![]() ![]() There are a lot of outrageous scenes in this book. Almost every rock band is affected in some way or another by the excesses of alcoholism, but they take it to another level. Several themes emerge, foremost amongst them the band's obsession with alcohol. It is arguably more about Bob Stinson than Tommy Stinson. ![]() This book is much more about Paul Westerberg than Tommy Stinson. Tommy is like 10 or 11 when they form their first band, and he is like 12 when Paul Westerberg and Chris Mars join them and the Replacements are formed. Tommy is about seven years younger than Bob, and Bob essentially forces him to learn how to play bass so they can play in a band together. This stepfather was his brother Tommy's birth father. He truly had a horrific childhood, marred by a father that left and a stepfather that abused him psychologically, physically, sexually, verbally, and emotionally. After getting into trouble with the law and shuttling in and out of several homes for troubled youth, Bob Stinson starts learning how to play music as an outlet for his anger. Deep biographies of each band member emerge, generally starting with the origins of their grandparents. It opens up with the scene of guitarist Bob Stinson's death in 1995, and circles back to that point almost 400 pages later. ![]()
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