Dave Pirner (born David Pirner, April 16, 1964, Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States) is an American singer, best known for being the lead vocalist for the band, Soul Asylum.
By the time he was 17, Pirner was living and working in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He taught himself how to play the drums. By age 20, Pirner started his career drumming with a punk band called Loud Fast Rules as part of the Minneapolis scene, together with Karl Mueller (bass) a...
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Dave Pirner (born David Pirner, April 16, 1964, Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States) is an American singer, best known for being the lead vocalist for the band, Soul Asylum.
By the time he was 17, Pirner was living and working in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He taught himself how to play the drums. By age 20, Pirner started his career drumming with a punk band called Loud Fast Rules as part of the Minneapolis scene, together with Karl Mueller (bass) and Dan Murphy (guitar). When Pirner switched to singing and playing rhythm guitar, Pat Morley joined on drums. Morley was later replaced by Grant Young, and the band changed their name to Soul Asylum. The band achieved big-time success with the single "Runaway Train" off their 1992 album Grave Dancers Union. Their other big hit from the album was "Black Gold", and the album went on to sell more than two million copies.
As Soul Asylum became more popular, Pirner decided to do guest appearances on different albums of artists including Paul...
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