
Grave Dancers Union
Studio album by Soul AsylumWikipedia
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Search complete. 4 mentions across 3 episodes found for "Grave Dancers Union".
Oct 22, 2026
The Saga of Grunge Part 6 (1992)
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73:35Chris O'ConnorHOST
And that's about it.
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73:38Arturo AndradeHOST
Next, Soul Asylum with Grave Dancers Union, another Minneapolis band.
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73:44Arturo AndradeHOST
When they emerged in the late 1980s, their heart-on-sleeve, barroom rock sensibilities marked them among critics as a junior version of The Replacements.
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73:54Arturo AndradeHOST
But Dave Perner and his band had the last laugh as they went on to have way more commercial success than Paul Westerberg's band ever did.
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74:02Arturo AndradeHOST
Riding the grunge and alternative rock wave, they had their commercial breakthrough album Grave Dancers Union.
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74:09Arturo AndradeHOST
From fall 92 through early 93, they scored two top 10 rock radio hits with their power pop take on grunge with the punchy Somebody to Shove and the anthemic Springsteen on grunge fist pumper Black Gold.
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74:24Arturo AndradeHOST
Seriously, it's grunge Springsteen.
Eddie Van Halen & Ginger Baker Pass Away: Music History Today Podcast October 6
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19:30speaker_0HOST
Man on the Moon ended up getting one for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.
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19:39speaker_0HOST
tracks on the album included drive try not to breathe the sidewinder sleeps tonight everybody hurts new orleans instrumental number one sweetness follows monty got a raw deal ignore land start me kitten man on the moon night swimming and find the river a classic classic album even if it is a little dark In 1992, Soul Asylum released Grave Dancers Union.
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20:09speaker_0HOST
This was the breakthrough record.
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It moved them into international stardom.
1995: The Year We Grew Up — Music, Movies & TV Draft with Totally 80s and 90s Recall
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37:57DaveGUEST
Mm-hmm.
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37:57BradHOST
But, uh, so this band hit it big after being around for quite a while in 1992 with, um, uh, Grave Dancers Union.
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38:06BradHOST
I can't think of the big song with the missing kids.
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38:08RobGUEST
Oh, yeah.