Icon Vs. Icon recently conducted an interview with GUNS N’ ROSES bassist Tommy Stinson. In the interview Stinson talks about the creation of his new solo album One Man Mutiny, life on tour with Guns N' Roses, the possibility of a REPLACEMENTS reunion and what the future holds for him musically. Excerpts from the interview are below:

Icon Vs. Icon: In regard to new music, you recently released One Man Mutiny. What can you tell us about your writing process for this album?

Tommy Stinson: “It came together in pretty much the same way as my last solo album did, the Village Gorilla Head record. I kinda compile songs as I go along and when I have enough of them that I like, I finish them and decide that it is time to put another record out. It’s pretty simple but the bummer of that is I have been so busy over the past couple of years that it has been a long time between records. I am hoping to reconcile that now that I have my studio set up in my house and all of my stuff is in one place, set up and ready to go. Doing things on my own, I believe, is really going to help the process out and cut down on the time between records.”

Icon Vs. Icon: For you and the guys in the band, how does the current tour stack up to your previous outings?

Tommy Stinson: “I think the difference between this tour and the earlier ones is that we are having a lot more fun. I think that Axl seems to be having more fun as well. I think that it might have something to do with the addition of DJ Ashba, I think that is a pretty good assumption to make. He is a good fit musically and, with his personality, I think him and Axl get along really well. All those elements make for a really fun show. It is light and we work our butts off but it is a lot more fun and less hectic than the last outings.”

Icon Vs. Icon: Fans are always clamoring for a Replacements reunion. And 20 years after The Replacements, the mythology of the band continues to grow. What is it like for you to look back on your time in the band all these years later?

Tommy Stinson: “I look back on that period fondly. We left our mark. We did some good things and we did some bad things. I think that, ultimately, history will remember us that way — and that is a good thing! I look back fondly on the whole thing. Do I ever want to go back? Not really. But I don’t think that we really could anyway because it is in the past, ya know?”

Read the entire interview here.