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Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash

#thereplacements #themats #sorrymaforgottotakeoutthetrash #80srock #80smusic #sorryma #rock #rockmusic #Music #musicsky #musiciansky The debut album from The Mats is released on August 25, 1981. With 18 tracks in 37 minutes, the album delivers a tsunami of raw, snotty Minneapolis punk rock mixed with Westy's signature wit. It includes the quasi-famous portend tune Johnny's Gonna Die, a reference to guitarist Johnny Thunders of the…

https://robinbannks.com/2026/08/25/sorry-ma-forgot-to-take-out-the-trash/

I finished my main online class in one fell swoop yesterday and the only class I have is to take tests later this week. So what degree is my boredom sitting around this morning? Ranting to the groupchat about my favorite bits of "Westerbergian wordplay" in songs by The Replacements with multiple examples.

#indierock #indie #alternative #alternativerock #thereplacements #themats #80s #music

#TheReplacements #PaulWesterberg #BobStinson #TommyStinson #ChrisMars #TheMats

https://www.elgiradiscos.com/2026/01/reedicion-de-let-it-be-de-replacements.html

Happy birthday, Westy …

Listen to my Paul Westerberg playlist on Amazon Music ... #PaulWesterberg #happybirthday #thereplacements #themats #90srock #rock #altrock #collegerock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky

http://robinbannks.com/2025/12/31/happy-birthday-westy/

Let It Be

The Mats release their third album on October 2, 1984. It's #241 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and the opening track, "I Will Dare," has been inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. By the way .. that photo of the band takes place on the roof of Bob and Tommy Stinson's mom's home. Listen to Let It Be by The Replacements on Amazon Music ... #TheReplacements #themats #letitbe #80srock #altrock…

http://robinbannks.com/2025/10/02/let-it-be-2/

Color me impressed.

Hootenanny from The Replacements is released on April 29, 1983. It's The Mats' second album and, though it has sold less than 100,000 albums, it's still considered one of their best and most important punk/breakneck puck albums of the era. Listen to Hootenanny by The Replacements on Amazon Music ... #thereplacements #hootenanny #80srock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #80smusic #80spunk #college rock #themats #paulwesterberg

http://robinbannks.com/2025/04/29/color-me-impressed/

“Jesus rides beside me
But he never buys any smokes.”

#NoEffort
#CantHardlyWait
#TheMats
#ImaginaryFriendASongOrPoem
#HashTagGames

Happy birthday, Westy …

#PaulWesterberg #happybirthday #thereplacements #themats #90srock #rock #altrock #collegerock Listen to my Paul Westerberg playlist on Amazon Music ...

https://robinbannks.wordpress.com/2024/12/31/happy-birthday-westy/

Cool to hear a snippit of Bastards of Young by The Replacements during the Viking- Sea Hawks game.

#TheReplacements #theMats #mnmusic

Let It Be

The Mats release their third album on October 2, 1984. It's #241 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and the opening track, "I Will Dare," has been inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. Listen to Let It Be by The Replacements on Amazon Music ... #TheReplacements #themats #letitbe #80srock #altrock #indierock #postpunk #paulwesterberg

https://robinbannks.wordpress.com/2024/10/02/let-it-be-2/