Dave Pirner has nabbed every frontman's dream job: drummer. In Pirner's new side project, the folk-pop group O'JEEZ, the SOUL ASYLUM singer is joined by guitarist JESSY GREENE and RUN WESTY RUN's KRAIG JOHNSON on bass. "It's like old times," said Pirner. "We don't really care about anything except playing." O'Jeez often jam at their "local," Minneapolis' 400 Club, where S.A.'s KARL MUELLER and BABES IN TOYLAND's LORI BARBERO are the house DJs. As for Soul Asylum, they've just finished recording a new album, Candy From a Stranger (out in March), with now-departed drummer STERLING CAMPBELL. Fear not - Pirner won't be behind the kit. "We wanted Mel Brooks," Pirner joked. "But he wasn't available."