This is Pathetic Options

[LiveForNow]

Live announces their reunion in November. They play a surprise show on NYE and actually get some press out of it. They announce three festival dates in the following week. And then... nothing. It's mid-February and the band is silent. Pretty much every major festival has announced their lineups and Live is not on the bill.

I wonder if Live realizes how much they take for granted the small but dedicated fan base they have. For a band that hasn't really been relevant since 1999, we have an active message board and at least three active Facebook groups constantly talking about the band. For Christ's sake, it's 2017 we're discussing what we want to buy, an interview with Kelly Slater where Live is briefly mentioned, a YouTube comment that spread a rumor about Ed's relationship with a sound tech, and the 1998 era. We're grasping at the smallest of straws to find something to talk about. Very few other 90s bands could be this silent and still have a fanbase as dedicated as us.

Let's compare this to one of my other favorite bands, Everclear. Everclear has been active since the early 90s, and even though Craig and Greg left the band in 2003, Everclear, lineup changes and all, are still making pretty consistent music (and good music too). Yet take a look at their message board and you'll find it's pretty much dead. This is a band that's doing 5x more work to stay relevant and their board is 5x less active.

I'm not gonna pretend like I'm gonna walk away from Live because of how silent they are, but I will say I'm extremely disappointed. We should have tour dates, new releases, and constant updates from the band to continute to spread the buzz. Instead Live isn't doing anything.

If any members of the band read this, please know we're here for you. We're your free press. We change our profile pictures when you reunite and tell our friends about all your recent developments. We want to help you succeed and fill concert halls again. But day by day, fans drop off and they don't come back. Please give us something that we can get excited about and advertise for you. We're ready.

[Old Man Withers]

Relax. Silence breeds creativity. New album announced May - June. New song in April.
Relax....

[Merica]

Relax. Silence breeds creativity. New album announced May - June. New song in April.
Relax....

Sounds good, Chad. Looking forward to it.

[dangum]

According to a comment by Chad Taylor (in a Feb 2017 interview), Live has been working on new music for over a year.

Ed’s really been back in the band, and we’ve been working on new music for a little over a year.

Source: Lancaster Online
Dicussion: here

So, Ed got back with Live probably in January 2016. Just a couple of months after their final show in Perth (November 2015)

[Bremang]

According to a comment by Chad Taylor (in a Feb 2017 interview), Live has been working on new music for over a year.

So, Ed got back with Live probably in January 2016. Just a couple of months after their final show in Perth (November 2015)

I'm still fuzzy on this timeline.

There has to be some sort of period between Ed/CCP reconnecting and Ed officially replacing Chris. I'm guessing there's also some time between the official decision and then actually working on music. That didn't all just happen in one day, right? These guys don't even live in the same state. Also, wasn't Ed still touring Canada and New York through the end of March 2016?

Ed's really been back in the band, and we've been working on new music for a little over a year.

The article claims it was edited due to the lengthy conversation. Interviewer may be misinterpreting what Chad says. We have Ed sightings since June, which would satisfy the statement that Ed's really been back in the band prior to the announcement.


We also know that Ed had been working on album 3 since 2015, and it seems possible that CCP were working separately on music. That might satisfy the idea that they were working on new music for a little over a year.

So it's possible that Chad meant that Ed was in the band for half a year even though they're all working on new tracks for over a year separately.

Ed and I sat down (a little over a year ago). I always say we had a beer, but the truth is, it was several.

You'll notice "(a little over a year ago)" was edited into this statement. Was this edit compounding the misinterpretation?

Then again, to Merica's point, what was the whole issue with the late 2015 Australia shows? Wasn't there a roadblock initially? Was Ed involved with that?

Also, Chris was already working with Gary Lucas in Jan 2016
http://garylucas.com/news_past.shtml
https://twitter.com/chrisshinn/status/690739118163267585

That could have been with knowledge of his departure from Live

This post has been edited by Bremang: Feb 21 2017, 7:34 pm