Mpls Music History

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18 October 2026 01:07

October 1993 at First Avenue & 7th Street Entry. From the Minnesota Music Archive.

Chris Steller

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18 October 2026 01:07

On this day, October 17, 1980, the Minneapolis Star published an epic roundup of local bands (by staff critic Jon Bream—still on the job today!—and much-missed freelancer Jay Walljasper, who died in 2020) AND a survey of local rock bars (by staffer Karin Winegar) (1/4) @mplsmusichistory.bsky.social

Chris Steller

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16 October 2026 23:59

On this night in 1985 the Replacements began a five-night homestand at the 7th Street Entry, marking the release of their first major-label album, “Tim.” Reputedly, a real-life bat-signal flashed in the skies over Minneapolis to announce the event. @mplsmusichistory.bsky.social

Chris Steller

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16 October 2026 23:58

Happy 66th birthday to Bob Mould, who got a guitar in 1976, the same year he was student manager for the Franklin Academy Little Huskies JV basketball team of Malone, New York

Mpls Music History

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16 October 2026 01:00

On this day, October 15, 1987, the debut live performance of Bob Stinson’s band Model Prisoner at the 7th Street Entry.