THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AFTER THE RELEASE OF THEIR DEBUT ALBUM, COMES THE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY OF ONE OF THE LAST GREAT ROCK ‘N’ ROLL BANDS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: THE REPLACEMENTS. WRITTEN WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF THE GROUP’S 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 PORTRAIT, REVEALING THE PRIMAL FACTORS AND FORCES – ADDICTION, ABUSE, FEAR – THAT WOULD SHAPE ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT AND NOTORIOUSLY SELF-DESTRUCTIVE GROUPS 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. TROUBLE BOYS IS A HEARTBREAKINGLY TRAGIC, FREQUENTLY COMIC, AND, ULTIMATELY, TRIUMPHANT EPIC.
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