The Replacements - Left Of The Dial (Official Promo Video)

My favorite band, rock & roll anti-heroes who not only couldn't care less about commercial success, they seemed to decidedly sabotage it every chance they got. The SNL incident is a fine example, from which they were banned from ever playing the show again. Luckily, they're a great enough band that their cult following kept them in business as long as they wanted, which was only until '91 when they famously broke up on stage during a live radio broadcast in Chicago. Even luckier (for me), they reunited in 2013 and I got to see a few of those shows, a couple in Seattle and the first in Chicago, aka the scene of the crime. In between, Paul Westerberg had success as a solo artist, scoring the music for the great Cameron Crowe film Singles with his hits "Dyslexic Heart" and "Waiting For Somebody." Link to this song from RiotFest Chicago 2013. Post edit: the only time I've ever seen a true encore was Westerberg at the Showbox Seattle in Feb. 2005. The show + 4-song encore were done, house lights up, house music playing, crew tearing down the stage - and the crowd wouldn't leave, stomping on the floor and shouting for more. This went on for a few minutes before Paul came back out with the band and started playing while all of the aforementioned activities were still happening. They did the Replacements song "I'll Be You." What a night.

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