I'd love to hear some to be honest.  I don't know much about the Replacements other than they supposedly influenced a lot of average bands.  Maybe I missed something.

While it's hard to say "never" anymore, I don't see there being a juggernaut musically anymore - not in rock music at least.  Rock music has never been as unpopular as it is now with the mainstream media.  Look at the charts these days.  You'll see matchbox Twenty (who I enjoy listening to), Daughtry, and Nickleback.  I don't consider any of these bands what I would call traditional rock bands.

Curiosity led to the purchase of the first album.  There wasn't anything to draw people into this one.

I've told the couple people I know about the new site.  I'm sure people will trickle back, but it might take some new news to get some of the people to come back.

Neemo, not everybody was drawn to Axl.  Some people were/are huge gnr fans because of other people in the band.  Slash and Izzy had a lot to do with the resume you're crediting entirely to Axl. 

They grew to be huge in a short period of time, but also flamed out almost as quickly as they rose to that level.  I'm good with Axl being top 20, maybe top 10 for a big fan of the band, but there's no way he's top 5 all time for anybody being objective.