“I hate music / sometimes I don’t / I hate music / it’s got too many notes” – fewer lyrics sum up the pure essence of their creator more than Replacements frontman Paul Westerberg‘s on “I Hate Music,” from the beloved Minnesota rock quartet’s 1981 debut album, Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out the Trash. Indeed, for Westerberg and his merry band of miscreants – bassist Tommy Stinson (who was 12 when the band formed), his talented but troubled older brother Bob on lead guitar, and quiet but powerful drummer Chris Mars – music was nothing short of a lifeline out of and an eventual way to uniquely chronicle
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