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发信人: rocky (绝大师), 信区: Rockroll
标 题: Biography----SOUL ASYLUM
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2001年07月10日10:48:39 星期二), 站内信件
Soul Asylum is the quintessential little band that could; it only took ten yea
rs to turn them from a teenage garage band into multiplatinum-selling rock sta
rs. Guitarist Dan Murphy, bassist Karl Mueller and drummer Dave Pirner formed
in 1981 as Loud Fast Rules in Minneapolis, MN. When the shambolic, no longer t
eenage band burst on to the scene in 1984, they'd added Grant Young on drums a
nd switched Pirner to rhythm guitar and vocals for the loud and fast Twin Tone
album, Say What You Will Clarence...Karl Sold The Truck. Sadly, the record wa
s overshadowed by the current releases by fellow Twin Cities denizens the Repl
acements and Husker Du; Soul Asylum have gone on record stating they were dubb
ed "the B-teamers" by the Replacements, which created bad feelings between the
bands for years. Still, the band forged their way on college radio and countl
ess U.S. club tours, which gained them a devoted following.
The "hell-on" rock band, in guitarist Murphy's words, released Made to Be Brok
en (1986) and followed with the similar While You Were Out in (1986), but Pirn
er's songwriting always far outshone the form. The band signed to A&M Records
in 1989 as part of a distribution pact between Twin Tone and A&M for the harde
r rock-sounding Hang Time, produced by Lenny Kaye. The record garnered some co
llege radio attention, but by 1990's And the Horse They Rode In On, Soul Asylu
m had fallen out of favor with the indie-rock set and were left languishing in
limbo, having almost entirely forsaken their post-punk indie roots. Pirner an
d Murphy spent the time regrouping, working out songs as the acoustic duo Murp
hy and Pirfinkle, touring the Midwest.
The songs found their way to Columbia Records and onto Grave Dancers Union in
1992, which ultimately earned the band a multiplatinum record after a slow sta
rt. The magical third single, "Runaway Train," propelled by a public service a
nnouncement-style video for missing children, helped push the single to number
five and the album to number 11 and turned the band into a household name.
They performed at the Clinton Inaugural in 1992. Shortly after the release of
Grave Dancers, drummer Young left the band and was replaced by Sterling Campbe
ll for the recording of Let Your Dim Light Shine in 1995. Though it charted at
number six and a single, "Misery," hit the Top 20, the band never reached the
dizzying heights nor masses they touched with "Runaway Train." Murphy records
and tours with the Minneapolis "supergroup" Golden Smog, while Pirner also co
ntributed vocals to their 1996 recording, On Golden Smog. Pirner's well-public
ized romance with actress Winona Ryder since 1994 has left skeptics predicting
the band would break up, but they returned in 1998 with Candy from a Stranger
. Needless to say, the little band's fame ultimately eclipsed those other guys
from Minneapolis. -- Denise Sullivan, All Music Guide
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