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'On His Excellent Sophomore Solo Album, Stinson Sings Poignant

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2011 ISSUE MMUSICMAG.COM INDIE SCENE TOMMY STINSON One Man Mutiny tommystinson.com Long before his current stint in Guns N’ Roses, bassist Tommy Stinson served his apprenticeship with the Replacements— simultaneously the Beatles and Rolling Stones of the ’80s alt-rock underground. The Minneapolis group could Tommy Stinson be sharp and melodic, like a punky Fab Four, but also shambolic and self-destructive—particularly onstage, after a few drinks. With the acoustic “Come to Hide,” Stinson steals back from Fortunately, Stinson seems to have soaked up more than just the Goo Goo Dolls the type of heart-on-flannel-sleeve ballad his alcohol during his time in the band. On his excellent sophomore old band invented and perfected. If the similarly ’90s-style “Meant solo album, Stinson makes like former bandmate Paul Westerberg, to Be” and “All This Way for Nothing” suggest the Goos or Cracker singing poignant songs for the emotionally wounded. “Maybe at their absolute best, Stinson proves his versatility with a series of you could use a GPS without all the stop signs,” he suggests on killer change-ups. Among the finest is the country weeper “Zero to “Seize the Moment,” a pro-loser anthem that might have fit on the Stupid,” whose title refers to the mental regression brought about Replacements’ 1985 masterpiece Tim. by “just one drink.” Sung like a true Replacement. ‘On his excellent sophomore solo album, Stinson sings poignant songs for the emotionally wounded.’ SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2011 M MUSIC & MUSICIANS MAGAZINE.

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