Paul Westerberg

As the lead singer and principal songwriter of the Replacements, Paul Westerberg was one of the most influential and beloved figures in American underground rock, noted for his ability to wed gloriously sloppy, guitar-heavy rock with lyrics that were smart, introspective, and emotionally revealing just as often as they were snarky, raucous fun. As a solo artist after the Replacements' breakup in the early '90s, Westerberg dialed down the more outré side of his personality (though he never fully abandoned it) in favor of work that played up the literate singer/songwriter influe...