Soul Asylum won the 1994 Grammy Award for Best Rock Song for " Runaway Train". Huffman played on the albums Let Your Dim Light Shine, After the Flood: Live from the Grand Forks Prom, June 28, 1997, and The Silver Lining. He toured with the band until joining Matchbox Twenty in 1998. The band added keyboard player Joey Huffman in the summer of 1993. Later that year, the band performed "Sexual Healing" for the AIDS benefit album No Alternative, produced by the Red Hot Organization. On January 20, 1993, the group performed at the first inauguration of United States President Bill Clinton. In 1992 they released Grave Dancers Union, which became their most popular album.
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Because of poor sales and Pirner's hearing problems, the group considered disbanding.Īfter playing a series of acoustic shows in the early 1990s, they were picked up by Columbia Records. Hang Time was released in 1988, followed by And the Horse They Rode In On in 1990 (produced by X-pensive Winos drummer Steve Jordan). Their first offering on that label was Clam Dip & Other Delights (1989), the title and cover art being a parody of Whipped Cream & Other Delights, by A&M Records co-founder Herb Alpert. The group signed with A&M Records in 1988. Mainstream popularity and success: 1988–1999 Dave Pirner at a Soul Asylum concert in Germany in 1990 Despite critical acclaim locally and internationally, they remained unknown to a larger U.S. One early review described their sound as "some unholy mix of Kiss and Hank Williams thrown under the wheels of a runaway train." All elements contributed to the band's being described as a " grunge precursor", a claim often recited in comparisons between pre-Nirvana Minneapolis and Seattle bands.
Contrasted with some of the popular underground and alternative styles at the time, audiences were struck by the band's onstage swagger, scruffy Midwestern appearance and extremely loud, frenetic sound, mixing tuneful but unrestrained punk, hardcore, 1970s rock, country and self-effacing kitsch. The band toured relentlessly in its early years, opening for other American touring bands and later performing as a headliner act after gaining exposure on the " Flip Your Wig" tour with the Minneapolis band Hüsker Dü in early 1986. In 1986, Soul Asylum released three albums, Made to Be Broken, Time's Incinerator (on cassette only) and While You Were Out. Between the release of Say What You Will and their second album, Grant Young joined the group, taking over the drums from Morley. It is out of print but was re-released on CD as Say What You Will, Clarence.Karl Sold the Truck, which includes five additional tracks that were cut from the original album. Everything Can Happen was originally released on LP and cassette by local record label Twin/Tone as a nine-song EP. Their 1984 debut album, Say What You Will. Paul area (including the nightclub First Avenue) and quickly developed a core following while becoming known for their powerful, dynamic stage shows. Soul Asylum began performing around the Minneapolis–St. On the following Reflex compilation, Kitten (recorded live at Goofy's Upper Deck), they were billed as Proud Crass Fools. Pirner was moved to rhythm guitar, and Pat Morley took over on drums.Īs Loud Fast Rules, two of their songs were released on the 1982 Reflex Records cassette compilation Barefoot and Pregnant. The group was an outgrowth of a previous band, Loud Fast Rules, formed in 1981 by drummer and lead vocalist Dave Pirner, guitarist and backing vocalist Dan Murphy, and bassist Karl Mueller. Mueller was diagnosed with cancer in 2004, and the band organized a benefit concert on his behalf. Their most recent was Hurry Up and Wait in 2020, their twelfth studio release. The band released four more albums over the next 15 years. In 1998 they recorded Candy from a Stranger. They also scored a platinum record with the album Let Your Dim Light Shine three years later. The band played at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton early the next year. In 1992, they released the triple-platinum album Grave Dancers Union, featuring "Runaway Train". The band recorded three albums with Twin/Tone Records and two with A&M Records, with little commercial success. Morley was replaced by Grant Young in 1984. They changed their name to Soul Asylum in 1983. The band was originally called Loud Fast Rules, with a lineup consisting of Dave Pirner, Dan Murphy, Karl Mueller, and Pat Morley. Their 1993 hit " Runaway Train" won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song. Soul Asylum is an American alternative rock band formed in 1981 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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