10: Reveal, "Outta My System" can be found on Hot Stove, Cool Music, Vol. Additionally, "Lookin' Up in Heaven" appears on the Starbucks sampler Hear Music, Vol. Westerberg contributed a cover of the Beatles' " Nowhere Man" for the 2002 soundtrack to the 2001 film I Am Sam. Westerberg became increasingly prolific, releasing Dead Man Shake (as Grandpaboy), Come Feel Me Tremble, and Folker all within the next two years. Stereo and Mono were recorded in Westerberg's basement studio. With new management and a new independent label, Vagrant Records, he released two records simultaneously, Stereo and Mono ( Mono being released under his alter ego Grandpaboy). Westerberg quit the major-label circuit for three years before staging a comeback in 2002. Westerberg also performed the song that same year on The Tonight Show hosted by Jay Leno. The episode first aired on February 26, 1997. Westerberg appeared on a fifth-season episode of The Larry Sanders Show (entitled "Larry's New Love") performing "Ain't Got Me" from Eventually. The label was undergoing reorganization and the album was given minimal promotion. His third album, Suicaine Gratifaction, is a piano-driven, melancholy, and highly personal work that was released on Capitol Records in 1999. An EP and single were released by indie label Soundproof/Monolyth Records. Westerberg parted ways with Reprise Records, and the following year chose to release songs that were more blues-influenced and less slickly produced under the name Grandpaboy. It did yield the alternative radio hit "Love Untold". In 1996, he released his second solo album, titled Eventually, which was tepidly received by critics and had modest sales. He also recorded a duet with Jett ("Let's Do It") for the Tank Girl soundtrack (1994). Westerberg co-wrote the song "Backlash" with Joan Jett for her 1991 album Notorious and played guitar with her on the song's video. During the interim between solo albums, Westerberg's songs appeared on Melrose Place ("A Star Is Bored") and Friends (his cover of Jonathan Edwards' " Sunshine" and "Stain Yer Blood") television soundtracks, in 19 respectively. The following year, Reprise Records released his first solo album, 14 Songs. Westerberg's first solo releases were two songs, "Waiting for Somebody" and "Dyslexic Heart", for the soundtrack to the 1992 Cameron Crowe film Singles, for which he is also credited with composing and performing the score. After touring for the album (which was critically well-received) with replacement Replacements, Westerberg and bassist Tommy Stinson went their separate ways. Mars left the band soon after the album was released. Their final album, All Shook Down, was mainly a Westerberg solo project there were a number of guest performers and the other three members of the band (including Slim Dunlap, who had replaced Bob Stinson three years earlier to tour in support of Pleased to Meet Me), made minimal contributions. They made four albums for Sire, each with a different lineup.ĭespite the jump to Sire, the Replacements never translated their critical success into commercial sales. The band made three albums and an EP for local label Twin/Tone before signing to Sire Records in 1985. The Replacements began performing in the Twin Cities punk scene, showcasing Westerberg's songs in a classic rock–friendly punk style. They soon changed their name to the Replacements after several venues declined to advertise the band under their original name. The band was originally called the Impediments, and they played their first gig in the basement of a church, playing to members of a nearby halfway house who did not appreciate their drunken shenanigans. The singer quit, and Westerberg joined the group. He talked his way into the band by convincing the singer that the other band members - Bob Stinson, Chris Mars and Tommy Stinson - were going to fire the singer. Senator David Durenberger, and one day while walking home from work, he heard a band practicing Yes's " Roundabout" in a basement. In the late 1970s, Westerberg was working as a janitor for U.S.
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