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Paul Westerberg Information
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'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.
After disbanding the Replacements in 1991, Westerberg disappeared for a year before returning with two songs on the soundstrack for the grunge-inspired film "Singles." Soon, he had completed his first solo album "14 Songs" on Reprise Records released to mixed reviews. Three years later, Westerberg released "Eventually," which met with critical indifference & poor sales. His third album "Suicaine Gratifaction" was released on Capital Records and is widely considered his worst solo effort. Westerberg quit the major label circuit, and disappeared for three years before staging a major comeback with two records released simultaneously, "Stereo" and "Mono" ("Mono" being released under his alterego Grandpaboy
). They were acclaimed as his best works since the Replacements "Pleased to Meet Me," and Westerberg became increasingly prolific, releasing "Dead Man Shake," "Come Feel me Tremble" and "Folker" all within the next two years, to critical success.
Discography
DVD/Movie
*Come Feel Me Tremble - Redline Entertainment/Ventura Distribution (2003)
*Lets Do It - With Joan Jett, from Tank Girl Soundtrack (1995)
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)
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