Grammy award-winning and multi-platinum selling rock band, SOUL ASYLUM started as Minneapolisâ punk younger brothers to the Replacements and Husker DĂź. Their 1992 breakthrough album, Grave Dancerâs Union featured the international hits âRunaway Trainâ, âBlack Goldâ, and â Somebody to Shoveâ. âRunaway Trainâ won a Grammy, and its music video brought nearly 2 dozen missing and exploited children and teens around the world home to their families. SOUL ASYLUM has released 12 original albums. The current Soul Asylum line-up features Dave Pirner; lead vocals/guitar, Michael Bland on drums, Ryan Smith on lead guitar, and Wynston Roye on bass. Pirner, generally considered to be one of the one of the great American songwriters, has also released his best-selling book âLoud, Fast, Words,â an annotated collection of lyrics in 2020.