Below is a list of related Web sites for Paul and the Mats, along with information on where to connect with your fellow fans. Enjoy!

Paul Westerberg Sites

• Vagrant Records
  Vagrant's PW section has news, tour info and other goodies.
• LAUNCH
  Launch has a really nice site for Paul, with lots of songs, videos and articles. Definitely check out the EPK ("Electronic Press Kit"), which was done for the release of Suicaine Gratifcation.
• Rolling Stone
  Their artist page for Paul, great pictures.

• The Official Skyway Home Page
  Mecca for Mats fans online, this is the companion site to the Skyway e-mail newsletter -- both the Web site and the newsletter are run by Matt Tomich, who deserves a medal for all the work he's put into this project. NOTE: I get a ton of requests for chords for PW + Mats tunes - click here for Chords to All Yer Favorite Tunes!
  The Mats first record label, with a wonderful collection of old pictures, sounds and video. There's a 15 song set by an oh-so-young-looking Mats from Sept. 5, 1981, recorded at the 7th Street Entry. Great stuff.
• The Foshay Tower
  "Dedicated to the most towering musical institution to arise from the Twin Cities, if not the entire Midwest: the Replacements."
• Beyond The Mats - The Legend of Drunken Masters
  One man's obsession with Paul and The Gang - we can all relate.
• Replacements Videos
  The Mats on SNL courtesy of JD Majaris.
• Lovelines
  "Fantasy Phone Swingers' Hotline
  Pure silk, pure seduction
  G-strings in petal pink Hell"
  See the orginial issue of "City Pages" (Wednesday, October 13th, 1982; volume 4, number 79), which inspired the Mats to write "Lovelines".
• Rolling Stone
  Their Mats home page, a good site, with discography, articles, MP3s and more.
• Twin/Tone Records Replacement's Home Page
• Mats Virtual Tour
  Can't get to the Twin Cities? Take a virtual tour of various Mats landmarks around Minneapolis, thanks to Brady.
• Slim Dunlap
  Find out the latest on Slim, who's recording for Medium Cool.
• Chris Mars
  Chris Mars has a website which features his artwork and also has info on his post-Mats music.
• Tommy Stinson
  His official website, for both his solo work and info on GnR.
• Peter Jesperson
  The Mats original manager, who also co-produced their first 4 records. Now at New West Records.
• EAR.FM
  Paul's entry on The Encyclopedia of Modern Rock Artists site aka EAR.FM.

• First Avenue and Seventh Street Entry
  Minneapolis club that was home to many a great Mats shows back in the day, it's open, it's closed, yeah it's open again!
• City Pages Online
  The Twin Cities alternative weekly, whose personals section was immortalized in Lovelines ("G-strings in petal pink").
• Tommy Keene Page
  Home page for the amazing pop singer/songwriter who played guitar on the Eventually tour.
• Gorman Bechard
  Site for the author of "The Second Greatest Story Ever Told", a novel that imagines a meeting between the Mats and the Daughter of God.
• Alan Arlt
  Check out "The Carpet Frogs: Music After Tomorrow", a novel about a Minneapolis band based loosely on The Replacements.
• "Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Rock Underground, 1981-1991"
  The Mats are included in this book by Michael Azerrad which chronicles the world of 80s indie rock by covering 13 bands, including The Mats. The other bands included Black Flag, Minutemen, Mission of Burma, Minor Threat and Husker Du.

• Man Without Ties Message Board
  A message board for people who visit this site.
• alt.music.replacements
  The Mats have their very own newsgroup.
• Replacements Group on MySpace
  Another Mats cyber place.

Read About Your Bands
Your bands - if you have one, send me the info and I'll post a link.

• *AM Stereo - Boston, MA
• Army Ant Records - Minneapolis, MN
• Anthemic Pop Wonder - NYC
• BangSugarBang - LA
• The Big Cats - Little Rock, AR
• Blue Sage Music
• The Bottlehouse - Minneapolis, MN
• The Cigarettes
• Closed - NJ
• The Complements -Richmond Hill, Ontario
• The Customers - Minneapolis, MN
• Dan Israel and the Cultivators - Minneapolis, MN
• Dick's Wife - OK City, OK
• Didn't Planet - Boston, MA
• The Differents - Chicago, IL
• The Dirty Truckers - Boston/Providence   (check out their cover of "16 Blue")
• The Dogs - L'Isle D'Abeau, France
• The Dorks - Chicago, IL
• DriverX - NYC
• Charley Dush - St. Paul, MN
• The Ergs! - Old Bridge, NJ
• Five Dollar Mullet - Philadelphia, PA
• Flipp - Minneapolis, MN
• Face Down Records - Burlington, NJ
• frank - NYC
• Fuse-5 - Hartford, CT
• Gleek
• GunStreetRadio - NYC
• Thee Haloes - Boston, MA
• Brad Hopkins - Toronto, ON
• House on the Island - Cedar Rapids, IA
• The Impatients - Azusa, CA
• Jack Ruby - Minneapolis, MN
• The Johnny Zoom Cheerleader Squad - Tampa, FL
• Jumpship - Philadelphia
• Andrew Leist - Fremont, CA
• Bill McGarvey - Hoboken, NJ
• The Minks - Calgary, Alberta
• Mike I.
• No Show Ponies - PA
• Nope
• The Paisley Pop Label - Portland, OR
• The Paperbacks - Winnipeg, MB, Canada
• The Pop Mafia - NYC
• The Rakes - Minneapolis, MN
• Missy Roback - San Francisco, CA
• The Scaries - Chapel Hill, NC
• Sean Lee - NYC
• Shot - Edinburgh, Scotland
• Rob Skane - Albany, NY
• Sorry About Dresden - Carrboro, NC
• Sumac - UK
• Taggert - NJ
• The Threads - Melbourne, Australia
• Tied For Last/Scollard - Yonkers/NYC
• Ugly Friend - NYC
• The Wandering Step - Preston, UK
• Yuma House - Washington, D.C.

• Best Friends Animal Sanctuary
• People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
• PetFinder