REPLACEDmints

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Band Bio

Before there was "Altenative" and preceding "Grunge", there were countless bands around the country breaking free from the chains of the big labels, becoming anti-stars. The heros of the everyman. Garages everywhere were alive with guitars. One of the greatest (and closest to achieving what they all despised) was the REPLACEDmints. Four drunken loonies bashing their way through the Minneapolis club scene with reckless abandon. The "Mitts" generated enough attention to garner big label courtings. Of course this went against everything they stood for. After a string of albums and small to medium venue tours the "Mitts" had had enough. Sneaking into Tin Town's studio and stealing as many of the masters as they could. Legend has it that these stolen masters were then unceremoniously dumped into the Mississippi river. The members of the REPLACEDmints have gone in many directions since then. Frontman Saul Lefterburg has had a continuing and enduring solo career, and Robby Binson (the boy wonder) ended up playing bass with Sons & Posers (though Piston Poser was the only original member). Drummer Vince Stars has established a big following in the art world...but this is not the story I'm telling.

This is the story of a stack of Quantegy 456 2" analog tapes that were lost. And found. Fished out of the river by a young Frey, he hid them away for years until he had the knowledge to painstakingly restore them to a playable quality. Working in conjunction with Zandergriff Miggs, Frey has re-mixed, re-mastered, and in some cases, re-played everything that could be salvaged. These will be released as re-issues with the blessings of Lefterburg.

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Albums / EPs

Suck Date Released: 7/28/2011   Tracks: 8 Sales: 9   Listens: 13 Mini-LP original release: 1982 This was one of the most heavily damaged of the original masters and took Frey a lot of ingenuity and elbow grease to restore to a listenable quality, but the outcome was well worth the effort. Fading in with a recording of the M.P.D. breaking up a house party gig, Suck roars into your ears with all the reckless abandon of early years REPLACEDmints. It follows a logical progression from their debut Sorry Pa, Never Mowed The Lawn...short, fast, loud American Punk gems, but the evolution is evident in the bluesy "Suburban & Hazy", while "Come" presages some of Bet It, Lee's murky, moody indie feel. -restoration completed by Frey, Spring 2011 -digitally remastered at the BassmentFile June 2011 for UncleDuffRecords -under license from Tin Town records

Sorry Pa, Never Mowed The Lawn Date Released: 2/11/2010   Tracks: 18 Sales: 14   Listens: 12 30th anniversary of the historic Tin Town recordings. Originally laid down in the summer of '80, "Sorry Pa..." is quite possibly the best American punk record of all time. The Mitts 1st LP (released the following year) is loud, fast and sloppy, hitting you square in the chest with its energy rush. Thru the noise, there is more than a subtle hint of what was to come. painstakingly restored from water damaged analog masters by Frey BassmentFile studios - UncleDuffRecords - TwentyTen

Meat To Please Me Date Released: 10/20/2009   Tracks: 11 Sales: 4   Listens: 6 Recorded shortly after Robby's brother Cob was kicked out (oddly enough for being too wasted all the time!) and before Fat Goodrich joined the band, 1987's "Meat To Please Me" gives us the Mitts as a 3 piece with help from Alex Keaton & West Texas Fat. The loss of Cob's scattershot guitar playing is evident, but as Lefterburg took on a more dominant songwriting role the songs were the bands most accessible yet. The Mitts may have been losing their punk edge, but the attitude remained.

Jim Date Released: 7/6/2009   Tracks: 12 Sales: 3   Listens: 3 1985's Jim was the "Mitts" first major label release (on Tire Records). Originally produced by former Mahones drummer Tommy Mahone, Jim was a college radio gem that garnered the band an appearance on Friday Night Taped (though they were subsequently banned from the show for their usual drunken, drug addled antics). Filled with indie classics from the humor of track 5 to the goosebumpingly haunted "There Goes A Local" this re-issue is a must have for all "Mitts" fans! *Adam Tilton-back vox on #9

Bet it, Lee Date Released: 6/5/2009   Tracks: 11 Sales: 6   Listens: 5 Arguably one of the best of the "almost knowns", the REPLACEDmints originally released "Bet it Lee" in 1984 on Tin Town Records. -guests-Steve Tuck from M.E.R. & Stan Dowling from the Exurbs. -masterfully restored from water damaged 2"analog master tapes by Frey "Bet it Lee" was an underground masterpiece that helped propel the "Mitts" to semi-national exposure and showed the world how ahead of the scene they were. R.I.P. Bob! We rest on your bench!