Major Changes to Live's Facebook and Twitter Pages Options

[LiveForNow]

On both Facebook and Twitter Chris Shinn is no longer listed as a member of the band. There is also a link to thebandlive.com as the band's official page, although that url is not active.

I can feel Ed coming back again...

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Optimism, optimism perished from the face of my Earth until this came along.

[SJN1279]

Optimism, optimism perished from the face of my Earth until this came along.

Will the fan base heal as well? I'm down, but I can't speak for anyone else.

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Will the fan base heal as well? I'm down, but I can't speak for anyone else.

If the band gets back together and plays their hits, I don't think many fans are going to care about the past. LIVE aren't exactly going to be selling tickets like they used to, based on material that continues to fall into the ether of irrelevance, but they will at least please some fans and generate some income.

If the band gets back together and actually produces new material rivaling their work in the 90s, I think they could foster a fan base that would possibly support a tour(s) comprised of both old and new music. They won't be topping the charts or selling out huge arenas, but it would be incredible to see this group as the functioning, creative spiritual collective they once were.

They don't really need to heal the fan base, in my opinion; they need to reignite it and help people remember what LIVE was and what it still can be. If anything, use all of that negative energy from the past 15 years or so and focus it creatively into a new album. If Ed, Chad, Chad and Pat can actually work TOGETHER on new material, I see a large potential for some fantastic art consumed by many eager old and new fans.

I personally don't have much interest in supporting the band if their entire future career is spent apart from one another occasionally releasing their own new stuff and rehashing their collective old stuff. They released a greatest hits CD over 10 years ago and Ed has beat Throwing Copper to absolute death with his anniversary tour. LIVE 2.0 is a commercial failure, despite what I believed to be a valiant effort with The Turn and despite relying heavily on old material during shows. Ed's solo career is vapid, built upon mediocre new material and sustained by Throwing Copper on a low budget.

To get my attention, and make me actually care, they need to start over. If they could all just smoke a bowl, meditate, tap into those spiritual energies and realize that life is too short to bitch about each other and ignore creative input, maybe, just maybe, something real could happen.