Tommy Stinson
Thomas Eugene "Tommy" Stinson (born October 6, 1966) is an American rock musician. He came to prominence in the 1980s as the bass guitarist for The Replacements, one of the definitive American alternative rock groups. After their breakup in 1991, Stinson formed the short-lived Bash & Pop, acting as lead vocalist, guitarist and frontman. In the mid-1990s he was the singer and bassist for the rock band Perfect, and eventually joined the hard rock band Guns N' Roses in 1998.
Stinson released his debut solo album, Village Gorilla Head in 2004 and subsequently joined Soul Asylum for the completion of their album The Silver Lining, and was a member of the band for the album's tour in 2006 before joining them as a permanent member until 2011. He released his second solo album, critically acclaimed One Man Mutiny, on his own Done To Death Music label in 2011.
Biography
The Replacements (1979–present)
After beginning to learn the bass at the age of 11, Stinson began playing and covering songs with his brother, Bob Stinson, and drummer Chris Mars under the name "Dogbreath" without a singer. After recruiting singer Paul Westerberg, Dogbreath changed their name to The Impediments and played a drunken performance, without Tommy, at a church hall gig in June 1980. After being banned from the venue for disorderly behavior, they changed their name to The Replacements.
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ALBUMS
- One Man Mutiny released: 2011
- Catch and Release released: 2007
- Village Gorilla Head released: 2004
Catch and Release
Released 2007- Bathroom Intro
- Mr. Yummy
- Grady's House
- Lawyer's Office
- Maureen's Messages
- Fritz and Gray Walk the Creek
- Ski Skates Mellow
- Gray Removes Ring
- Gray Overhears Maureen
- Candlelight Dinner
- Gray's Confessions
- River Opening
- Gray Ties Mattie's Shoe
- Gray and Fritz Cook
- Massage Montage
- Sweet Nothings
- Dennis and Persephone Date
- Farmers Market
- Planer Fight
- Fritz Leaves
- Not His Kid
- Maureen Apologizes
- Gray's Memorial Speech
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Bite Your Tongue
by: Tommy StinsonYou've got the answer for everything
That's wrong with everybody else
You've borrowed insights
Should have borrowed someone else's mouth
And I, I have seen you fallin' through the door
When no one would even help you off the floor
You dyed your hair you read Bukowski
Now and live by every word
You'd look the part
If not for the clothes you wear that you're wearing out
And I heard from a man named Seth
That life, don't come to those who wait for death
When you kiss and tell you leave a mark
Till someone else bites your tongue
Till someone else bites your tongue
You've got your poets and now
Your singers singing show tunes in the car
You weren't so clever
In your flowered prints and your ghetto scars
And I want to watch the sunset on the beach
Yeah, it's always been too far from my reach
And you took a turn at Silver Lake
And now you're calling it your home
Too bad you can't grow up
You're growing down in your wedding gown
And I swear to God I've seen this play before
Yeah, I smelt the popcorn on the floor
When you kiss and tell you leave a mark
Till someone else bites your tongue
Till someone else bites your tongue
Till someone else bites your tongue