★★★★★
One Man Mutiny (Done To Death Music) Rating: With a new-found focus and confidence in his songwriting, Tommy Stinson, Mr. ex-Replacement, has released One Man Mutiny , probably the most consistent record quality-wise of his solo career (aside from Bash & Pop's classic debut, Friday Night is Killing Me, of course, still a high point.) Never one to sit still, Stinson has been doubling down as the bass player for both Guns and Roses and Soul Asylum now for years...
- www.americansongwriter.com
2013-04-25
★★★★★
Ex-The Replacements and current Guns N' Roses bassist Tommy Stinson has been extremely brave on his second solo release, One Man Mutiny. Not focusing on just one genre, Stinson lets songwriting be his primary guide, as country, rock, garage rock, early punk and hints of The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan are littered all over One Man Mutiny...
- www.musicreview.co.za
2011-09-26
★★★★★
I learned the hard way that debating the merits of the former Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson's songwriting work can lead to much awkwardness. Case in point: It was 1998, I was just finishing journalism school in Ottawa, Canada, and managed to snag a meeting with the editor-in-chief of The Ottawa Xpress, which is the city's alternative weekly, to discuss story ideas I had for the paper...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-09-05
★★★★★
In late 1997, Tommy Stinson joined Guns N'Roses. Seven years on, that band's Chinese Democracy album remains unfinished, so Stinson can hardly be blamed for making a solo record. Varied and melodic with echoes of Big Star, Cheap Trick and, inevitably, The Replacements, there are crisp ballads ("Light Of Day"), Stones-style rockers ("Something's Wrong") and the odd full-throttle riff ("Couldn't Wait")...
- www.uncut.co.uk
2010-06-19
★★★★★
For a while there, Tommy Stinson was just about the coolest thing going. Of course that was about 15 to 20 years ago when he was the impossibly young bassist for the most beloved American underground band around. Though he didn't write much of the music, that was okay because the Replacements were almost as famous for their hard partying lifestyle as they were for their garage/blues/pop/punk anthems, and Tommy did more than his share...
- www.adequacy.net
2009-07-21
★★★★★
Before you get all upset that the opening track sounds distinctly post-Coldplay, 'Mats fan, remember that most of you have never actually heard Tommy Stinson sing. Sure, he was the poster boy for ramshackle indie rock (specifically the kind that actually could get on the radio) back in the '80s, but that was because he was the only boy in a world of men...
- www.stylusmagazine.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
Despite a rock & roll resume few can touch, Replacements co-founder and current Guns n' Roses bassist Tommy Stinson has spent most of his career in the shadow of complex frontmen. While his spotty, post-'Mats projects like Bash and Pop and Perfect were destined for the cut-out bin, Stinson's first real solo disc is a stunning achievement. Set in motion with the captivating, slow crawling "Without a View," Village Gorilla Head wins fans early with the blissful power of "Not a Moment too Soon...
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
What's smaller and smarter than a Velvet Revolver? A Velvet Squirt Gun? Current Guns N' Roses bassist (and onetime preteen bassist for Minneapolis punk-rock greats the Replacements) Tommy Stinson gets a lot of time off as Axl Rose polishes his Chinese Democracy. On his vacation, Stinson has made a record that manages to sound fully engaged and optimistic even while it's sad all over the place...
- www.blender.com
2008-07-30
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