guitarist Bob Stinson died in 1995.

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