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When I read the headline I got very excited. Then after reading this excerpt my joy kind of faded a little bit. I would really only want a reunion if the guys were truly into it which doesn’t seem to be the case. However, that could change in the future. What are your thoughts?

Replacements guitarist Bob Stinson died in 1995 and drummer Chris Mars now devotes his life to art and hasn’t played drums in years – which raises a logical question. “Who are the Replacements?” asks Westerberg. “Me, Chris and Tommy? Chris wouldn’t do it. He might get together in a room and sit around and shoot the shit and if there were instruments, might play. I don’t know more than that. I don’t think Chris would ever go out and tour. I met with him last year a couple of times just for fun. Tommy is a little more aggressive towards it, because I think he needs a gig.”

Unsurprisingly, Stinson – who currently plays bass in Guns N’ Roses and Soul Asylum – doesn’t agree with Westerberg’s assessment of the situation. “He thinks I need a gig?” Stinson says. “That’s funny. I got fucking three or four gigs going at any one time. Paul likes to sit home and record in his basement, and that works for him. I like to perform. But you never know. I’m more like, if a reunion happens, it happens. If the planets align and the oceans don’t swallow up the earth first.”

Stinson does share some of Weterberg’s reservations about a possible reunion. “Why would we do it?” he asks. “The only reason we would ever do it would be to get paid. We’re not going to recapture anything. I think I could probably have fun with it though. It’d probably be a short-lived moment of having fun with it, but I ultimately think it might not be very good to try and go back.”

-Mondo