David Pirner is the lead vocalist for the band Soul Asylum. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... Soul Asylum is an alternative rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1983. ...

He was born on April 16, 1964 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. By the time he was 17, he was living and working in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dave taught himself how to play the drums. By age 20, Dave 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. Pat was later replaced by Grant Young, and the band changed their name to Soul Asylum. At first, critics said the band was sloppy and erratic but at the same time captivating. The band achieved big-time success with the single "Runaway Train" off the 1992 album Grave Dancers Union. The video for the song featured stills of missing children against the backdrop of a baby being kidnapped from a young mother. Their other big hit from the album was "Black Gold", and because of those two songs, the album went on to sell more than two million copies. is the 106th day of the year (107th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... Green Bay is the county seat of Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. ... “Minneapolis” redirects here. ... This article is about the city in Minnesota. ... Karl Mueller (July 27, 1963-June 17, 2005) was a rock musician. ... A runaway train is a train which is unable to stop or be stopped. ... Grave Dancers Union is the official sixth album by Soul Asylum. ...

As Soul Asylum became more popular, Pirner decided to spread his talent around and started to do guest appearances on different albums of artists he greatly admired, such as Paul Westerberg, Mike Watt and The Autumn Defense. Soul Asylum is an alternative rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1983. ... Westerberg during a performance. ... Michael David Watt (born December 20, 1957 in Portsmouth, Virginia) is a bass guitarist, singer and songwriter, best-known for co-founding the punk rock bands The Minutemen and fIREHOSE; as of 2003, he is also the bassist for the reunited Iggy Pop & The Stooges. ... The Autumn Defense: John Stirratt and Pat Sansone The Autumn Defense is an indie band, comprised of multi-instrumentalists John Stirratt and Pat Sansone. ...

By 1999, Soul Asylum went into hiatus, after making 1998's Candy from a Stranger, which sold the least amount of copies of the big three (1992's Grave Dancer's Union, 1995's Let Your Dim Light Shine, which yielded the big hits "Misery" and "Just Like Anyone") But after four years, Soul Asylum got back together and started writing songs in the studio, dying bassist Karl Mueller's idea. Karl passed away after suffering a long battle with throat cancer on June 17th, 2005. He was 42. About a year after his death, Soul Asylum released their most recent album The Silver Lining on Legacy Recordings, which was dedicated to the life and memory of Karl. About half the songs on the album were recorded with the late bassist, such as "Lately", "Slowly Rising" and "Standing Water". The first hit from this album was "Stand Up And Be Strong". Since last year, Dave Pirner has been cutting back on smoking and drinking. Soul Asylum is currently on tour with their new lineup, which consists of Dave Pirner on guitar and vocals, Dan Murphy on lead guitar, Michael Bland on drums and Tommy Stinson on bass (as well as John Fields standing in on bass and piano for Tommy). Candy From a Stranger is Soul Asylums eighth studio album. ... Let Your Dim Light Shine, is an album from 1995 from the band Soul Asylum. ... Karl Mueller (July 27, 1963-June 17, 2005) was a rock musician. ... The Silver Lining is Soul Asylums long-awaited follow-up to the 1998 studio release Candy from a Stranger. ... Legacy Recordings is Sony BMG Music Entertainments catalog division. ... Dan Murphy (born Daniel Murphy, on July 12, 1962 in Duluth, Minnesota) is best known as the guitarist for the band Soul Asylum. ... Michael Bland (born March 14, 1969 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is best known as a drummer for Prince starting in 1989. ... Current Guns N Roses bass player Tommy Stinson Tommy Stinson (born Thomas Eugene Stinson, 6 October 1966 in Minneapolis, USA), currently a member of Guns N Roses, was one of the founding members of the legendary 1980s alternative band The Replacements. ...

Dave became famous for his personal life just as much for his music. Pirner dated movie star Winona Ryder and subsequently made a cameo appearance in her 1994 film Reality Bites. Pirner was also a part of the all-star band assembled for the soundtrack of the 1994 film Backbeat. A misunderstanding of the lyrical content in Primus's hit single "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" led to a short rivalry with Les Claypool (which Claypool apparently wasn't even aware of until the topic was brought up in an interview). Pirner reportedly took offense, while Ryder did not. Pirner also contributed to the soundtrack of Kevin Smith's 1997 film Chasing Amy.The song "Cant Even Tell" is featured in Clerks, then they used the song "Misery" in Kevin Smith's most recent flick, Clerks II. Winona Ryder (born October 29, 1971) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning American actress. ... Reality Bites is a 1994 film written by Helen Childress and featuring the directorial debut of Ben Stiller. ... Backbeat is a 1994 movie that chronicles the early days of The Beatles in Hamburg, Germany. ... For other uses, see Primus. ... Wynonas Big Brown Beaver is the first single off Primuss 1995 album Tales From the Punchbowl. ... Leslie Edward Les Claypool (born September 29, 1963 in Richmond, California, U.S.) is a singer/bassist, best known for his work with the alternative rock band Primus. ... Kevin Smith at a comics convention in 2005 Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American screenwriter, film director, comic book writer, and creator of View Askew. ... Chasing Amy is a 1997 romantic comedy-drama written and directed by Kevin Smith about two comic book artists: Holden McNeil (Ben Affleck), a heterosexual male, and Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams), a lesbian-identified woman. ... This article is about the film. ... Clerks II is the sequel to Kevin Smiths 1994 movie Clerks, and his sixth feature film to be set in the View Askewniverse. ...

In 2002 Dave released his first solo album entitled Faces & Names on Ultimatum Music. He also contributed guest vocals on the song "Chillout Tent" in The Hold Steady's 2006 release, Boys and Girls in America. Faces & Names is Dave Pirners first solo studio album. ... The Hold Steady are a Brooklyn-based rock band. ... Boys and Girls in America is an album by The Hold Steady released on October 3, 2006 by Vagrant Records. ...

Radio host Eddie Trunk said in an episode of Vh1 Classic turntables that Dave was a songwriter he marveled. Eddie Trunk is the host of the syndicated radio show Eddie Trunk Rocks. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ...

Discography

Faces & Names, (2002), (Ultimatum Music) Faces & Names is Dave Pirners first solo studio album. ...

Trivia

• Pirner can be heard cussing out the Minneapolis cops who are breaking up a warehouse party at the beginning of The Replacements' "Kids Don't Follow." [1]

• Pirner Produced The Album "Coup De Grace" by Minneapolis metal band the Coup de Grace in 1990.

The Replacements (also known as The Mats or The Mats, from the insult of a detractor who joked the bands name was The Placemats, which the band then adopted) were a seminal alternative rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. ...

External links

• Dave Pirner at MusicBrainz
• Dave Pirner at MinneWiki