Paul Harold Westerberg was born on December 31,1959 and is an American musician, best known as the lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter for the Replacements.
23 Facts About Paul Westerberg
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Paul Westerberg has released two albums and an EP under the pseudonym Grandpaboy.
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In 2017, Paul Westerberg released songs on SoundCloud as User 964848511 and on Bandcamp as Dry Wood Garage.
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Paul Westerberg co-wrote the song "Backlash" with Joan Jett for her 1991 album Notorious and played guitar with her on the song's video.
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Paul Westerberg recorded a duet with Jett for the Tank Girl soundtrack.
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Paul Westerberg parted ways with Reprise Records, and the following year chose to release songs that were more blues-influenced and less slickly produced under the name Grandpaboy.
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Paul Westerberg's third album, Suicaine Gratifaction, is a piano-driven, melancholy, and highly personal work that was released on Capitol Records in 1999.
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Paul Westerberg appeared on a fifth-season episode of The Larry Sanders Show performing "Ain't Got Me" from Eventually.
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Paul Westerberg performed the song that same year on The Tonight Show hosted by Jay Leno.
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Paul Westerberg quit the major-label circuit for three years before staging a comeback in 2002.
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Paul Westerberg became increasingly prolific, releasing Dead Man Shake, Come Feel Me Tremble, and Folker all within the next two years.
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Paul Westerberg contributed a cover of the Beatles' "Nowhere Man" for the 2002 soundtrack to the 2001 film I Am Sam.
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In 2006, Paul Westerberg wrote eight original songs for the animated film Open Season.
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On July 21,2008, Paul Westerberg released an album with 49 minutes' worth of music for 49 cents.
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Paul Westerberg appeared in the video for the title track of Glen Campbell's 2011 farewell studio recording, a cover of Ghost on the Canvas.
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In late 2015, Paul Westerberg announced that he had formed a new band called the I Don't Cares with musician Juliana Hatfield.
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Paul Westerberg was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Mary Louise and Harold Robert Paul Westerberg, an employee of Cadillac-General Motors.
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Paul Westerberg has four siblings: Anne, Julie, Phil, and Mary.
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Paul Westerberg married his first wife, Lori Bizer, in 1987.
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Paul Westerberg severely injured his fretting hand in 2006 in an accident while trying to remove candle wax with a screwdriver, leaving his ring finger on his left hand numb.
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Paul Westerberg's younger sister, Mary Lucia, was a DJ at local radio station 89.3 The Current for many years.
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Paul Westerberg has had problems with alcoholism but overcame his addiction in 1990.
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Paul Westerberg has been honored with two stars on the outside mural of the Minneapolis nightclub First Avenue, recognizing performers that have played sold-out shows or have otherwise demonstrated a major contribution to the culture at the iconic venue.