Lancaster, PA (Throwing Copper) - Chameleon Club, Friday December 12, 2014 Options

[SJN1279]

http://www.flipsidepa.com/concerts/ci_2619...its-entirety-at

Ed Kowalczyk will perform Dec. 12 at the Chameleon Club, 223 N. Water St., Lancaster.

The former Live frontman will play the band's multiplatinum album "Throwing Copper" in its entirety to celebrate the CD's 20th anniversary. The album features songs, including "I Alone" and "Lightning Crashes."

According to a news release, Kowalczyk just wrapped sold-out anniversary tours in Australia and Europe.

Tickets to the Lancaster show go on sale 10 a.m. Saturday, July 26. They cost $30 in advance and $32 the day of the show. For details and tickets, visit the Chameleon Club box office, call 1-800-745-3000 or visit TicketFly.com.

[SJN1279]

http://www.flipsidepa.com/concerts/ci_2619...its-entirety-at

Ed Kowalczyk will perform Dec. 12 at the Chameleon Club, 223 N. Water St., Lancaster.

The former Live frontman will play the band's multiplatinum album "Throwing Copper" in its entirety to celebrate the CD's 20th anniversary. The album features songs, including "I Alone" and "Lightning Crashes."

According to a news release, Kowalczyk just wrapped sold-out anniversary tours in Australia and Europe.

Tickets to the Lancaster show go on sale 10 a.m. Saturday, July 26. They cost $30 in advance and $32 the day of the show. For details and tickets, visit the Chameleon Club box office, call 1-800-745-3000 or visit TicketFly.com.

the show is sold out.

[brett]

not trying to start a feud but I find it interesting Ed's show has sold out at $30 a ticket and Live's show hasn't at $10.57 a ticket. it looks like both shows are all ages. and I know Ed's is on a Friday and Live's is Thursday but still.

[turningstones]

i seem to find that the LIVE show for 105x was just put on the calendar 3 short weeks ago.

Ed's CC show went on sale in July 2014, that's over 4 months ago, long time to sell 500 capacity

Live show is not all ages, but 21+ It says so on ticketmaster and the tixfly outlet.

[SJN1279]

i seem to find that the LIVE show for 105x was just put on the calendar 3 short weeks ago.

Ed's CC show went on sale in July 2014, that's over 4 months ago, long time to sell 500 capacity

Live show is not all ages, but 21+ It says so on ticketmaster and the tixfly outlet.

I'm sure Live would have sold more tickets with more time for promotion, but they still had Lancaster's biggest rock station backing the show. They also had dirt cheap tickets, and probably a ton of seats already purchased by the station to promote the show.

Chameleon Club's capacity is roughly 1000. Ed and Live's shows were both 21 and over.

The reason Ed is doing a Throwing Copper anniversary tour is because it sells tickets. Plain and simple.

This post has been edited by SJN1279: Dec 4 2014, 10:15 am

[turningstones]

no, i was wrong, capacity these days is near 750, so we are both wrong.

http://www.songkick.com/concerts/21223558-...-chameleon-club

You're also incorrect about all ages

http://www.chameleonclub.net/event/641137-...czyk-lancaster/

says it right there, where I read it.

So you're saying what's important in all this is selling tickets and money? Not the music?? Ok, i figured that is your agenda here.....certainly is nothing about music and art.

[SinfulEyes]

I don't understand why it matters to us how many tickets the band sells so long as you enjoy the music. Do we own stock or shares in the band? No.

I thoroughly enjoy The Turn and could not care less how many tickets Live sells right now.

[WaiterAtCliftons]

There was basically no promotion behind the LIVE show and in just a few short weeks it stil was just short of a sell out. The Chameleon did not even have posters up for this show, yet Ed's face has been plastered all over the walls for months. Guarantee that LIVE would have sold it out if the fix had been on sale months ago and it was promoted better. I live in Lancaster and I literally know no one who is going to see Ed next week.

[dangum]

Ed Kowalczyk is coming home to sold-out show at the Chameleon
Posted: Wednesday, December 10, 2014 5:00 pm | Updated: 5:13 pm, Wed Dec 10, 2014.

SCOTT KREIDER LNP CORRESPONDENT

There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home.

For Live frontman Ed Kowalczyk, Lancaster County is home. And it doesn’t take a pair of ruby slippers to transport him back to the place where, as he says, “everything all started for me.”

“I remember our first show at the Chameleon. I had just moved out of my mom’s place and into Lancaster, and we had about 300 people come out to see us open for The Pixies. That was when I realized how important the Lancaster County scene to us was.”

The York County native had linked up with fellow band members Chad Taylor, Patrick Dahlheimer and Chad Gracey in middle school.

Influenced by bands like U2 as well as local bands, Live found its niche playing acoustically driven, emotional ballads that appealed to a wide audience. The band soon became immersed in the rapidly growing central Pennsylvania music scene.

“Lancaster and the outer areas have always been a place full of progressive thinkers and artists, so it doesn’t surprise me that it’s produced so many successful acts,” the singer-songwriter says. “To actually live and breathe music with all these other people was such a unique experience.”

The quartet found success in their sophomore album, “Throwing Copper.” With hits like “Lightning Crashes” and “Selling the Drama,” Live became one of the most successful hard rock bands to come out of this area.

A slew of albums and singles took them into the new millennium before Kowalczyk left the band in 2009.

With a lengthy legal battle with his former bandmates behind him, Kowalczyk will return to the Chameleon Club this week in support of his latest solo effort, “The Flood and The Mercy.” The concert is sold out.

