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Jun 1, 2018 · “Runaway Train” by Soul Asylum. As the opening line suggests — it’s a brutally honest rock ballad that carved its place in history on its own. Frontman, Dave Pirner, has always been straightforward in explaining how “Runaway Train” deals with the complexities of depression.
David Anthony Pirner (born April 16, 1964) is an American songwriter, singer, and producer best known as the lead vocalist and frontman for the alternative rock band Soul Asylum. [3] Early life and work. Pirner was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin [4] and graduated from Minneapolis West High School in 1982. [5] .
May 22, 2019 · Though originally written by frontman Dave Pirner about his own despair, the song took on a universal message through its Tony Kaye-directed music video, which featured footage of...
Feb 4, 2022 · “Of all the songs I’ve written, this one sure has legs,” singer-guitarist Dave Pirner says about “Runaway Train,” the 1992 lush rock ballad that briefly turned his cult-favorite alternative punk band, Soul Asylum, into multi-Platinum stars.
Oct 21, 2022 · Soul Asylum frontman Dave Pirner has described the new-found fame which his band 'enjoyed' after the post-Nevermind success of their triple-platinum Grave Dancers Union album as "frightening" and admitted that the "mania" of the time "scared the hell" out of him.
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Nov 4, 2015 · After the inevitable line-up changes and other, more tragic events, such as bassist Karl Mueller’s unfortunate death of cancer in 2005, sole remaining founding member, Dave Pirner, has taken the current incarnation of Soul Asylum out on the road.
Most people don’t know that Dave Pirner started his career as a drummer in a punk band. A native of Green Bay, Wis., he moved to Minneapolis, Minn. as a teenager. By age 20, he had started playing drums in Loud Fast Rules, together with Karl Mueller (bass) and Dan Murphy (guitar) in the Minneapolis sub-punk scene.
