Twin/Tone Records CoFounder Speaks Out on Minneapolis Violence and Community Support Craig RosenJanuary 25, 2026 at 10:36 PM 0 The founders of Twin/Tone Records are speaking out about their hometown. Twin/Tone Records, the onetime home of such '80s alternative rock favorites as the Replacements and Soul Asylum, is closely affiliated with Minneapolis, the hometown of the record label and those bands.
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Craig RosenJanuary 25, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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The founders of Twin/Tone Records are speaking out about their hometown.
Twin/Tone Records, the onetime home of such '80s alternative rock favorites as the Replacements and Soul Asylum, is closely affiliated with Minneapolis, the hometown of the record label and those bands.
In the wake of the second deadly shooting of a Minneapolis resident in recent weeks by federal agents, the official Facebook account of Twin/Tone Records posted a message from the label's co-founder Paul Stark on Jan. 25.
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"Minneapolis is the home of Twin/Tone and although [co-founder]Peter [Jesperson] and I no longer live there, it pains us beyond words to see what our great city (and nation) is having to endure. We applaud those who peacefully go out to protest and bear witness to what is happening. We feel horrified that many of our former neighbors are made to feel too scared to go out of their homes. We encourage you to do all you can. If nothing else, support local food shelves and legal aid groups."
A fan posting on the Paul Westerberg & The Replacements Facebook fan page noted that the deadly shooting of VA ICU nurse Alex Pretti occurred "a block down from the old headquarters of Twin Tone records (2541 Nicolette Ave. S.) where the first two Replacements records were recorded."
Late former Hüsker Dü member Grant Hart wrote and recorded a song about the space on his first solo release after the breakup of Hüsker Dü in 1988.
Coincidently, Jesperson, the former manager of the Replacements who is now a Los Angeles resident, posted about former Replacements and Guns N' Roses bassist Tommy Stinson's show Jan. 23 at the Permanent Records Roadhouse in L.A.
In a post on Instagram, Jesperson raved about Stinson, who performed both solo, with Karla Rose and guests, and backed by Seattle post-punk band Little Venom.
"I almost always love Tommy's shows, whether they're solo, duo, or trio, but to see him with a full-tilt rock n' roll band behind him again was nothing short of exhilarating!" Jesperson wrote on Jan. 24. "The wonderfully broad set list ranged from his various projects - Bash & Pop, Perfect, Cowboys In The Campfire, the criminally overlooked solo album Village Gorilla Head, a terrific cover of T Rex's "Life's A Gas," and a brand new song "Better On You" from Tommy's as-yet-untitled-upcoming-album, that I would say is a candidate for Best Song He's Ever Written."
Yet aside from praising Stinson's performance, Jesperson also noted what was happening in Minneapolis at the end of his message. "I gotta say, it feels weird to post this when the country (including specifically my hometown) is under siege from a completely immoral, self-serving administration," he wrote, "but the sheer joy in the room last night felt like a collective art-salve, a brief respite from the bewildering times we're living through."
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