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==Early life and work== Pirner was born in [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]] and graduated from [[West_High_School_(Minneapolis,_Minnesota)|Minneapolis West High School]] in 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/collection/Yearbooks/id/226863/rec/2|title=1982 Minneapolis West High School Hesperian yearbook pg 87}} Retrieved 2022-09-03.</ref> He taught himself how to play the drums. By age 20, Pirner started his career drumming with a [[Punk rock|punk band]] called Loud Fast Rules as part of the Minneapolis scene, together with [[Karl Mueller (rock musician)|Karl Mueller]] (bass) and [[Dan Murphy (musician)|Dan Murphy]] (guitar). When Pirner switched to singing and playing rhythm guitar, [[Pat Morley (drummer)|Pat Morley]] joined on drums. Morley was later replaced by [[Grant Young (musician)|Grant Young]], and the band changed their name to Soul Asylum. After touring the United States for a number of years they gathered a cult following of fans, but did not quite reach commercial visibility. Pirner at the time was the band's songwriter and he produced the album, ''Coup De Grace,'' by the Minneapolis [[heavy metal music|metal]] band the Coup de Grace in 1990.
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