Live is an American alternative rock band. Characterized by an earnest approach to anthemic rock and a spiritual zen reminiscent of Joshua Tree-era U2, Live climbed from modest modern rock success to the mainstream spotlight worldwide on the strength of their 1994 breakthrough album, the 6 million-selling Throwing Copper. Hailing from York, Pennsylvania, USA, the group comprises Ed Kowalczyk (lead vocals & guitar), Chad Taylor (lead guitar), Patrick Dahlheimer (bass) and Chad Gracey (drums). Since approximately 1999, Live has toured with Ed???s younger brother, Adam Kowalczyk as a rhythm guitarist, and, previously, British keyboardist Michael ???Railo??? Railton. Kowalczyk, Taylor, Dahlheimer, and Gracey first came together for a middle-school talent show in the Pennsylvania blue-collar town of York. The group remained together throughout high school, going through a handful of band names and new-wave covers before settling on the moniker Public Affection and recording a self-released cassette of originals, The Death of a Dictionary, in 1989. Frequent trips into New York to play at CBGB helped net the band a deal with Radioactive Records in 1991. With the new name Live, the band entered the studio with former Talking Heads keyboardist Jerry Harrison that year and began recording the EP Four Songs. The single ???Operation spirit (the tyranny of tradition)??? went to #9 on the Modern Rock chart, and paved the way for the band???s Harrison-produced, full-length debut, 1991???s Mental Jewelry (#73). The album lyrics, penned by Kowalczyk, were heavily inspired by Indian guru Jiddu Krishnamurti. Fueled by heavy touring (including billing at Woodstock ???94 and Peter Gabriel???s WOMAD tour) and a string of hit singles (???I Alone???, ???All Over You??? and the #1 Modern Rock hits ???Selling the drama??? and ???Lightning crashes???), their next album, Throwing Copper, went to #1 in 1994. It is their best-selling, and often most highly regarded by fans and critics, al
1 | Top | Throwing Copper |
2 | The Dam At Otter Creek | Throwing Copper |
3 | Run Away | Birds Of Pray |
4 | Hero Of Love | V |
5 | Lightning Crashes | The Very Best Of MTV Unplugged Vol.1 |
6 | Heropsychodreamer | Secret Samadhi |
7 | Selling the Drama | LIVE Unplugged |
8 | Waterboy | Mental Jewelry |
9 | Intro | V |
10 | Heaven | Birds Of Pray |
11 | I Alone | LIVE Unplugged |
12 | Operation Spirit | Mental Jewelry |
13 | Unsheathed | Secret Samadhi |
14 | Feel The Quiet River Range | The Distance To Here |
15 | 10,000 Years (Peace Is Now) | Mental Jewelry |
16 | T.B.D. | Throwing Copper |
17 | Selling The Drama | Woodstock '94 (Disc 1) |
18 | Meltdown | The Distance To Here |
19 | Tired Of "Me" | Mental Jewelry |
20 | T.B.D. | LIVE Unplugged |