Trouble Boyz

Another review of the fantastic Replacements book Trouble Boys which may have hit things on the head:

Westerberg, in particular, seemed temperamentally unable to stomach coexistence when he felt there was even a tinge of inauthenticity. During a tour opening for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, after coming off stage following yet another lackluster performance, a roadie asks him, "I don't get it, man. You guys are, like, brilliant if you want to be. Why don't you want to be?" He can't come up with an answer.