Who are/were the proper heirs to the Replacements?

[GoddamnJob290]

mparker said:

Okay, I've thought about this for a few hours. Well, and other stuff too.I think Nirvana is the heir to the Replacements. Nirvana took quite a bit from The Replacements and the other indie bands of that era(Husker Du really comes to mind, yeah, yeah , The Pixies, but even PIL, I disgress). But they were the last of that kind of band that was still an original, and an obvious link in that musical chain. Unfortunately I think the line kind of stops with Nirvana and their success.Everything after that is a reaction to the originals, nothing new has been added yet. Maybe I don't listen to enough new stuff on the other hand. But those last two songs referenced above are really cool. Lucero has another one about The Starlite, I think, that's awfully Westerbergian.

That's one of my favorite Lucero songs. Another one of theirs that I felt had that old Westerberg vibe was "The War", the closer of their last album, Nobody's Darlings. Same basic components of "Here Comes A Regular"; acoustic guitar, raspy voice, and nothing else. The subjects of each respective song are worlds apart, but the same melancholy ache is present.

[headlightbeams]

Those Lucero lyrics are fairly drenched in Mats-isms and Westerbergia: a title one missing word away from "Sixteen Blue"; the "boys/noise" rhyme ("Gimme Noise"); the hips swaying ("Nobody" or "You Ain't Got Me"); the lips moving ("Dice Behind Your Shades").

[GoddamnJob290]

riverr said:

Those Lucero lyrics are fairly drenched in Mats-isms and Westerbergia: a title one missing word away from "Sixteen Blue"; the "boys/noise" rhyme ("Gimme Noise"); the hips swaying ("Nobody" or "You Ain't Got Me"); the lips moving ("Dice Behind Your Shades").

Also, the music itself is very much rooted in the Replacements tradition. The riff/verses sound like the more rootsy, All Shook Down era Mats, while the heavier parts of the song remind me of the surging grungey-ness of Stink.

[bigbak]

I cast my vote for You Am I, and a Chicago area outfit called Million Yen

[scoOter]

marah! definitely in spirit & occasionally in sound. the only thing holding them back is a lack of cohesion within the band. serge & dave are the only "regulars" album to album it seems. seeing them again on feb. 8th, and i am looking forward to it.

lucero definitely as well.

[nazareth]

Maybe it's these guys........

These are the songs of no one… Inspired by The Replacements
Body: My apologies for the non-personal cut and paste below (convenience be DAMNED)…

Once again I have put up 4 songs on my myspace page www.myspace.com/grubdogmitchell for free download.

You don’t have to be familiar with the band to enjoy the songs, only one song is directly about them. All songs are very much in the fun and passionately disperfect spirit of that band.

As usual I played all instruments on the recordings, and you can tell… This is pretty much what I do with my nights these days.

Again, the downloads are free and if you like ‘em, email friends. I’m not making any money from this, it’s just a fun project that I thought I’d share with all of you.

Love to you, Tommy, Bobby, Chris, Paul & Slim!
He of the Grub Dog Mitchell

........I got this from these guys on my myspace accounts 'cause i have the 'mats listed. I haven't heard it yet, but they seem sincere.

[gage]

Marah sound too Springsteenian(there's a word)to be heirs to the 'Mats(IMHO). I was checking out the Lucero web site and they've been covering "If Only You Were Lonely".