NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Tommy Stinson

Tommy Stinson (born Thomas Eugene Stinson, 6 October 1966 in Minneapolis, USA), currently a member of Guns N' Roses, was one of the founding members of the legendary 1980s alternative band The Replacements. Just 12 years old when he joined, Stinson played bass for The Replacements until their breakup in 1991. Image File history File links Tommy_StinsonGNR.jpgâ€Ž photo of new GNR Bass player Tommy Stinson taken from newgnr. ... Image File history File links Tommy_StinsonGNR.jpgâ€Ž photo of new GNR Bass player Tommy Stinson taken from newgnr. ... October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... This article is about the city in Minnesota. ... Guns N Roses is an American hard rock band that gained fame during the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ... Alternative rock (also called alternative music[1] or simply alternative) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... The Replacements (also known as The Mats or The Mats, from the insult of a detractor who joked the bands name was The Placemats, which the band then adopted) were a seminal alternative rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He then formed the short-lived bands Bash & Pop who in 1993 released one album Friday Night Is Killing Me and then later, Perfect, who released an EP in 1996 titled When Squirrels Play Chicken. In 1997 their album Seven Days a Week was shelved due to record company problems. Bash & Pop was the band that Tommy Stinson formed after the dissolution of the Replacements. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Perfect is Polish rock music band founded in 1977 by drummer Wojciech Morawski, bass guitar player ZdzisÅ‚aw Zawadzki and lead guitar player Zbigniew HoÅ‚dys. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1998 Stinson appeared on Puff Daddy's "It's All About The Benjamins (Rock Remix)" along with Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana and Queens of The Stone Age drummer Dave Grohl. He also can be seen playing bass for the song in the music video. Stinson has been the bass player for Guns N' Roses since 1998. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Sean John Combs (born November 4, 1969 aka P. Diddy, Puff Daddy, Sean Puffy Combs) is an American record producer and CEO and founder of Bad Boy Entertainment, one of the driving forces in hip hop in the mid to late 1990s. ... Foo Fighters are a rock group formed by musician Dave Grohl in 1995. ... Nirvana was a groundbreaking rock band from Aberdeen, Washington, United States. ... Queens of the Stone Age (QOTSA) is a hard rock band from the Palm Desert, California area in the United States, formed in 1997. ... David Eric Grohl (born January 14, 1969, in Warren, Ohio) is an American rock musician and songwriter. ... Guns N Roses is an American hard rock band that gained fame during the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

In 2004, Stinson released a solo album Village Gorilla Head which was well-received by the music press. Also that year, Stinson's band Perfect finally released the shelved Seven Days a Week, which they retitled Once Twice Three Times a Maybe. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In the fall of 2005, Tommy joined Soul Asylum for a few gigs in tribute to Karl Mueller. Tommy and Dave Pirner (founding member of Soul Asylum ) were friends in High School in Minneapolis, MN. He also scored the Jennifer Garner movie Catch and Release. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Soul Asylum is an alternative rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1983. ... Karl Mueller (July 27, 1963-June 17, 2005) was a rock musician. ... David Pirner is the lead vocalist for the band Soul Asylum. ... Soul Asylum is an alternative rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1983. ...

In between touring and writing, he managed to produce Bobot Adrenaline's debut album Unfurled. Bobot Adrenaline Los Angeles born and bred political rock band with punk aggressions featuring Pepper Berry from now defunct Buck. ...

In December 2005, he reconvened with Paul Westerberg and Chris Mars to record two new songs for a Replacements compilation.

During the early-to-mid years of this decade, a flier for a Tommy Stinson show tacked to a utility pole was visible in one of the commercial bumpers of Saturday Night Live. Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late night 90-minute American comedy-variety show based in New York City which has been broadcast by NBC nearly every Saturday night since its debut on October 11, 1975. ...

On November 29, 2006 at Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena Axl Rose called the Eagles of Death Metal the "Pigeons of Shit Metal." Stinson took his bass off and threw it on the floor saying "Fuck you, that's it".^[1] After refusing to play four songs Stinson went back on stage, and officially stayed with the band two days later. However, on December 2, 2006, Stimson posted a message: "As a matter of fact, Eagles of Death Metal were a suggestion of mine a while ago. Turns out they were the wrong band for our crowd. They were booed and did not play for as long as they were scheduled to. ... In the past I have thrown my bass. I have never thrown it at Axl or anyone else in the band nor has anyone thrown my bass back at me... yet. Axl has been a dear friend to me for nine years. We have no problem communicating and wish that people would stay the fuck out of shit they don't know anything about."^[2] Quicken Loans Arena (aka The Q) is a multipurpose arena in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Until August 2005, it was known as Gund Arena, named for Gordon Gund, a former owner of the Cavaliers, after he paid for the naming rights. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ...

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