https://birminghamland.org/bob-stinson-1994/
Bob Stinson....died in 1995...
Bob Stinson, former “lunatic guitarist” of the Replacements, found dead in his Uptown apartment. He’d founded the group, then been fired from it in 1986, when he couldn’t “curb his out-of-control lifestyle.” A couple of stories hinted at his troubled background: broken home, in and out of juvenile institutions, long-standing addiction problems, recent diagnosis as bipolar.
A syringe had been discovered near where he lay in his apartment. Given his history, everyone assumed he’d expired from an overdose, or even committed suicide. Later, the coroner’s final report would contradict the initial suspicions—not an OD but organ failure. Just thirty-five, Bob Stinson died of natural causes, his body and heart simply worn out. He’d gone to sleep and never awoke.
“When he died, he had a turntable in front of him, a bunch of records . . . a Yes record might’ve been playing, I think,” said his brother, Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson. “That’s the way he would want to go. He’d put a hunk of vinyl on and sit and listen and study. He was probably going, ‘Fucking A—this is great.’”
https://www.kgou.org/2016-03-11/the-replacements-straddled-line-between-fame-and-failure
I was "adjacent" to this scene. I had a close friend who was part of this Minneapolis music-drug scene and he had to go into recovery from heroin. I had not been friends with him for 10 years but then I visited him as he recovered ... and he left the city to develop a successful career and family.
"someone was trying to make a band out of us...from the get-go me and Pete didn't see eye to eye....I wouldn't say our fifth person but almost..." -
Bob's fascinating reference to Peter Jesperson.
https://www.kgou.org/2016-03-11/the-replacements-straddled-line-between-fame-and-failure
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