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"Black Gold" is a 1993 single performed by Minneapolis rock band Soul Asylum. The song was written by Soul Asylum's lead singer Dave Pirner. It was the second single from their album Grave Dancers Union. The music video for the song was directed by American filmmaker Zack Snyder, who also directed the "Somebody to Shove" videoclip.
Pirner was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin [4] and graduated from Minneapolis West High School in 1982. [5] He taught himself how to play the drums. By age 20, Pirner started his career drumming with a punk band called Loud Fast Rules as part of the Minneapolis scene, together with Karl Mueller (bass) and Dan Murphy (guitar).
Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum is the second compilation album by Soul Asylum. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It contains 19 of their greatest hits. The title of the album comes from Soul Asylum 's song of the same name, which was a hit single from their 1992 breakthrough album Grave Dancers Union .
Pirner had been fascinated by trains since he was a kid, having watched Casey Jones, the American Western series about the adventures of railroad engineer Casey Jones and the crew of the Cannonball Express steam locomotive. Pirner would use a runaway train as a metaphor for the depression that was spinning out of control.
Soul Asylum is an American rock band formed in 1981 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Their 1993 hit "Runaway Train" won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song.The band was originally called Loud Fast Rules, with a lineup consisting of Dave Pirner, Dan Murphy, Karl Mueller, and Pat Morley. [1]
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The album's first single, "Somebody to Shove", went to number one on the Modern Rock chart, and "Black Gold" also received significant airplay on radio and MTV. " Runaway Train " crossed over to the pop charts, peaking at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1993 and winning the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song . [ 1 ]
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