Kevin Foley is perhaps best remembered as the bassist for Tommy Stinson’s post Replacements band, Bash & Pop. Formed in 1992, the band released one moderately successful album, Friday Night Is Killing Me before disbanding in 1994. The album is a must-have for core Replacements fans and those of the mid ’90s Minneapolis rock scene. Bash & Pop also included Foley’s brother, Steve Foley who died suddenly in 2008. Kevin Foley was 52 when he also died unexpectedly on March 24, 2011. Although cause of death was not immediately released, it has been reported that family members believe a heart condition might have been to blame.
Steve Foley was a popular Minneapolis-area drummer who played in several local bands, the most famous being the Replacements during their final days and tour. He was also a member of Tommy Stinson’s post-Mats band, Bash & Pop. Prior to his days in the Replacements, Foley and another Replacements replacement, Slim Dunlop, played with Curtis A. Steve Foley died of an accidental overdose of his prescription medicine at the age of 49. His brother, Kevin Foley, who was also in Bash & Pop, died suddenly on March 24, 2011.
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John Entwistle was best known as the bass player for the Who. His loud and fast style of playing was as important to the group as the voice of Roger Daltrey; the songwriting and guitar of Pete Townshend; and the sloppy but essential drumming of Keith Moon. If one of those parts were missing, the magic of the Who would have never happened. Entwistle also played the trumpet, piano, and french horn; wrote great songs and sang. Playing the bass like a lead guitar, would influence such greats as Geddy Lee, Phil Lesh, Flea, Tommy Stinson and Billy Sheehan. He even went as far as being the first known bassist to use Marshall stacks in concert, a practice normally reserved for guitarists. The Rolling Stones’Bill Wyman once described Entwistle as “the quietest man in private but the loudest man on stage.” Entwistle stayed with the Who during their 30+ year run, staying busy during band hiatuses with his own side projects or on tour with Ringo Starr. But he apparently had a difficult time managing his own money and some have said that each time the Who reunited, it was out of the love that Daltrey and Townshend had for him – their way of helping him out of financial straits. It was one day before the start of one of these tours that Entwistle was found dead in his Las Vegas hotel room. It was June 27, 2002, and John Entwistle was dead of what was ruled a heart attack caused by a relatively small amount of cocaine. It should be pointed out that the Who were such a powerful four-piece live band, that it took an added keyboardist and a second guitarist to, in later years, take the place of John Entwistle and original drummer, Keith Moon.
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Bob Stinson was the founding lead guitarist for influential Minneapolis alternative rock band, the Replacements. And to some, he was the band’s true heart and soul. The Mats (as they were known to their fans) was formed in 1979 by Stinson, his younger brother, Tommy Stinson, and Christopher Mars. The following year, they addedlocal songwriting genius, Paul Westerberg to the mix. Over the next few years, the band would rise to the top of a thriving local scene that included Husker Du and Soul Asylum on the rock side and the Time and Prince on the R&B side. In 1984, the group released their breakthrough album, Let It Be, an album which most respectable music sources rightfully include in their best or most influential rock albums of all time lists. The following year saw the release of their major label debut, Tim, an album that further cemented the Replacements, importance to rock ‘n roll. But it was more than just their music that endeared the band to critics and fans alike, it was also their “fuck all” attitude, one that made radio appearances and concerts highly unpredictable (to put it lightly). On any given night, you could expect to see the greatest or absolute worst show you had ever seen. But either way, it made for one of the greatest nights you ever had. For good or bad, much of that could be traced directly to Stinson. It was around the time of Tim’s release that infighting within the band and pressure from the label to produce more commercially appealing records lead Stinson and the band to part ways. He continued on over the better part of the next decade playing in other groups, but was never able to recapture spark he found with the Replacements. Bob Stinson struggled with alcohol and drug abuse through much of his life, so when he ultimately died at the age of 35, the official report didn’t cite the drugs or alcohol as the actual cause of death, but rather that his body just gave out after so many years of abuse.
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