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1. An American alternative rock band.
2. 1970’s Germany Progressive Rock Band
1. 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.
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Biel_Rock21s The Beauty of Gray<3
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cristhianfs amazing band
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priedits Throwing Copper is such a masterpiece.
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jimmy2605 Really great band.
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Sepilef Heaven ;D
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Rosnay hey guys, join this group if your music gives you great memories of past times, and if you are still enjoying. >>>http://www.last.fm/group/Crystallizing+Feelings+Through+Music
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darcyx I truly forgot how much I love this band. <3 Live
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Erovit Throwing Copper is a masterpiece, and shall always be.
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PUCIKKO non male
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pixielandjazz Classy, holy hooker!
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AlxenPanikovski ВЗДРЪЖНИ ЭФФЕКТ
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kirilitza one of my favorite LP
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TabooEv Great band, great music!
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nutshell4 They're great, great, great! :)
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othersider95 One of my favorite groups.
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theLAYTshow Saw Ed Kowalczyk 'live' and acoustic in Sydney, utterly amazing - this was before he launched his solo album
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brightest40 Saw these guys on tour a bit ago - just looked em up again and thought this video was great - wanted to share it with everyone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdNmkLLWC40&feature=youtu.be
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MaryMorstan *.*
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vitor_lol first two albuns are the best
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InterceptorZero Hmm... There's a Krautrock Live? I should check that out after my Throwing Copper.
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andrechiesa, GordontheFlow, spiresjrh and 60 other people added Live to their libraries. 3 hours ago
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Viper_92 tagged Live with alternative, alternative rock and rock. Friday evening
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Shadowcat77, kuku74, Twestersoe and 29 other people added Live to their libraries. Friday afternoon
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marcosmenez tagged Live with ‘rock’. last week
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InterceptorZero wrote about Live – Throwing Copper in Favorite 3 Albums Per Year (At the Moment, Listing 1980 and Beyond). last month
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fg78k wrote about Live – V in CD's I Own. May 2011
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fg78k wrote about Live – Mental Jewelry in CD's I Own. May 2011
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