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Four Songs (Live EP)
''Four Songs'' is an EP by Live, released in 1991. It is the band's first release under the name Live. They previously released an album titled ''The Death of a Dictionary'' and an EP titled ''Divided Mind, Divided Planet'' under the name Public Affection. Two songs from this EP, "Operation Spirit" and "Good Pain" later appeared on their album ''Mental Jewelry''. The two other songs would later appear as b-sides to the European CD single for "Operation Spirit". In 1994, Live released their second album, '' Throwing Copper''. Both Europe and Australia released 2-CD set editions of the album with ''Four Songs'' as the second disc. The Australian issue of the EP, as part of this set, was labeled as a promotional copy although released in that country in 1991 as a stand-alone EP. The EP was also released on 12-inch vinyl. Both green and black editions exist. Track listing Personnel ;Live *Ed Kowalczyk – lead vocals, rhythm guitar * Chad Taylor – lead guitar, backin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live (band)
Live (, often typeset as LĪVE or +LĪVE+) is an American rock band formed in York, Pennsylvania, in 1984 by Ed Kowalczyk (lead vocals, guitars), Patrick Dahlheimer (bass), Chad Gracey (drums), and Chad Taylor (guitars). Kowalczyk is the only remaining member of this original lineup. The band started to gain attention following their single "Operation Spirit (The Tyranny of Tradition)", the video for which got regular airplay on MTV, and the moderate success of their second album, ''Mental Jewelry''. Their biggest success came in 1994 with their third album, ''Throwing Copper'', which sold eight million copies in the U.S. The band had a string of hit singles in the mid-1990s, including " Lightning Crashes", which stayed at the top of the '' Billboard'' Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for ten consecutive weeks and the Modern Rock Tracks (now Alternative Songs) chart for nine weeks from February 25 to April 22, 1995. The band has sold over twenty million albums worldwide. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Music
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States and United Kingdom.W. E. Studwell and D. F. Lonergan, ''The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from its Beginnings to the mid-1970s'' (Abingdon: Routledge, 1999), p.xi It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from the blues and rhythm and blues genres of African-American music and from country music. Rock also drew strongly from a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical, and other musical styles. For instrumentation, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a time signature using a verse–chorus form, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radioactive Records
Radioactive Records was an American record label. It was formed as a joint venture between talent manager Gary Kurfirst (who managed such acts as the Ramones, Big Audio Dynamite, Deee-Lite and Deborah Harry) and MCA Records, and it is now out of business. Its catalogue is now owned by Geffen Records and licensed through Universal Music Enterprises. Acts on the label included Live, Black Grape, the Ramones, Big Audio Dynamite, Talking Heads, Eurythmics, Traci Lords, and Angelfish (Shirley Manson—Manson joined Garbage courtesy of Gary Kurfirst). The band Pray TV from Melbourne, Australia, and British group Cooler Than Jesus (featuring Simon White, who later played in Brit-pop band Menswear) were also signed by the label in the early 1990s. Radioactive released the original soundtrack album for the nineteenth James Bond film, ''The World Is Not Enough'', as well as the single of the title track, which was a massive hit throughout Europe. In 1997, Kurfirst formed a related la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Harrison
Jeremiah Griffin Harrison (born February 21, 1949) is an American songwriter, musician, producer, and entrepreneur. He began his professional music career as a member of the cult band the Modern Lovers before becoming keyboardist and guitarist for the new wave band Talking Heads. In 2002, Harrison was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Talking Heads. Since Talking Heads went on indefinite hiatus in 1991, Harrison has focused more on producing other bands, a role he started while still with Talking Heads, beginning with the Violent Femmes third album ''The Blind Leading the Naked'' in 1986. During the 1990s, he produced a number of hit albums for bands such as Live, The Verve Pipe, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd among others. He has also released three albums of solo music (all while Talking Heads were still active) and has participated in a number of partial reunions of Talking Heads. In 1999, he helped found the online music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mental Jewelry
''Mental Jewelry'' is the second studio album by the band Live—but their first under this name; they had previously released the album ''The Death of a Dictionary'' under the name Public Affection, under which it also released the EP ''Divided Mind, Divided Planet''. Released on December 31, 1991, it is also the band's major label debut. Many of the songs on ''Mental Jewelry'' are based on the writings of Indian philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti. A music video was filmed for "Operation Spirit". The video was filmed when the band were still calling themselves Public Affection. On June 30, 2017, Live announced a reissue of ''Mental Jewelry'' as a two-CD set, with the first CD containing the original album and the three outtakes and the second CD containing a full concert. Cassette and vinyl reissues were also announced. Track listing A track named "Susquehanna" was written during these sessions and often played live during the first few years of Live's career under that name, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Death Of A Dictionary
