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Time has seen these four gentlemen, still in their mid-twenties, through much good and some bad. From their beginnings in York, Pennsylvania, making trouble under the name Public Affection to covers of Spin and Rolling Stone, not to mention Saturday Night Live and MTV Unplugged appearances, millions of records sold to the departure that was "Secret Samadhi" and on to the powerful work of "The Distance to Here," Live has done what many rock bands fail to do after more than 15 years together – survive without losing their relevance.
Asked about the current status of rock music, Kowalczyk says, "Rock and roll has been a haystack with few needles over the last five years. Hopefully, tension will
ignite the tradition of rock back to its glory ala 1969 for 1999." Some of us are looking for the glory while the rest of the musical world rambles on trying to define their favorite strain of electronic music. Not to begrudge those creative stalwarts doing cool stuff with machines, but it's truly refreshing to know that there is still a handful of artists out there upon which we may bestow
the term ROCK BAND. And isn't rock still about personality and flying in the face of convention?
Live is a rock band that still embraces this conviction wholeheartedly. And, it is this confidence alone that renders their very existence dangerous business. But today, it is what fortifies their importance and it can be heard in Taylor's wide-as-the-sky, sharp-as-a-razor guitar playing, Dahlheimer's articulate, multi-dimensional bass playing and Gracey's dynamic drumming. It also often lies within the lines of Edward Kowalczyk's masterful poetry.
Lyrics like "I've got to learn to live until no end/But first I must learn to swim all over again," from "Pain Lies On The Riverside" off of the 1991 debut LP "Mental Jewelry" and "It's the sun that burns/It's the wheel that turns/It's the way we sing that makes 'em dream," from "Selling The Drama" from 1994's seven million-selling smash "Throwing Copper" have always been a vital thread running through Live
– as important as the voice with which those words are sung.
Kowalczyk attributes that lyrical thread to a dedication and devotion to the great mystery of life itself; says Kowalczyk, "I have never been able to separate, nor have I wanted to, my personal love and desire for truth, passion and understanding from my lyrics. I've always been into asking the big questions; I'm the last guy out the door at closing time 'cuz I was sittin' around 'til the wee hours with the other ones who were asking the same things. That's what it's all about for me."
LIVE members are --
- Ed Kowalczyk - vocals
- Chad Taylor - guitar
- Patrick Dahlheimer - bass
- Chad Gracey - drums
Hit songs include --
- Lakini's Juice
- Lighting Crashes
- Selling the Drama
- All Over You
- Heaven
- The Dolphin's Cry
- Turn My Head
- Freaks
- I Alone
- Operation Spirit (The Tyranny of Tradition)
- Simple Creed
- White, Discussion
- Run To The Water
- Rattlesnake
- Pain Lies on the Riverside
- They Stood Up For Love
- Overcome
- The River
- We Deal In Dreams
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Genre: Rock 3
Styles:
.Post-Grunge.
.Alternative Pop/Rock.
.Adult Alternative Pop/Rock.
Years active:
..90s, ..00s
Formed: ..in Pennsylvania
..in
York
in 1988
Based: ..in California
..in San Francisco
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