Live consists of Chad Gracey (drums), Chad Taylor (lead guitar), Ed Kowalczyk (vocals, guitars), Patrick Dahlheimer (bass).
LIVE is an American post-grunge/ rock band from York, Pennsylvania, USA. LIVE gained international prominence in the 1990s as one of the most successful rock bands of its time.
The band is comprised of 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, and, previously, British keyboardist Michael “Railo” Railton.
The original name of the band was First Aid, formed in the early 1980s. Several name changes followed, including to Public Affection, under which they released The Death of a Dictionary ( 1989).
After a series of unsuccessful attempts at cracking the music business, the group recruited Jerry Harrison of the Talking Heads to produce Mental Jewelry, an album based on the writings of J. Krishnamurti, an Indian philosopher. LIVE established a following and returned with the hugely popular album Throwing Copper, again produced by Harrison and recorded at Pachyderm Recording Studio, which was pushed by the success of singles “Selling the Drama”, “I Alone” and “Lightning Crashes.” After that, the band released four albums to limited critical and popular success (see discography below). In 2004, LIVE released a greatest hits album that included alternate takes, a previously unreleased song from the Throwing Copper sessions, and a cover of Johnny Cash's “I Walk the Line.” All the albums were released by Radioactive Records. In 2005, they signed with Sony BMG Music Entertainment's Epic label, and will release a new album entitled Songs from Black Mountain in April 2006.