Ed Kowalczyk's new band lineup Options

[zmanpga]

Ed's bandmates announced

saw this on twitter;

Saturday, Feb 20th, 2010


Hey all!

I am thrilled to announce that the official Ed Kowalczyk -FULL BAND- lineup is confirmed! It is as follows:

Ramy Antoun - Drums
Chris Heerlein - Bass
Adam Kowalczyk - Rhythm Guitar/Background Vocals
James Gabbie - Lead Guitar

(PS-if you've become a member of the EKL Fanclub or have otherwise heard/seen the slideshow video for "ZION", then you've already heard my boys rock it cuz this is the band that KICKED ASS on my album last fall in Austin!)

I will post more on each dude soon and will keep you posted as always on tour dates as they come together. GET READY!

peace, single origin espresso, and love to you
ed k.

[OutToDry]

I agree that Ed's album will be what the next album was to become. Nice to see Adam in his band too. The business move to add Adam to Live's touring regimine was a wise one as it allowed Adam to learn all the Live songs so when Ed decided to do what he did, he's be able to seamlessly move into being solo with folks who can play the Live songs. The secret recording contract cements in my mind the backhanded move to stab the other guys and for Ed to try to finalize to things his way. The fact that the rest of the band was basically rendered mute to Ed's wishes to continue the band.....was to play out for only so long. I've been in the notion for over 10 years that Ed would splinter the band with some action....when I came to read what's happened in the past year.........sad but oh so true. IT all fits, some will argue the point but.......frontmen and egos have a large historical track record with these things.

I'll buy both records, but I will be very partial to a certain 'few'.

[LiveFan92]

The secret recording contract cements in my mind the backhanded move to stab the other guys and for Ed to try to finalize to things his way.

Yes, because we know all of the facts about this "secret recording contract." What I heard was that Ed was getting all of the royalties from the publishing rights for the songs he wrote for the last few albums. You know, those last couple of albums that most people around here hate anyway? He did the writing -- which everyone is happy to point out if they don't like the albums -- so why shouldn't he get paid for any publishing rights? The other guys in the band felt they should get a share of those rights even though they didn't write the music. Ed disagreed. These things happen. Some members of the band are being more mature about the split than others, that much is for sure.

[Merica]

Yes, because we know all of the facts about this "secret recording contract." What I heard was that Ed was getting all of the royalties from the publishing rights for the songs he wrote for the last few albums. You know, those last couple of albums that most people around here hate anyway? He did the writing -- which everyone is happy to point out if they don't like the albums -- so why shouldn't he get paid for any publishing rights? The other guys in the band felt they should get a share of those rights even though they didn't write the music. Ed disagreed. These things happen. Some members of the band are being more mature about the split than others, that much is for sure.

How would you explain the $100,000 lead singer bonus Ed asked for? Can it be wrapped in the same understandable sensibilities?

[SJN1279]

How would you explain the $100,000 lead singer bonus Ed asked for? Can it be wrapped in the same understandable sensibilities?

That occurred at the end of Live's run. Anyone who attended a show this May or June saw the band's infrastructure cracking. Ed probably didn't want to do the show, so he requested an outragious bonus to get out of it.

Ed never requested such a bonus before, why would it happen all of a sudden? We are not getting the whole story.

The publishing contracts actually make more sense now. Ed wanted to full rights on the songs that he wrote on his own. It does make sense. It is a shame that the band couldn't work together on most of their songs the last few years, but whats done is done. New directions are better for all involved(for right now anyway).

[Pokey]

That occurred at the end of Live's run. Anyone who attended a show this May or June saw the band's infrastructure cracking. Ed probably didn't want to do the show, so he requested an outragious bonus to get out of it.

Ed never requested such a bonus before, why would it happen all of a sudden? We are not getting the whole story.

The publishing contracts actually make more sense now. Ed wanted to full rights on the songs that he wrote on his own. It does make sense. It is a shame that the band couldn't work together on most of their songs the last few years, but whats done is done. New directions are better for all involved(for right now anyway).

if he used the $100k lead singer bonus as a way out instead of say, just being open with his friends of 20yrs.. Don't you think that's still pretty bad? He either has some major issues with confrontation, or respect.

[thefunkyredcaboose]

if he used the $100k lead singer bonus as a way out instead of say, just being open with his friends of 20yrs.. Don't you think that's still pretty bad? He either has some major issues with confrontation, or respect.

Signing a publishing contract without the band's knowledge is also a big, big problem, whether he was writing most of the songs or not at that point. Those contracts have a lot of layers so these things can be done easily as long as the right people are involved.

I know we all don't want to think foul play happened here, but the music business is a nasty, nasty place.