axltheman2003 Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 (edited) A bassist's death, a band finding rebirthSoul Asylum sees 'Silver Lining' to hardshipsThursday, July 27, 2006; Posted: 2:22 p.m. EDT (18:22 GMT) Soul Asylum's Dave Pirner and Daniel Murphy have continued after the death of bassist Karl Mueller. Save on All Your Calls with VonageSave 50% on your bill with Vonage unlimited local/long distance -...www.vonage.com Bad Credit RefinanceUp to 4 quotes with 1 form. Serious refinance inquiries only please.www.nextag.com Help Children in LebanonHelp innocent children caught in Lebanese conflict. Donate $30 now.www.worldvision.org Explore Music and Entertainment • Cheap MP3 Players• Karaoke Player• Music LessonsYOUR E-MAIL ALERTS Minneapolis (Minnesota) Music or Create Your Own Manage Alerts | What Is This? MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (AP) -- Soul Asylum had reached a dead end. No hits and no new studio albums in years. Disgust with the music industry. Not even a record deal.Then bassist and founding member Karl Mueller was diagnosed with throat cancer. Mueller's health crisis gave the Minneapolis rockers best known for the 1993 hit "Runaway Train" a sense of urgency as they headed back into the studio.The result was "The Silver Lining," a strong CD that comes out just over a year after Mueller's death."Definitely I felt it's what Karl wanted and the band has his blessings. And the new record is pretty much a tribute to him," said guitarist Daniel Murphy.Mueller's illness "kind of lit a fire" under Soul Asylum, Murphy said. After leaving Columbia Records, where Soul Asylum hit it big with 1992's "Grave Dancers Union" and its successful 1995 follow-up, "Let Your Dim Light Shine," Murphy said the band took "a very long yawn" -- one that ended up lasting eight years."We really needed it. We were sick of each other, we were sick of the music industry, the business," Murphy said.Murphy said the band, whose last studio album, "Candy From a Stranger," for Columbia in 1998, had stiffed, already was planning a return to recording when Mueller was diagnosed with cancer in 2004. Mueller had been feeling sick when a fist-sized tumor was found lodged against his esophagus, Murphy said.Before his diagnosis, Mueller had quit drinking and was trying to give up smoking, said frontman Dave Pirner."He was really making an effort, you know, a really big effort to straighten it out," Pirner said during an interview in Soul Asylum's dank rehearsal space, littered with empty beer bottles and cigarette butts, in northeast Minneapolis."He actually was very inspired to get the band up and running, hiring a manager and all that stuff. He was like, 'We got to get back to work.' That was before he was diagnosed," he said.Initially, Mueller responded well to chemotherapy, and the band was optimistic he would return as its touring bassist."I sure thought it (recording) was gonna keep him alive, you know, because it was very important to him," Pirner said. "I mean, it had this great sense of 'We're gonna make this record and we're gonna go back on tour, we're gonna be just like we were, and everything's gonna be fine,' and it was a real earnest belief that things could be normal again."But a little over a year after he was diagnosed, Mueller died in June 2005. He was 41."He was really a pillar in the band," said Pirner, who formed Loud Fast Rules -- the band that would become Soul Asylum -- with Murphy and Mueller in 1981. "He just made it doable. He made it easy. He made it fun."'They're in it for the long haul'Mueller played bass on the majority of "The Silver Lining," Murphy said, but his playing was "wildly erratic depending on the day, because he was on a ton of medication and he was really sick.""I mean, some days he'd go in and say, 'You know what? I can't do this today.' And other days he'd come into the studio and be on a super good roll and be feeling good and we'd get three or four things done," said Murphy, who credits co-producer Steve Hodge for working with Mueller."The Silver Lining," released by Legacy Recordings (which like old label Columbia is part of SonyBMG), features the familiar Soul Asylum melodic crunch on such songs as "Stand Up and Be Strong," "Success Is Not So Sweet" and "Oxygen."Ex-Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson helped out on singing and bass on a few tracks and filled in on bass at club dates after Mueller died. Currently touring Europe with Guns N' Roses, Stinson is expected to rejoin Soul Asylum this summer. Meanwhile, the band is touring with bassist John Fields, who also played on "The Silver Lining."Besides Mueller's death, Pirner, 42, also had to deal with Hurricane Katrina last year. Pirner was back in Minneapolis when the hurricane hit and worried about his New Orleans home, but found the house was spared because it was on higher ground."I'm still trying to get over things," Pirner said.Peter Jesperson, who signed Loud Fast Rules to its first record deal at independent Twin/Tone Records in 1984, expects Soul Asylum to endure."They're a real band. They're in it for the long haul," said Jesperson, now senior vice president/A&R at New West Records.Along with a Mardi Gras parade bracelet, Pirner wears a yellow LiveStrong wristband that the Lance Armstrong Foundation sells to raise money for cancer research. He hopes to carry on somehow without Mueller."I find myself at different times during the day missing him for different reasons. I don't even understand, you know, how I'm supposed to carry on without him. I don't get it. And I believe that he does not want me to be a big baby about it."Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.this is what i found on cnn.com i didn't see it posted so here you go Edited July 27, 2006 by jack99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wando Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 What's so wierd in it? O.o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axltheman2003 Posted July 27, 2006 Author Share Posted July 27, 2006 it fucking say's he is to rejoin there band this summer! so what the fuck does that leave gn'r Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SALonghorn Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 it fucking say's he is to rejoin there band this summer! so what the fuck does that leave gn'rWith Izzy touring with them, an open invitation to Duff???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axltheman2003 Posted July 27, 2006 Author Share Posted July 27, 2006 that would kick ass even if slash doesn't come back! i robin more anyway but it would be cool to see izzy and duff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wando Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 it fucking say's he is to rejoin there band this summer! so what the fuck does that leave gn'rHe's going to help them out with a few shows now when GN'R is taking a break, just like Dizzy is playing with Hookers N' Blow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zint Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 yet again....don't believe EVERYTHING you read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Yell Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 If Tommy was going to quit Guns N' Roses, he would have done so a long time ago. The same goes for the rest of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rylz Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 july 30th is the last GNR date, until september....what tommy does on his free time is up to him, and theres more than enough time for him to play with soul asylum between GNR dates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEEP11 Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Everybody PANIC!!!!!!!!!It's prob just a few shows. Give me a break. Why'd he leave GNR just as things are finally taking off? To play club shows with Soul Asylum? yeah right.Chill out, damn they are his friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axltheman2003 Posted July 27, 2006 Author Share Posted July 27, 2006 ok well it freaked me out a lot when i read it so know i get the picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justynius Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 It seems this is nothing more than an unintentional case of misleading wording in the article. The author intended to say, "Tommy will rejoin Soul Asylum for some shows this summer." What they wrote implied, "This summer, Tommy will rejoin Soul Asylum."Falsehoods and rumors can be spread by journalists attempting to profit off of mistruths.... and they can be spread by journalists too fucking incompetent to use basic rules of sentence structure in their articles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zint Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 There was a news story on (I think it was CNN) yesterday.It was an interview with Dave Pirner (looking very geeky...compared to his bohemian 90's look).He was talking about the band,and fatherhood and how they took out a bank loan to finance the new record etc. etc.They showed footage of them at a recent record signing...and playing live...with a bass player who was doing a damn fine job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takeshi Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Unless you hear something from Tommy, I wouldn't worry about this. If GN'R need him this summer, then he'll be with GN'R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almost Famous Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Come home Tommy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman007 Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Tommy isnt going anywhere, he was already helping them out before Gnr went on tour. Tommy you fn rock!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lame ass security Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Quick question. Didn't Soul Asylum open for Guns during a portion of their UYI tour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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