Tour Day Ten: Replacement Therapy

    Last night a girl asked me if I ever heard a song or a band that when you were listening to it, you just felt like everything was right? Without hesitation I replied, "yeah, I still remember the first time I heard the Replacements when I was thirteen".

      My Neighbor played me the record one summer afternoon when I'd be hanging out at his house attempting to play guitar along with him.  He was a much older, and better player than I but was always cool about teaching me chords and what not.  The first song I heard by the Replacements was "I Will Dare" and for me that was it.  That was the song that killed Grunge, and damn near ruined Punk for me.

    While most kids my age were wrapped up in So Cal Punk, Nirvana, and Metallicas Black Album I was stuck on bands like Camper Van Beethoven, the Pixies, and Husker Du.  I'm thankful that I was turned on to those bands when I was a kid because it turned me into a bit of a music snob, and as shitty as that is it saved me from getting caught up in all the Vedder sound a like stuff that was on the radio.

   Nowadays, I'm a lot less discriminate with the music I like, but I still listen to all the bands I loved when I was a kid.  There's a bar by my house where a buddy of mine DJ's and every time I walk in the door he plays "Bastards of Young" by the Replacements.  Every time I hear that song I feel like I'm home.
--jmcguire

***Picture up a lil later***