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[dangum]

Live Talk Pearl Jam’s ‘Incredible’ Respect For Drummers, How Band ‘Mesmerized’ Them
By Doug McCausland -
Apr 6, 2017



On Tuesday, Alternative Nation spoke with Ed Kowalczyk and Chad Taylor, vocalist and lead guitarist for the legendary Grunge era act, Live. The newly restored original lineup of the band are about to embark on a festival tour and have planned a new studio album to boot.

While reminiscing on some of their favorite memories growing up as a band in the 1990’s, I asked the two about Pearl Jam’s upcoming induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this weekend. You can read the full interview next week. Below are Ed and Chad’s thoughts on the induction and fond memories of playing with the legendary Seattle act nearly two decades ago…


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

Ed: Oh, they’re awesome. Going back to festivals and great memories, we played with Pearl Jam in Pinkpop back in 2000, give or take a year. It was such a beautiful night. The sun was going down over this huge field in Holland. Just standing there, watching Pearl Jam from the side of the stage… I’d never seen the band. I’d seen Eddie [Vedder] a few times solo, but I’ve never seen the band. We were just mesmerized and thought they were just incredible. Pinkpop has this massive sea of people, singing the songs. We were so busy touring that if we hadn’t been playing a festival together, I probably wouldn’t have been able to see them.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqTeMutdHM4

Chad: I think the coolest thing that they’re doing is taking all of the band’s drummers with them. Dave Krusen had just recorded at my recording studio a couple of months ago, and I’m good friends with him. So it’s just such an incredible thing. I know he is so honored that he is going in with the band and getting inducted. It’s such a great feeling for the band to take a look at their whole history and all of the various people they toured with and say, “Everybody’s gotta come.” Pretty special for those guys.

Source: http://www.alternativenation.net/live-pear...esmerized-them/

[Merica]

Chad: I think the coolest thing that they’re doing is taking all of the band’s drummers with them. Dave Krusen had just recorded at my recording studio a couple of months ago, and I’m good friends with him. So it’s just such an incredible thing. I know he is so honored that he is going in with the band and getting inducted. It’s such a great feeling for the band to take a look at their whole history and all of the various people they toured with and say, “Everybody’s gotta come.” Pretty special for those guys.

Let's keep this in the bank for (improbable but) possible future lols.

[jayda]

Let's keep this in the bank for (improbable but) possible future lols.

yep, and I love how CT has a connection with EVERYONE (famous)....

[Bremang]

The lol part is Chad saying it's a great feeling for a band to include the whole history yet they're erasing Chris Shinn right now.

This post has been edited by Bremang: Apr 6 2017, 6:28 pm

[Holy Slime]

For a little extra dose of irony, Chad is friends with Dave Krusen because Krusen was the drummer for Unified Theory.

This post has been edited by Holy Slime: Apr 6 2017, 8:48 pm

[jayda]

[dangum]

I'm looking forward to reading the full interview next week. Hopefully some new information will come to hand and we get additional details on Live's future plans.

I wonder whether Ed and Chad have any thoughts on whether the band will ever be inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame? I think they are definitely worthy of being at least nominated.

Does anybody have any more footage of Live's performance from Pinkpop 2000? I don't remeber ever seeing the footage that was used in the article.

[alexou]

Good version of RTTW, but god the keyboards are so loud in the mix.

[Voodoo Lady]

I'm looking forward to reading the full interview next week. Hopefully some new information will come to hand and we get additional details on Live's future plans.

I wonder whether Ed and Chad have any thoughts on whether the band will ever be inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame? I think they are definitely worthy of being at least nominated.

Man, screw the rock n' roll hall of shame! Any worthy band who actually gets nominated should say thanks, but no thanks!

[mfitz804]

Man, screw the rock n' roll hall of shame! Any worthy band who actually gets nominated should say thanks, but no thanks!

It's a popular position to take, everyone hates the Hall. From my perspective, you can still be excited about getting in, because as long as they are going to have one, it's better to be in than out!!

[SJN1279]

The lol part is Chad saying it's a great feeling for a band to include the whole history yet they're erasing Chris Shinn right now.

To be fair their bio on their website ends with The Distance.

[san_sao]

To be fair their bio on their website ends with The Distance.

My sense is it's less about Chris Shinn and more about resurrecting early Live. I bet not much after TDTH gets concert real estate for a while. We'll see at the festival shows, I guess.