Creem Profile: The Replacements

(October 1987)

Home: Left of the dial.

Age: Bastard of young.

Profession: World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band 1987.

Hobbies: Dealing with them "nightclub jitter," "magic pants" & plaids, Alex Chilton, loving rock & roll, hating "rock & roll," playing rock & roll.

Last Book Read: Elvis: The Final Years by Jerry Hopkins.

Last Accomplishment: Making people laugh.

Quote: "I don't know."

Profile: These guys get a bad rap. One day they might be drunk; next day, not so drunk. One day, great onstage; next day, not so, with only moments of greatness. People say they're "the bad boys of rock." If they were boffing 12-year-old girls and doing tons of drugs and selling millions of records – instead of going back after a show to call their girlfriends, making about as much as they'd make in a factory buy having fun, being mischievous but basically kind-hearted, and not selling many records but actually being as honest in their own way as John Lennon was in his – they'd be revered. Still, the music's what will matter in the end.

Beer: Boy Howdy!