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  • Runaway Train

    Gonna ride a train. Wrong way on a one way track, it's a one-way trip. Grave Dancer's Union (1992)

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  • Soul Asylum - Black Gold: The Best Of Soul Asylum (2000)

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    • Biography Soul Asylum

    Soul Asylum
    Soul Asylum is an American alternative rock band that formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1983. The band formed in 1981 under the name Loud Fast Rules, with the original line-up consisting of Dan Murphy, Dave Pirner, Karl Mueller and Pat Morley. The latter was replaced by Grant Young in 1984. The band recorded three albums with Twin/Tone Records and two with A&M Records to little commercial success. However, in 1992, they released the double-platinum album Grave Dancers Union, featuring their Grammy Award-winning single "Runaway Train". The band played the Bill Clinton inauguration early the next year. They also scored a platinum record with the album Let Your Dim Light Shine three years later, but it was the last hit album of the band's career. Mueller was diagnosed with cancer in 2004, causing the band to organize a benefit concert on his behalf. Mueller died a year later. As of 2007, the band continues to perf

    Discography

    Grave Dancers Union
    Grave Dancers Union


    Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum
    Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum


    Let Your Dim Light Shine
    Let Your Dim Light Shine


    And the Horse They Rode in On
    And the Horse They Rode in On


    After the Flood: Live from the Grand Forks Prom June 28, 1997
    After the Flood: Live from the Grand Forks Prom June 28, 1997


    Hang Time
    Hang Time


    Videos