Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements

Based on all-new interviews and including 72 rare photos Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements is the definitive boigraphy of one of the last great rock n roll bands of the twentieth century. Written with the participation of the groups key members including reclusive singer-songwriter Paul Westerberg bassist Tommy Stinson and the family of late guitarist Bob Stinson Trouble Boys is a deeply intimate and nuanced portrait exposing the primal factors and forces--addiction abuse fear--that would shape one of the most brilliant and notoriously self-destructive bands of all time. Based on a decade of research and reporting hundreds of interviews (with family friends managers producers and musical colleagues) as well as full access to the Replacements archives at Twin/Tone and Warner Bros. Records author Bob Mehr has fashioned something far more compelling than a conventional band bio. A roaring rock n roll adventure a heartrending family drama and a cautionary showbiz tale Trouble Boys is a penetrating work of biography and a major addition to the rock book canon.