Mars detailed the kind of hellraising that he and the other Replacements indulged in when they were together in Rolling Stone's Alt Rock-A-Rama. Among other incidents, he was thrown in jail for playing chicken with an unmarked police car. He also, in conjunction with bandmate Bob Stinson, sabotaged a gig where he knew there would be a lot of record industry personnel in attendance by going to a novelty store and purchasing some bottles of stink juice.
Mars barely appeared on The Replacements' final album, All Shook Down. He left before the subsequent tour, unhappy with Paul Westerberg's control of the band.[2] The Replacements subsequently disbanded.
In late 2005, Mars rejoined the other two surviving Replacements, Westerberg and Tommy Stinson, to record two new songs for a best-of compilation. He only sang backing vocals on the tracks while Josh Freese did the actual drumming.