The Replacements: It’s Been a Decade Since They Last Played Together. Why Can’t We Let Them Go?

The Replacements never played the game right, no hits, no polish, plenty of self-sabotage, and somehow that’s exactly why we liked it. As a new generation rediscovers them in 2026, we dig into the band’s strange afterlife: how a group that seemed destined to disappear instead became permanent, fueled by myth, mess, and songs that are sort of timeless.