''The Death of a Dictionary'' is the debut album by alternative rock band Public Affection. An EP titled ''Divided Mind, Divided Planet'' followed before the band changed their name to Live. History The album was released in June 1989, when the band members graduated from high school, via their own label, Action Front Records. Just 1,000 copies of the album were made, all on cassette, and it is long out of print. The track "Good Pain" was eventually reworked for inclusion on the first Live EP, '' Four Songs'', and their debut album ''Mental Jewelry.'' Aside from "Good Pain", the remainder of the songs are still only officially available on this cassette, although the album is widely available on the internet via download. Track listing Personnel * Ed Kowalczyk (credited as "Zedd" on the cassette's inlay) – lead vocals, rhythm guitar * Chad Taylor – lead guitar, backing vocals * Patrick Dahlheimer – bass * Chad Gracey Chad Alan Gracey (born July 23, 1971, in York, Pen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Throwing Copper
''Throwing Copper'' is the third studio album by American alternative rock band Live, released on April 26, 1994, on former MCA Records subsidiary Radioactive Records. It was produced by Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads and was recorded at Pachyderm Recording Studio. ''Throwing Copper'' has generally been regarded as Live's best album, having sold over 8 million copies and certified 8× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Cover art The cover art is a painting by Scottish artist Peter Howson titled ''Sisters of Mercy''. On September 23, 2005, it was sold for $186,000 by Christie's in New York. The painting is oil on canvas and measures . 25th anniversary reissue In May 2019, the band announced a 25th-anniversary reissue of ''Throwing Copper'', which was released on July 19. The reissue contains three bonus tracks: "Hold Me Up", which was recorded during the original ''Throwing Copper'' sessions and later heard in the 2008 comedy ''Zack and Miri Make a Porn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phonograph Record
A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English), or simply a record, is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove. The groove usually starts near the periphery and ends near the center of the disc. At first, the discs were commonly made from shellac, with earlier records having a fine abrasive filler mixed in. Starting in the 1940s polyvinyl chloride became common, hence the name vinyl. The phonograph record was the primary medium used for music reproduction throughout the 20th century. It had co-existed with the phonograph cylinder from the late 1880s and had effectively superseded it by around 1912. Records retained the largest market share even when new formats such as the compact cassette were mass-marketed. By the 1980s, digital media, in the form of the compact disc, had gained a larger market share, and the record left the mainstream in 1991. Since the 1990s, records co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Kowalczyk
Edward Joel Kowalczyk (; born July 16, 1971)"Edward Kowalczyk IMDb entry" ''''"Happy birthday, Ed Kowalczyk!" '''' is an American singer, songwriter, musician and a founding member of the band Live. After leaving Live in 2009, he launched a solo career. His first album, '' |
Chad Taylor (guitarist)
Chad David Taylor (born November 24, 1970, in York, Pennsylvania, York, Pennsylvania) is an American guitarist and backing vocalist for the band The Gracious Few and former guitarist for the band Live (band), Live. Live have sold over 20 million records, including the RIAA certification, 8× platinum album ''Throwing Copper''. Career Taylor was the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the band Live and had appeared on all their albums to June 2022. He met his Live bandmates aged 13 in middle school in York, Pennsylvania, York, Pennsylvania. When vocalist Ed Kowalczyk left the band in 2009, Taylor formed the band The Gracious Few along with Live bandmates Patrick Dahlheimer and Chad Gracey and Kevin Martin (American musician), Kevin Martin and Sean Hennesy from Candlebox. They released their debut album ''The Gracious Few (album), The Gracious Few'' in 2010. In 2011, he announced that Live would reform without Kowalczyk. In 2012, Live reformed with new lead singer Chris Shinn. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Dahlheimer
Patrick Michael "Pat" Dahlheimer (born May 30, 1971, in York, Pennsylvania) is the former bassist for Live and bassist for The Gracious Few. Live have sold over 20 million records, including the 8× platinum album ''Throwing Copper''. ''RIAA.com'' (note: enter ''Throwing Copper'' in the search box to see its entry) Biography Pat is a founding member of the band Live and has appeared on all their albums to date. He met his future Live bandmates at middle school in . When vocalist Ed Kowalczyk left the band in 2009, Dahlheimer formed the band The Gracious Few along with[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
