Dave Pirner
David Pirner ( born April 16, 1964 in Green Bay, Wisconsin) is an American singer, who is known as the frontman of the band Soul Asylum.
Biography
Pirner was born on April 16, 1964 in Green Bay. When he was 17, he lived and worked in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He taught himself to play drums with. At the age of 20 he started his career as a drummer in a punk band called Loud Fast Rules in Minneapolis along with Karl Mueller (bass) and Dan Murphy ( guitar). When Pirner switched to singing and playing the guitar, Pat Morley came to the drums to it. Pat was later replaced by Grant Young, and the band changed its name to Soul Asylum. First was the criticism, the band was maudlin and erratic, but at the same time captivating. They experienced a huge success with the single Runaway Train from the 1992 album Grave Dancers Union. The video will show photos of missing children and scenes that runaway, abducted and abused children shows. The second big hit from this album was "Black Gold" - because of these two titles it sold more than two million copies.
After Soul Asylum was known, Pirner had guest appearances on various albums by artists he admired, such as Paul Westerberg, Mike Watt and The Autumn Defense.
1999 laid Soul Asylum a break after they had Candy from a Stranger started in 1998, the worse sold as the 1992 album Grave Dancer's Union and the 1995 Let Your Dim Light Shine, which the big hits " Misery" and " Just Like Anyone " contained. But after four years of Soul Asylum came back together and began to write new songs in the studio, what was the idea of dying bassist Karl Mueller. Charles died on 17 June 2005 at the age of 42 after a long battle with esophageal cancer. About a year after his death published Soul Asylum her last album to date The Silver Lining at Legacy Recordings, which is dedicated to the life and memory of Charles. Approximately half of the songs were recorded with the late bassist, such as Lately, Slowly Rising and Standing Water. The first hit of this album was Stand Up And Be Strong. 2008 Soul Asylum was with a new line-up, consisting of Dave Pirner (guitar, vocals), Dan Murphy (guitar ), Michael Bland (drums) and Tommy Stinson ( bass), on tour.
Dave Pirner was his private life as famous as his music. He was romantically involved with the film star Winona Ryder and had a cameo in her film Reality Bites (1994). Pirner was also part of the compound for the film Backbeat All- Star Band (1994). A misunderstanding the text content of the hit single Wynona 's Big Brown Beaver ( " Winona's big brown beaver ," beaver is a slang term for the female genitals ) of Primus leads to a short rivalry with Les Claypool ( of this, Claypool was not aware of until the was applied during a subject interview). As rumored, Pirner felt attacked, while Ryder it did not look like that. Pirner also contributed to the soundtrack of the 1997 Kevin Smith film Chasing Amy. The song Can not Even Tell was used in Kevin Smith's Clerks and later Misery in Clerks II.
In 2002, Pirner released his first solo album entitled Faces & Names on Ultimatum Music. He also contributed with his vocals for the song Chillout Tent offers on the 2006 release Boys and Girls in America by The Hold Steady.
Pirner now living in the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans, which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. He is part of a musicians ' collective and working on music productions.
Discography
Faces & Names, (2002 ), ( Ultimatum Music)
Trivia
- Pirner hear how he cursed at the beginning of "Kids Do not Follow " by The Replacements police of Minneapolis that goes beyond a warehouse party.
- Pirner produced 1990 album " Coup De Grace" of the same metal band from Minneapolis.