{"id":4149,"date":"2011-11-04T11:22:55","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T18:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=4149"},"modified":"2011-11-04T11:23:20","modified_gmt":"2011-11-04T18:23:20","slug":"tommy-stinson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2011\/11\/tommy-stinson\/","title":{"rendered":"TOMMY STINSON"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/M-Review-SeptemberOctober2011-TOMMY-STINSON.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4151\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/M-Review-SeptemberOctober2011-TOMMY-STINSON.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/M-Review-SeptemberOctober2011-TOMMY-STINSON.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/M-Review-SeptemberOctober2011-TOMMY-STINSON-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>TOMMY STINSON<\/h2>\n<p><strong><em>One Man Mutiny<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>tommystinson.com<\/p>\n<p>Long before his current stint in Guns N\u2019 Roses, bassist Tommy Stinson served his apprenticeship with the Replacements\u2014simultaneously the Beatles and Rolling Stones of the \u201980s alt-rock underground. The Minneapolis group could be sharp and melodic, like a punky Fab Four, but also shambolic and self-destructive\u2014particularly onstage, after a few drinks. Fortunately, Stinson seems to have soaked up more than just alcohol during his time in the band. On his excellent sophomore solo album, Stinson makes like former bandmate Paul Westerberg, singing poignant songs for the emotionally wounded. \u201cMaybe you could use a GPS without all the stop signs,\u201d he suggests on \u201cSeize the Moment,\u201d a pro-loser anthem that might have fit on the Replacements\u2019 1985 masterpiece <em>Tim<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>With the acoustic \u201cCome to Hide,\u201d Stinson steals back from the Goo Goo Dolls the type of heart-on-flannel-sleeve ballad his old band invented and perfected. If the similarly \u201990s-style \u201cMeant to Be\u201d and \u201cAll This Way for Nothing\u201d suggest the Goos or Cracker at their absolute best, Stinson proves his versatility with a series of killer change-ups. Among the finest is the country weeper \u201cZero to Stupid,\u201d whose title refers to the mental regression brought about by \u201cjust one drink.\u201d Sung like a true Replacement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOMMY STINSON One Man Mutiny tommystinson.com Long before his current stint in Guns N\u2019 Roses, bassist Tommy Stinson served his apprenticeship with the Replacements\u2014simultaneously the Beatles and Rolling Stones of the \u201980s alt-rock underground. The Minneapolis group could be sharp and melodic, like a punky Fab Four, but also shambolic and self-destructive\u2014particularly onstage, after a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[196,10159,2753,2615,2754,2752],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4149"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4149"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4153,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4149\/revisions\/4153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}