After today, I'm even more convinced... Options

[Voodoo Lady]

...that Chris Shinn is no longer in Live. I check Live's Facebook page daily to see what Ed reunion hints they are dropping. A while back Pat's birthday was announced and then recently Gracey's. So out of curiosity, I looked up to see when Shinn's birthday is. Lo and behold, it is today, August 1. I've been waiting to see if there would be a post wishing him a happy birthday. It's getting pretty late in the day and...nada.

Yes, before anyone brings up the point that Ed also had a birthday in July and it wasn't recognized on LIVE's FB, true. But that would be a little too obvious now, wouldn't it?

With that said, how many more hints are going to be dropped?! I'm getting too impatient and bored waiting. What are we waiting on? Their group counseling to finish, or what? *tapping fingers*

[Voodoo Lady]

Oh, I didn't say musicians don't "do it for the money", they most definitely do. Just saying, may not be worth it to them to compromise their integrity and deal with someone they can't stand just to make a buck. Especially where we all know they were not happy with the product they were putting out at the end. I think a lot of fans think they are going to "go back to old Live", but that may not be true. They could go into the studio and realize all they are going to get is the crap that made them break up in the first place. If it were me, I'd wa t to make sure that wasn't happening.

And, with all those bands, you have no idea what was going on behind the scenes or how they actually felt

It's still puzzling how CCP allowed Ed to turn Live into Christian Contemporary (or whatever you want to call it) there at the end. The fans just can't blame Ed alone. All four are equally responsible. I don't think any of them are that stupid to let that music happen again. Some artists go off and do some weird stuff when they go solo. Take that time when Scott Weiland was trying to be a crooner, in example. However, artists easily return to their bread and butter. Kowalczyk will too. As for not knowing about the behind the scenes stuff with the bands above, okay...
I -am- a self proclaimed expert on Mötley, though. (I compare Live to them all the time, I can't help it). They hadn't been "friends" since 1994 and retired last December, all 4 original members, still not as friends. But like them or not, they did some pretty damn cool things for the 21 years in between and I can tell you they were genuine to the fans.