Chad Taylor reminisces about Live, Facebook posts Options

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Chad Taylor has been posting anecdotes and memories of Live's history on Facebook.

His page is located here: https://www.facebook.com/chad.taylor.live

But for those who don't use Facebook, I'm also posting them here.

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Chad Taylor is with memphishennesy and 3 others.
June 5, 2026

“The Gracious Few is an instant classic with miles of substance…beautifully arranged and sonically orgasmic to the ears and more than ready for mass intake.”
— Jeffrey Cerzosie, Examiner.com / New York Examiner, “The Gracious Few reminds us what Rock N’ Roll is supposed to sound like,” circa 2010
https://www.facebook.com/chad.taylor.live/p...GD63XrvNySzktxl

Chad Taylor
June 6, 2026
My good friend and guitar tech César Díaz once worked for George Harrison. In exchange for his technical services, in return, Harrison taught him one Beatles song a day. Much later in my own career, César began teaching me the Beatles songs Harrison had once taught him. It’s perhaps my closest and most direct lineage to the very birth of the music I love so much ❤️
https://www.facebook.com/reel/2076103059782572

Chad Taylor is with mediafiveentertainment and 2 others.
June 8, 2026

June 8, 1996 — Solution A.D. released Fearless on TAG/Atlantic Records
After completing Throwing Copper, I was hired to produce Solution A.D.’s debut album. The band had built a strong reputation throughout Pennsylvania, and I believed they had the songs, energy, and chemistry to make a great record.
To help capture that, I brought in engineer Jay Healy, whose credits included R.E.M., Michael Jackson, and John Cougar Mellencamp. Together we recorded Fearless at Philadelphia’s legendary Sigma Sound Studios — home to sessions by David Bowie for Young Americans and portions of Talking Heads’ Remain in Light.
The album’s lead single, “Fearless,” reached No. 33 on Billboard’s Modern Rock chart and earned national exposure through MTV’s 120 Minutes.
At the time, I suspected the lessons I was learning alongside Jay and Solution A.D. would eventually find their way back into LIVE. They did.
Jay was already part of our extended history, having worked on LIVE’s early demo recordings for Irving Azoff’s Giant Records before we ultimately signed with Radioactive. A year later, Jay and LIVE would reunite to co-produce Secret Samadhi, our first album to debut at No. 1.
Looking back, “Fearless” was more than an opportunity to help another Pennsylvania band make its major-label debut. It was an important chapter in my own development as a songwriter, producer, and musician.
I’m proud of the record, proud of the band, and especially proud to be reuniting with my friends in Solution A.D. on July 26 at Mady’s Snow Day, a fundraiser honoring the memory of Madyson Law and supporting the work of Mady’s Angels.

https://www.facebook.com/chad.taylor.live/p...dxupJk6YE5r4Lvl

Chad Taylor
June 10, 2026

June 9, 1999 — 27 years ago today, LIVE taped VH1’s Hard Rock Live at Sony Studios in New York City.
Television lights always felt too bright for our music.
Especially for something as heavy and dirge-like as “Lakini’s Juice.”
I remember struggling to settle into the pocket. The room felt too clean. Too controlled. Gracey was trapped behind plexiglass like he was playing inside a fishbowl.
It was a long way from CBGB.
That night captured a strange tension in our evolution: pop culture on one side, sweaty rock clubs on the other.

I’m still not sure those two worlds ever fully understood each other.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/3269476346588852/