Best yet to come

“I think the thing that keeps me going is knowing that I haven’t written my best material yet,” Kowalczyk explains. “I’ve had that worldwide connection and interest, so now it’s about writing my best material and trying to gain that personal connection with every fan that I can.”

Not only is the desire to better his previous works still there, but his earlier songs have become his children, maturing over time and presenting the chance for reflection.

“A lot of these songs have taken on different meanings over the years,” he explains. “A song like “Lightning Crashes” has really aged well over time. It parallels so well with the birth of my four children.”

On “The Flood and the Mercy,” Kowalczyk sticks with what he knows, songs filled with emotional lyrics and catchy hooks that draw in listeners. The tracks sound similar to his previous albums.

Why stray from home?

This is the question Kowalczyk will be asking himself as he mounts the Chameleon Club stage Friday night. Because there’s no place like home.

http://lancasteronline.com/features/ed-kow...8bac824334.html

[dangum]

Adam Kowalczyk joined Ed on stage.
https://www.facebook.com/edkowalczyk/photos...?type=1&theater

Here are some videos from Steve Easton

The Dam at Otter Creek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL5sE9ax31M

Selling the Drama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-Uiaj4LWFU

I Alone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXXUZ2IdW5Y

Iris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mZIEOGMhwg

Top
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlChcRwHxko

All Over You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwLa7k5UrDM

Shit Towne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNba_0iLaxo

T.B.D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlChcRwHxko

Lightning Crashes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39_ILUa9YyM

Stage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJoJRVuzR60

Waitress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBG4JdvJ_04

Pillar of Davidson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEgyHMpQdq0

White, Discussion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DThhBQm78as

Horse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MEpTGx5gEE

The Beauty of Gray
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op63iNKxpaQ

Lakini's Juice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S45eLAdrD8

Run to the Water
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1H3YmxaPWg

The Dolphin's Cry (feat. Adam Kowalczyk)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4yUUK4KHvI

This post has been edited by dangum: Dec 13 2014, 10:41 am

[alexou]

Well I watched a couple of these videos. It is not to start any war in here. We have videos of the Live and Ed K. performing in the same venue in a one week span.

Everything was said before, but it's still true. The similar voice with a cover backup band or the same sound with a cover singer. Well Shinn does cover live wongs, but he sings also the ones in which he collaborates, and very good songs.

Ed sings way better than he was a couple of years ago, but still missing the angst in his voice. But I can enjoy some of these performances, more the quieter songs.

On TDAOC, I can't stand the guitar until it goes louder. Really sounds like a bad keyboard or something. Same with the way the chords flow in the loud parts of White, discussion. These are examples why I still give the edge to CCP for the rendition of the old songs, because the real vibe of the musicians plus the angst kind of voice from Chris Shinn make a better fit for the songs. Plus the new Live record is a solid rock album compared to the christian/pop/rock from Ed. So nothing new, but these performances show it again.

[LiveForNow]

I listened to tracks from both shows and here's what I learned:

1. Ed's backing band is much weaker than I thought. Compared to CCP they just don't play with the same synchronization or amplification. It's almost like their guitars are out of tune when compared to the experts.

2. I really love Ed's voice. I don't care that it's not what it was in 1994, I still think Ed has the best signing voice I've ever heard, which is what drew me to Live in the first place. Ed could sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and I'd still listen to it 20 times. While I love the angst Chris brings to Live, it will never be Ed's voice.

So who wins?

I think Chad Taylor said it the best when, given the circumstances, we as fans really have the best of both worlds. When I listen to Ed and his band I hear Ed's voice and use my imagination to fill in the rest. When I hear CCCP I hear the music and use my imagination to fill in the rest. Both are great acts, and I'm glad we get these songs coming through our cities twice as much as we otherwise would have.

I don't wait for the day Live 1.0 reunites. If it happens, then swell. But right now that's not the case, so I'm happy to see both acts. I really like The Turn. I also really like TFATM, albeit for entirely different reasons. They're different acts, and I love them both.

Nothing about Ed's career and CCCP's career at this point are in competition. They're both happy doing their own thing. I really think we all should be too. And if you really feel Ed is shit without CCP, or CCCP isn't Live, then keep it to yourself. Some of us just want to hear the music.

This post has been edited by LiveForNow: Dec 13 2014, 11:44 pm

[dangum]

The Dolphin's Cry (different angle)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maNrkZYB3Y4

[dangum]

Lighting Crashes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlBsVz-kj4M

Selling the Drama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxzvRBxaaQU

[turningstones]

I'm glad Ed is happy and doing his thing, that being said, these videos of the show in PA are quite awful.

He should stick to acoustic only. His band is out of practice and out of tune. As trying to hear the original performances of the music and lyrics.....this stuff is royally bad to my ears. Dissonance is the word that comes to mind.

The performances of these classic songs are at best a 3/10 scale and that is being generous. When i compare the 2 shows from same venue (on the videos), I hear the truer sound and lyrics being performed by LIVE even with Chris singing them with a more angst tone and emotion. If you cannot see and hear that, then the comparison of time and distance is lost on the listener. If I paid to see that show, i'd have definately felt ripped off if i saw the band back in the day even up to say, 2002 time frame then saw this show.

A song like Stage, Otter Creek, WD, Lakini's need angst in the song performance. I am not seeing that, but, Ed doesn't sing that way anymore. I think it totally ruins the way the song was meant to performed. But if he's happy, then that's fine. Some things in a live performance should be held to standard. I am not seeing it, nor have I for quite some time coming off. I saw an acoustic performance of Ed last year and it was good, this stuff should be abandoned at all costs.

I am sure i will get taken to task for my opinion, but my ears and eyes cannot lie.