Drummer died of overdose on prescription medicine drugs
NEW YORK -- Steve Foley, wHO played drums with the Replacements at the shadow end of their life history, died utmost weekend in Minneapolis. He was 49. According to local media reports, Foley died afterward accidentally overdosing on prescription medication.
The 1990 selection of Foley, wHO played in such Minneapolis bands as Curtiss A, Wheelo and Snaps, as the fill-in for original Replacements drummer Chris Mars 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 sit from him to an audition. In the elevator car was a copy of the mark new Replacements album "All Shook Down," prompting Westerberg and Stinson to see at each other and then exclaim to Foley, "You're already in."
Foley then toured with the band until its final usher on July 4, 1991, in Chicago's Grant Park. Afterward, he and his brother Kevin joined Stinson's band Bash & Pop. Of late, he was working as a car salesman in Minneapolis.
According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, visitation will be held 11 a.m. Friday at Washburn-McReavy Funeral Chapel in Edina, Minn., with burial to follow at Lakewood Cemetery.
