Their most recent was Hurry Up and Wait in 2020, their twelfth studio release. The band released four more albums over the next 15 years. Mueller was diagnosed with cancer in 2004, and the band organized a benefit concert on his behalf. In 1998 they recorded Candy from a Stranger. They also scored a platinum record with the album Let Your Dim Light Shine three years later. The band played at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton early the next year.
In 1992, they released the triple-platinum album Grave Dancers Union, featuring 'Runaway Train'. The band recorded three albums with Twin/Tone Records and two with A&M Records, with little commercial success. Morley was replaced by Grant Young in 1984. They changed their name to Soul Asylum in 1983.
The band was originally called Loud Fast Rules, with a lineup consisting of Dave Pirner, Dan Murphy, Karl Mueller, and Pat Morley.
Their 1993 hit ' Runaway Train' won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song. Soul Asylum is an American alternative rock band formed in 1981 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
