R.I.P.: Steve Foley, Replacements' last drummer

From today's Billboard:

According to local media reports, Foley died after accidentally overdosing on prescription medication.

The 1990 selection of Foley, who played in such Minneapolis bands as Curtiss A, Wheelo and Snaps, as the substitute for original Replacements drummer Steve Foley has become the stuff of legend.

According to Jim Walsh's oral history "All Over But the Shouting," frontman Paul Westerberg and bassist Tommy Stinson bumped into Foley at a local bar and procured a ride from him to an audition. In the car was a copy of the brand new Replacements album "All Shook Down," prompting Westerberg and Stinson to look at each other and then exclaim to Foley, "You're already in."

This sucks.  A lot.  Sure, we came to the band late (we had to, we're 80s babies), but that isn't to say that our appreciation level for what the band did for rock songwriting and showmanship.  Foley became a member of The Replacements in 1990, and the band was breaking up, and even though he didn't play at all on any of the actual recordings the band had made, he forever remains a Twin Cities legend.

(mp3)    The Replacements - Can't Hardly Wait

Godspeed!