Grant Young (born January 5, 1964) was the drummer for the

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band

Soul Asylum Soul Asylum is an American alternative 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 Dav ...

from 1984–1995. He replaced Pat Morley shortly after the release of Soul Asylum's debut album, '' Say What You Will, Clarence...Karl Sold the Truck'' in 1984. Young's last appearance on a Soul Asylum record album was the breakthrough album, ''

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''. He was replaced in the middle of the recording sessions by Sterling Campbell, who has also since left the band and is primarily associated with

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, as part of his touring bands. Young has said that he played on five or six of the songs on the album. He did not, however, record on the band's biggest

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, "

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" (recorded by Campbell) but did initially play it with Soul Asylum in concerts. Young was born in

Iowa City, Iowa Iowa City, offically the City of Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is the home of the University of Iowa and county seat of Johnson County, at the center of the Iowa City Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the time ...

. After his departure from the band, he and his wife Catherine owned and operated a resort in the

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region near

Ely, Minnesota Ely ( ) is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 3,268 at the 2020 census. Located on the Vermilion iron range, Ely once had several iron ore mines. It is an entry point for campers and canoers into the Bo ...

, close to the Canada–US border. After selling the resort, the two operated a retail business in Ely, but have since divorced, and moved back to the Twin Cities. They have one daughter together.

Discography with Soul Asylum

* ''

Made to Be Broken ''Made to Be Broken'' is the second full-length album by Soul Asylum. It was released on January 18, 1986. It was the first of the three albums released by Soul Asylum in 1986. The song "Never Really Been" contains the line "And where will you be ...

'' (

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1986) * ''

Time's Incinerator ''Time's Incinerator'' is a compilation released by Soul Asylum in 1986. It is a rare cassette-only release which contains b-sides, outtakes and demos from the Soul Asylum and the former ''Loud Fast Rules'' days. The album name comes from Soul A ...

'' Twin/Tone * ''

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'' (1986) * ''

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'' ( A&M 1988) * ''

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'' (A&M 1990) * ''

'' ( Columbia 1992)

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Young's Resort
1964 births Living people Musicians from Iowa City, Iowa Columbia Records artists People from Ely, Minnesota 20th-century American drummers American male drummers Soul Asylum members 20th-century American male musicians {{US-drummer-stub