Anyone who had the opportunity to attend the screening of The Replacements doco "Colour Me Obsessed " this year at The Phoenix in Brunswick will understand what a jolly good news item this is.
COLOR ME OBSESSED, the first documentary of the greatest rock & roll band to exist The Replacements,will be released in a two-disc DVD set (with 6 hours of extras) on November 20 .
Their story is told from the perspective of fans, mates and peers and not to it's detriment none of the band. Director Gorman Bechard expains his unique approach, " I decided to present the band in a more
iconic way," i thought, people believe in God without seeing or hearing him but rather through the passion, faith, and stories of others. After watching COLOR ME OBSESSED, I'm pretty sure music fans will believe in The Replacements in much the same way."
Bechard was one of many like minded punters who latched onto the brash and young Replacements
with fervor. Dubbed "the last best band" by Spin Magazine, their live shows could be magnificent or melancholy inducing shambolic nightmares. Despite these opposite poles of live success Replacments fans remain unwaveringly loyal and ever faithful.
As the darling's of crtitcs, their albums were wrought with angry guitars, stay in your head riffs and hooks and passionate, well written lyrics that hinted at potential commercial success. The Replacements managed to continually shoot themselves in the foot. Their relative obscurity was a motivating factor in presenting their story on film. "The Replacements should have been the next Rolling Stones," Bechard says, "And to the people who loved them, I think they were." And still are......
Combining over 140 interviews with musicians (Colin Meloy of The Decemberists, Craig Finn of The Hold Steady, Tommy Ramone, Grant Hart and Greg Norton of Husker Du, all three members of Goo Goo Dolls),
journalists (Robert Christgau, Legs McNeil, Ira Robbins, Greg Kot, Jim DeRogatis), and fans both famous (Tom Arnold, Dave Foley, George Wendt) and not, Bechard delivers the obsessive tale of the most influential band you have maybe never heard of, The Replacements.
Pre-order (with free magnet) here.
Now get ready to enjoy one of the greatest rock & roll anthems ever written. " Bastards of Young". Perhaps no other song has ever articulated the bloody anger of a disaffected youth so poingnantly, poetically and compellingly as this one. Take it, it's yours.
