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Thomas "Tommy" Eugene Stinson (born October 6, 1966, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.) is an American bassist who is currently a member of Guns N' Roses. He was one of the founding members of the legendary 1980s alternative rock band The Replacements. Just 12 years old when he joined, Stinson played bass for The Replacements until their breakup in 1991.
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, but was later released in 2004 under the title Once, Twice, Three Times a Maybe. In 1998 Stinson appeared on Puff Daddy's "It's All About The Benjamins (Rock Remix)" along with Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana 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.
Stinson played bass for the recording of MOTH's 2002 album "Provisions, Fiction and Gear".
In 2004, in addition to the long-shelved album by Perfect, Stinson released a solo album Village Gorilla Head which was well-received by the music press.
In the fall of 2005, Tommy joined Soul Asylum for a few gigs in tribute to Karl Mueller. Stinson and Dave Pirner (founding member of Soul Asylum ) were friends in High School in Minneapolis, MN. He and BT also scored the Jennifer Garner movie Catch and Release.
In between touring and writing, he managed to produce Bobot Adrenaline's debut album Unfurled.
In December 2005, he reconvened with Paul Westerberg and Chris Mars to record two new songs for a Replacements compilation. Stinson further collaborated with Westerberg on the soundtrack to the Sony feature film Open Season, recording bass tracks for 'Love You in the Fall' and 'Right to Arm Bears'. The two also recorded 'Wild as I Wanna Be' but Sony reportedly rejected the song because they thought Westerberg sounded ill. The song was instead recorded by Deathray.
In the summer of 2006 Tommy went on tour with Guns N' Roses once more. During their headlining set at the 2006 Download Festival in Donington Park, England, the crowd became particularly rowdy and Tommy was hit with a bottle tossed from the crowd filled with urine. Some of the urine spilled onto Tommy's clothing. Stinson threw his bass, accidentally hitting one of the cameramen, and left the stage. He returned a few minutes later, presumably with new clothes, to finish the set.[1]
On November 24, 2006 at Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena, Axl Rose called the Eagles of Death Metal the "Pigeons of Shit Metal." It was reported that Stinson took his bass off and threw it on the floor saying "Fuck you, that's it".[2] Supposedly 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, Stinson posted a message refuting these charges: "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."[3]
Trivia
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.
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