Alterna-rock band <I>Live</i> to hit Luther stage
Date 4/27/2000 12:00 AM | Topic: Arts & CultureLive at Luther-sound familiar? No, it's not Dave Matthews. It's-
Live-at Luther with their newest album, "The Distance to Here."
Doors open at 9 p.m. with opening act, Tracy Bonham, taking the stage at 9:30. Tickets are now available at the Luther Box Office.
Live, is on tour of the Midwest after the release of "Distance," and will perform on Friday, April 28 in the Regents Center. The band is on a college tour from April 27-May 13.
Live is known for energetic stage performances and lead singer Ed Kowalcyzk's cryptic lyrics spiced with religious undertones of his Christian upbringing and Eastern influences. Kowalcyzk is a devout follower of guru Adi Da Samaraj.
The band's third release, "Secret Samadhi," contains many references to this Eastern influence: the track "Lakini's Juice," refers to the Hindu god of destruction.
"The Distance to Here" is the band's fourth major release, after "Mental Jewelry" in 1991, "Throwing Copper" in 1994 and "Secret Samadhi" in 1999. The new album retains the same signature sound of their "Mental Jewelry" days, with their straightforward, radio-friendly alternative-rock. In the style of "Lightening Crashes"-which hit number one on the charts and their biggest hit to date-their new CD features such hits as "Feel the Quiet River Rage," "The Dolphin's Cry," "Run to the Water," Face and Ghost" and "Voodoo Lady."
Live was Billboard's "Artist of the Year" in 1995.
Live's first single, "Selling the Drama" from their "Throwing Copper" album also went to the top spot.
"Secret Samadhi,"was number one on Billboards charts in 1997. The band has sold over 14 million records, with "Throwing Copper" sales at over 7 million.
After the success of their first single, "Selling the Drama,"
Live toured 18 months and performed more than 250 shows before going back to the studio to record "Secret Samadhi" in 1996.
Opening for
Live is pop-punk song-writer and singer of national fame, Tracy Bonham. Bonham made her debut in 1996 with "The Burdens of Being Upright" after she signed with Island Records in the mid 90s.
Bonham's best known work includes the recently released singles "Behind Every Good Woman" and "Single Down Here."
Bonham performed at small clubs in the Boston area while recording her debut CD, "The Liverpool Sessions," which included the single "Dandelion," a major regional hit that helped win her the best local new artist and best local female vocalist awards in a 1995 Boston radio best music poll. Other hits include "The One," "Navy Bean" and "Kisses.
The members: vocalist Kowalczyk, guitarist Chad Taylor, bassist Patrick Dahlheimer, and drummer Chad Gracey, are all in their mid-20's.
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Kaarin Babcock
Chips Staff Writer
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