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Title: Mueller, Soul Asylum bassist, dies Post by: tim_m on June 19, 2005, 05:23:42 PM Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS - Karl Mueller, a founding member of the Twin Cities rock band Soul Asylum, died Friday, friends and music associates said. He was 41 and suffered from throat cancer. Mueller played the bass guitar for Soul Asylum - one of the Twin Cities most popular and successful rock bands - which he co-founded in 1984 with friends Dave Pirner and Dan Murphy. The band enjoyed several years of underground and critical success but was best known for its multi-platinum 1992 release "Grave Dancers' Union" and the hit "Runaway Train." Mueller was diagnosed with cancer in May 2004 and underwent radiation treatment. "We had all hoped he'd come through the worst," said Maggie Macpherson, a friend of Mueller's and a longtime worker in the Twin Cities music scene. "We knew his time would be shorter than hoped ... but he was due for surgery on Monday." The cancer was in remission in October when a legion of Twin Cities music scene veterans banded together for a "Rock for Karl" benefit concert at the Quest to help defray Mueller's medical costs. The event featured a lineup of 1980s and '90s Twin Cities rock luminaries, including Paul Westerberg of the Replacements, Bob Mould and Grant Hart of Husker Du, and the Gear Daddies. Soul Asylum also performed, with Mueller participating in a full set of music. Mueller is survived by his mother, Mary, and his wife, Mary Beth. Title: Re: Mueller, Soul Asylum bassist, dies Post by: journey on June 20, 2005, 12:50:35 PM R.I.P. Karl Mueller
Title: Re: Mueller, Soul Asylum bassist, dies Post by: Mr. Dick Purple on June 20, 2005, 02:51:48 PM Godspeed Karl Muller, I like soul asylum's music. :'(
Title: Re: Mueller, Soul Asylum bassist, dies Post by: tim_m on June 20, 2005, 06:11:37 PM i wasn't really a big fan. its so sad though :( no one should die at 41 and definitely not of cancer.
Title: Re: Mueller, Soul Asylum bassist, dies Post by: Timothy on June 20, 2005, 06:50:43 PM R.I.P. Karl Mueller
Title: Re: Mueller, Soul Asylum bassist, dies Post by: MCT on June 20, 2005, 07:00:14 PM That sucks. I'm a fan.
requiescat in pace Title: Re: Mueller, Soul Asylum bassist, dies Post by: tim_m on June 22, 2005, 01:01:54 AM if any of you SA fans are members of dimeadozen check out this. its a bootleg of Karl Mueller' last show. http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=47470
Title: Re: Mueller, Soul Asylum bassist, dies Post by: SLCPUNK on June 22, 2005, 03:22:54 PM So young. Wow.
RIP. Title: Re: Mueller, Soul Asylum bassist, dies Post by: deliverthecow on June 22, 2005, 10:56:01 PM RIP. I really loved that band actually the whole Minneapolis scene , Soul Asylum, The Jayhawks, Wilco , Uncle Tupelo etc, those are some of my all time favorite bands. Listening to Grave Dancers Union always brings back great memories of the early 90's. I hope they get a deal and release the stuff they had recorded the past year. Anyone who hasn't heard any of Soul Asylum's stuff , The Jayhawks for that matter give them a few spins, great music.
Title: Re: Mueller, Soul Asylum bassist, dies Post by: jimmythegent on June 23, 2005, 02:51:24 AM Thats sad - i quite like Soul Asylum
Title: Re: Mueller, Soul Asylum bassist, dies Post by: jarmo on June 23, 2005, 09:08:39 AM RIP. :(
There's an article at http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/11960134.htm about his memorial but you need to register to see it. /jarmo |