The two decades since the band's inception have seen music critics call The Magnolias "Minneapolis' scruffy also-rans" and "little brothers" of more well-known Twin Cities groups The Replacements, Husker Du and Soul Asylum. And although The Magnolias were a few years younger than these bands, passage of time has revealed what fans knew since the Reagan years at their best, The Magnolias were second to none.
These are photos from concerts where The Magnolias played, so they may be of other bands that played the concert as well.
Meat Puppets / Good Joe / The Magnolias Nov 11, 1985 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States Uploaded by Bob De Boer