Paul Westerberg was born on Thursday, December 31, 1959 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He is a famous rhythm guitarist and well known song writer.

Biography and Career:

Paul Westerberg was born in Minnesota, United States. He started his career with the Replacements, famous rock bands of 80's. The rock star had an interesting entry into the musical world. According to Replacements lore, he was working as a caretaker, and while walking home from work one day, he happened to hear a punk band practicing in a basement. He talked his way into the band by convincing the singer that the other band members--Bob Stinson, Chris Mars and Tommy Stinson were going to fire him. The singer quit and he joined the group. The band became known mainly because of the song written by him. He beca me famous through his solo performances all shook Down, Waiting for Somebody Dyslexic Heart.

The first official solo album was 14 songs which were released by Repeise Records. His songs appeared in television sound tracks, movie trailers. The song writer also played guitar with Joan Jett in album Notorious, recorded a duet for Tank Girl sound track with Jett. The solo album presented by him is Eventually, Suicaine Gratifaction. He had a setback for three years and made a comeback in 2002, in the same year he released two records simultaneously stereo and Mono. In December 2005 he re-joined with the replacements and record two new songs for a compilation titled Don't You Know Who I Think I Was? - The Best of the Replacements, which was released in 2006.

In 2006, he took on the challenge of writing a collection of songs for the animated film Open Season.

Short Info:

Genres: Alternative rock
Instruments: Guitar, vocals, bass guitar, piano, drums
Being born on 12/31, Paul is a Capricorn.
The 50 year old, has a well built physical appearance. His perfect height and hair style made him the better rock star on stage.
He is married to Laurie Lindeen and has a son Johnny who was born in 1998.

Why do we like Paul Westerberg?

We like Paul for his music and personality.

Why is Paul Westerberg famous?

Paul's works are well recognized, published in television tracks and movie trailers, we can say that his solo performances brought most of his fame.

Paul Westerberg Lists

	1959 births
	Living people
	American singer-songwriters
	American male singers
	American rock guitarists
	American rock singers
	Fat Possum Records artists
	Musicians from Minnesota
	The Replacements members

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Tags: 1959, capricorn, musician, minneapolis

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Category: Musicians  - ( Musicians Archive)

Date Added: 08 February '10

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