Chad Taylor
June 10, 2026

Tumbling Dice · The Rolling Stones
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June 9–11, 1995 — Oslo, Norway.
I was 24 years old.
Old enough to be touring the world with LIVE. Young enough that none of it felt normal.
We played the historic Sentrum Scene in Oslo on June 10, right in the middle of one of those surreal rock-and-roll stretches where memory starts to feel like myth.
The Rolling Stones had played Valle Hovin. Elton John was in town. We were staying in a grand hotel in the historic city center, four guys from York, Pennsylvania suddenly orbiting legends.
I remember meeting Elton in the hotel lobby. He knew Mental Jewelry and was incredibly kind. He invited us to his show at Oslo Spektrum, and Gracey and I went — front row seats, trying to act casual while one of the greatest artists in the world performed a few feet away.
The next morning, a Rolling Stones crew member mistook my luggage for Stones gear. Somehow, that mistake turned into a tour of Keith Richards’ hotel suite, which was literally next door to mine.
The windows were covered in aluminum foil to block out the sun. The hotel furniture had been removed. In its place: Keith’s bed, two giant road cases, wardrobe, music, and bar.
That was rock and roll.
At 24, I was still trying to understand how a kid from York ended up in a hotel hallway in Oslo, standing between Elton John’s kindness and Keith Richards’ mythology.
It felt impossible.
But it happened
https://www.facebook.com/reel/990877770205709/

Chad Taylor
June 15, 2026

One of my fondest tour memories was having the honor to invite support acts PJ Harvey and Veruca Salt to join us on the Throwing Copper tour.
Recently, I was honored to read in Far Out Magazine PJ Harvey’s reflections on touring with LIVE in 1995. Polly described the challenge of a 40-minute support slot where the crowd wasn’t there to see her, and how that forced her to perform in a very different way. She wasn’t wrong. We were all learning at that phase of our careers, and her performances had the same impact on us.

Behind the scenes, PJ had expressed some reluctance about joining a U.S. tour where her performance might be overshadowed by the enormous success of Throwing Copper. Although I knew it was a valid concern, I begged our management to make sure a proper olive branch was extended because I loved her artistry so much. I wanted our fans to experience her music. I wanted her to know that she would be embraced.
Thankfully, Polly said yes.

Our goal in adding Veruca Salt to the bill was to broaden the musical conversation each night and to help support Polly. I loved the artistry, intensity, and musicianship that Polly, Louise, and Nina brought to the stage. And yeah, these women rocked.
Each show found the bands pushing our intensity. Veruca Salt set the tone. PJ Harvey brought the theatrics. Then the four members of LIVE had to walk on stage and match the level of performance that had already been delivered.

I made sure to stand side-stage each night to watch Veruca Salt and PJ Harvey’s sets. Nothing inspired me more than their collective energy. Polly may have been studying what connected us to our audience, but I was studying her too — and Louise and Nina. Their performances pushed me to be better.
Thanks to Polly, Louise, and Nina for the inspiration.
One thing I remain utterly proud of was our collective vision to share our stage with such powerful and evocative female voices.
https://www.facebook.com/chad.taylor.live/p...a9sjsCXYFcm12wl

Chad Taylor
June 16, 2026
2 Meter Sessions, Netherlands — February 11, 1995.
This clip reminds me of the laughter and friendship that defined our brotherhood in those early years. We were barely 24. Fame had not yet transformed our small universe.
Rich Robinson once said everyone understands failure, because failure is common. But very few people can prepare you for success — especially the kind of success that arrives with volume and velocity.
It was one hell of a ride to the top. Beautiful, lonely, and isolating all at once.
If I could go back and talk to myself, I’d say: don’t rush the process. Don’t forget that the music itself — the thing we alone created — belongs to the people who made it.
Share generously with each other.
Keep the sharks at bay.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/2255630231920945/

Chad Taylor
June 19, 2026

June 24, 1995 — Glastonbury Festival.
This one is for the U.K. fans who were there early.
By then, LIVE had been traveling to England for nearly four years, building friendships and an audience one club, university, and festival at a time. Long before the wider world began paying attention to Throwing Copper, U.K. audiences had already given us a chance.
This was our second @glastofest.
Looking back at this interview, what stands out isn’t the questions or the answers. It’s the reminder of how important the U.K. was to our story.
From @molesbath and @theborderline to @kingtutsofficial and Glastonbury, thank you for welcoming four kids from York, Pennsylvania and making us feel at home.
And if we were boring, history had a dark sense of humor. A few breakups, lawsuits, and addictions were still waiting in the wings. 😉
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