Monday, June 2, 2014

The Replacements - I'll Be You (video)

Look Back In Anger: The Replacements need little introduction but here goes. These guys were the Minneapolis pioneers of Alt. Rock, transforming what it meant to crank the flange on your guitar and sing about suicide. The epitome of uber cool dudes, who just didn't give a fuck and happened write radical jams. Paul Westerbeg and co. cut a path through the 80s that weaved between the burgeoning Indie scene, Punk rock, and good ol Rock N' Roll. The result was a sound of suburbia, a gravely voice for both high-school drop-outs and D&D dweebs. Time to get dirty with their video for I'll Be You, a cut from Don't Tell A Soul:

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