Blog: Everybody Taste

In a March 1984 interview with the San Francisco 'zine Riding The Blinds , Replacements singer and guitarist Paul Westerberg tried to sum up the feelings about his young band: To like us, you have to try and understand us. You can't come in and just let your first impressions lead you. Because your first impression will be of a band that doesn't play real well, is very loud, and might be drunk. Beneath that is a band that values spirit and excitement more than musical prowess. To me, that's rock and roll, and we're a rock and roll [...]

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