{"name":"Soul Asylum","title":"Soul Asylum","id":1668,"slug":"soul-asylum","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/1668/?format=json","bio_short":"Soul Asylum is an <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/american\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">american</a> <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/alternative%20rock\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">alternative rock</a> band formed in the summer of 1981 by Minneapolis high school friends Dan Murphy, Karl Mueller, and <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Dave+Pirner\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Dave Pirner</a>. The band (named <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Loud+Fast+Rules\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Loud Fast Rules</a> up until 1984) quickly became frontrunners of American college rock, following in the tradition of fellow Minnesota bands <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/H%C3%BCsker+D%C3%BC\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">H&uuml;sker D&uuml;</a> and <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/The+Replacements\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">The Replacements</a>.  Landing their first record deal with Twin/Tone in 1984, Soul Asylum recorded a total of four albums for the local label: Say What You Will... Everything Can Happen in 1984 (later reissued as <span title=\"Unknown album\" class=\"bbcode_unknown\">Say What You Will, Clarence.</span>","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/SoulAsylumsoulas.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":9704,"title":"Misery","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/misery-2/"},{"id":1840,"title":"Runaway Train","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/runaway-train/"}]}