Bash & Pop (Friday the 13th post)

So I didn't quite get this post out on the 13th but i figured, I'd still reference it in the title.

Bash & Pop were one of several post-Replacements outfits to record after the Minneapolis legends called it quits in the early 90's. replacements singer Paul Westerberg started releasing solo records, as did drummer Chris Mars. But bassist Tommy Stinson had perhaps the best release of the three in Bash & Pop, mostly because his record sounded the most like a Replacement record. Guitar driven pop rock the way the Replacements were doing on some of their last records.

At the end of the Replacements run as one of the best bands ever, they put out a CD single of a song from their last LP "All Shook Down" i cant remember the single but one of the bonus songs on it was called "Satellite". Tommy Stinson sang the song and not front man, Paul Westerberg. I heard it one time, and one time only, driving in downtown Kent on WMMS which I never listen to. I knew that my father had a friend that worked for the station and asked if he could locate the disc for me, that never came through and i never heard the song again. So after a while passed and i learned that Tommy Stinson was fronting a band of his own I was excited to get it thinking it would all sound like "Satellite".

Well it does and it doesn't really - it's better. I believe Bash & Pop's CD is still available, and probably for cheap all over the Internet, so here are two of their rare songs.

Harboring a Fugitive is a release on the obscure Soil Samples series of singles.

Situation is on the flip side of the Fast And Hard single.

For posterity i have included "Satellite" for you to compare as well.

Satellite