Talk:Paul Westerberg

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Although Westerberg admittedly lurches between spelling the name of his alter ego as one word and spelling it as two, most reviewers and retailers appear to favor the former. Drysarcasm 07:34, 4 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Date of birth?

I always thought he was born on the last day of the 50's (12/31/1959) but IMDB.com has his DOB listed as 12/31/1960. For what it's worth, VH1.com also lists Paul's birth year as 1959. Anyone?

AllMusic.com lists it as 1959. The 1954 that's currently listed seems way off. Bcarlson33 05:32, 2 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cleanup

I'm adding the cleanup template; the text in this article sort of meanders and runs on in places. Bcarlson33 05:29, 2 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ethnicity

I have changed Westerberg's ethnic category from "Swedish-Americans" to "Swiss-Americans". I have done so because of an article/interview in Spin magazine with Westerberg circa 1989/1990 when Westerberg was asked by a reporter (paraphrasing): "Are you Jewish?" to which Westerberg replied (again, paraphrasing): "Oh, I've been asked that a lot because of my surname. No, it's Swiss." ExRat 23:56, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

He probably meant Swedish, since 'Westerberg' is infact a fairly common Swedish name. The fact that he his from Minnesota also points to a possible Swedish heritage.

Well, we can't go by what we "suspect" he meant. ExRat 06:22, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

To be fair the reporter probably misquoted him (happens a lot with Swedish and Swiss), since "Westerberg" definitely isn't a Swiss name but a Swedish one. Not that it really matters. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.231.91.178 (talk) 16:22, 23 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]

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This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 00:26, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Notorious Alcoholic?

Maybe I've just read too much of Our Band Could Be Your Life, but shouldn't there be some mention of Paul being a notorious alcoholic?