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Article: WILD WILD WESTERBERG; Former Replacement returns to form with new album, tour
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- Daily Breeze
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- April 19, 2002
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WHO: Paul Westerberg WHEN: 7 p.m. April 25 WHERE: Amoeba Records,
6400 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, 323-245-6400 ADMISSION: Free.
There's no replacing the Replacements, the seminal '80s alt-
rockers whose cult following thrives 12 years into post-mortem.
But former Replacements singer Paul Westerberg's new CD, "Stereo"/
"Mono," will make fans forget the void for an hour or so. The double-
disc, due Tuesday on Vagrant Records, throbs with flat notes, flubbed
lyrics and melodies as jagged and gristly as Westerberg's rock 'n'
roll teeth.
"No effort was made to fix any of it," Westerberg said, phoning
from his Minneapolis home.
Wait, we're not finished . . . One of the CD's tracks is
misnumbered on ...