tommy stinson

How Minneapolis’ punk scene foreshadowed alt-rock, grunge and pop punk

Minneapolis: The state of Minnesota’s most densely populated city. It sits back to back with the state capital, St. Paul, forming what’s known as the Twin Cities. It also gets really freakin’ cold up there. So it naturally produced a huge crop of punk bands at one time, all seemingly falling out of clapped-out Ford […]

This is how Brian Baker ended up in Bad Religion over 25 years ago

If there was a punk-rock hall of fame, Bad Religion would certainly belong in it. The long-running California punk outfit have maintained a positive agenda while creating some classic songs. But if the band drove up to the front door of said punk building, they’d probably look through the glass door, look at each other […]

Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong covers the Replacements on NYE—watch

[Photo by: @mnnesotagirl/Instagram] It looks like Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong had a fine time ringing in the new year with an admirable (and amiable) group of talented musicians, covering a tune by the Replacements to celebrate 2018. Color us impressed! Read more: How your fave musicians rang in the new year For New Year's […]

Track By Track: Tommy Stinson

(Photo: Steven Cohen) TOMMY STINSON, bassist for scrappy American rock institution the Replacements and low-end holder for Guns ’N’ Roses and Soul Asylum, takes AP through One Man Mutiny, his new solo album, released on his own label, Done To Death Music. “Don't Deserve You” As I sat down to write and demo this song, […]