Suicaine Gratification

Icon: The Replacements

By Sean Fennessey, eMusic Contributor

"Like maybe the main act doesn't show, and instead the crowd has to settle for an earful of us dirtbags..." drummer Chris Mars wrote in an unpublished memoir, explaining his band's name. Dirtbags: that's probably the word for this sloppy, perpetually drunk but deeply affecting Minnesota quartet - comprised of frontman Paul Westerberg, Mars, guitarist Bob Stinson, and Stinson's kid brother, Tommy. Few groups have made such a drastic but inevitable evolution (some might call… more »