Live

Live


Live is an American rock band formed in York, Pennsylvania in 1984, consisting of Ed Kowalczyk (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Chad Taylor (lead guitar, backing vocals), Patrick Dahlheimer (bass), and Chad Gracey (drums).

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.

When touring, Live has used additional musicians, including Ed Kowalczyk's younger brother Adam, British keyboardist Michael "Railo" Railton, rhythm guitarist Christopher Thorn of Blind Melon, and guitarist Zak Loy of Alpha Rev.

In 2009, Ed Kowalczyk left the band; he was replaced by singer Chris Shinn and the band released the album The Turn in October 2014. Kowalczyk rejoined in December 2016 and in 2018, they released a new EP, Local 717. Chad Taylor was fired from the band in June 2022.

Official Fan Site: Live



Woodstock Video Library

July 22, 1999 (Thursday) (pre-show)

West Stage
  • Frostbit Blue
  • K.J. James
  • Little Big Jam
  • Gridley Paige
  • Djoliba
  • Red Herring
  • Rattlebasket
  • In Bloom
  • Flipp
  • 3rd Bass
  • Vertical Horizon
  • West Stage
  • Strangefolk
  • G. Love & Special Sauce
  • The String Cheese Incident
  • Bernie Worrell and the Woo Warriors
  • George Clinton & the P-Funk All-Stars
  • AMP.com Emerging Artists Stage
  • Immoral Fibres
  • Simmi
  • Chris Glenn
  • Gary Durdin & The Clay Pinps
  • Johnny Rushmore


  • July 23, 1999 (Friday)

    East Stage
  • James Brown
  • G. Love & Special Sauce
  • Jamiroquai
  • Live
  • Sheryl Crow
  • DMX
  • The Off Spring
  • Korn
  • Bush


  • West Stage
  • Spitfire
  • Oleander
  • The Umbilical Brothers
  • moe.
  • Lit
  • Buckcherry
  • West Stage
  • The Roots
  • Insane Clown Posse
  • George Clinton

    Emerging Artists Stage
  • F.o.N.
  • Linda Rutherford & Celtic Fire
  • Animal Planet
  • Sugar Daddy
  • Sticky Pistil
  • Bijou Phillips
  • Mike Errico
  • King Konga
  • Ben Lee
  • Beth Hart Band
  • Liars Inc.
  • Chris McDermott
  • Moby


  • July 24, 1999 (Saturday)

    East Stage
  • The Tragically Hip
  • Kid Rock
  • Wyclef Jean
  • Counting Crows
  • Dave Matthews
  • Alanis Morissette
  • Limp Bizkit
  • Rage Against The Machine
  • Metallica


  • West Stage
  • Spitfire
  • Guster
  • Bruce Hornsby
  • Everclear
  • Ice Cube
  • Los Lobos
  • Mickey Hart/Planet Drum
  • The Chemical Brothers
  • Emerging Artists Stage
  • Young & Fabulous!
  • Gargantua Soul
  • Serial Joe
  • American Pearl
  • Full Devil Jacket
  • Old Pike
  • Strangefolk
  • DDT
  • Skinnee J's
  • Gigolo Aunts
  • Fatboy Slim


  • July 25, 1999 (Sunday)

    East Stage
  • Willie Nelson
  • The Brian Setzer Orchestra
  • Everlast
  • Elvis Costello
  • Jewel
  • Creed
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers


  • West Stage
  • Spitfire
  • Mike Ness
  • Our Lady Peace
  • Rusted Root
  • Sevendust
  • Collective Soul
  • Godsmack
  • Megadeth
  • Emerging Artists Stage
  • Kirsti Gholson
  • Moe Loughran
  • The Scoldees
  • The Supersuckers
  • Stormy Mondays
  • Big Sugar
  • Muse
  • John Oszajca
  • Pound
  • Pushmonkey
  • Cyclefly
  • Indigenous
  • John Entwistle
  • Reveille

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