Chris Shinn new Live frontman, According to FB member Options

[Pokey]

Oh you're just enjoying this SHINN-dig way too much!

[thefunkyredcaboose]

When I see Shinn at the reception I'm gonna be like "what the hell are you doing here??"

[World Dreamer]

When I see Shinn at the reception I'm gonna be like "what the hell are you doing here??"

"So your in the music business...who do you think the new lead singer is?"

[Pokey]

Time for bed for me, when I wake up I'll be in a rush to get up and get out for uni, and the next time I get to check this board/twitter I hope to see a slew of info on how amazing the show was!

Have an awesome time everyone thats going! Let them know that fansoflive.com is behind them!

This post has been edited by Pokey: Mar 12 2012, 9:34 am

[+AllOverMe+]

Of course he is !



It will be great! I'm sure! He's such a great voice! This conjugated with our talented musicians will just be the perfect dream team! I've not been exited like that concerning a band for years!

Haha, i'm sure it is Chris Shinn..i already was that, ofcourse, but now.


PEOPLE, Make some noise for Chris Shinn!!!

[OutToDry]

I guess the YDR article speaks what most of us have been surmising for a long time.

Live's new lead singer is Chris Shinn, formerly of Unified Theory

By ERIN McCRACKEN
Daily Record/Sunday News
Updated: 03/12/2012 08:57:42 PM EDT

Chris Shinn can sing.

His voice wasn't a concern when the members of Live asked him to be the group's new frontman several months ago.

"Are we going to groove as friends and partners?" Shinn said he wondered when he accepted the offer.

On Monday night, the group was set to introduce Shinn to its hometown with an invitation-only concert at the Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center. He's the new guy in a band that formed in York almost three decades ago.

Chad Taylor, Patrick Dahlheimer, Chad Gracey and Ed Kowalczyk grew up here and started Live in the mid-1980s. The group hit it big in the 1990s with a string of platinum albums and world tours.

But Live stalled about four years ago after former frontman Kowalczyk left to pursue a solo career. The other three members formed a side project called The Gracious Few with members of the band Candlebox. Taylor said the band didn't play Live songs.

When they decided to move forward with Live, Taylor, Dahlheimer and Gracey reached out to Kowalczyk, but didn't hear back. So they contacted Shinn, who they've known for a dozen years.



He is best known as the lead singer of Unified Theory, a band composed of Shinn; former Blind Melon members Brad Smith and Christopher Thorn, a Dover native; and former Pearl Jam drummer Dave Krusen.

As a teen, Shinn said, he used to play Live songs on his acoustic guitar. Unified Theory opened for Live during a tour around the millennium but he never dreamed he'd be in the band one day.

Before sound check Monday afternoon, he sat next to Taylor in the Strand's seats.

"We'll see if he gets the gig," Taylor joked. "We'll see what my mom says."

Taylor said Live is working on new material, but in an effort to keep any new tunes off YouTube, the band stuck to its hits Monday. During sound check, they rehearsed "I Alone," "Selling the Drama" and "All Over You." Sean Hennesy of Candlebox and Alexander Lefever joined the band on stage as backing musicians.

Monday's concert, Taylor said, was billed as a rehearsal for family and friends, so Live can solidify its new lineup. They have yet to decide what comes next.

"There is no master plan," Taylor said. "We're getting a feel for what it's like

Live's drummer Chad Gracey during a sound check on Monday, March 12, 2012, at the Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center. Members of the band Live go through their pre-show sound check on Monday, March 12, 2012, at the Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center. The band is hosting an invitation-only show, at which they will debut their new lead singer. (DAILY RECORD/SUNDAY NEWS - CHRIS DUNN)to be in a band with Chris."

Shinn, a native of Charlotte, N.C., now lives in Nashville, Tenn., but frequently travels to York. He said he's interested in getting involved with Think Loud, a development company run by Taylor, Dahlheimer, Gracey and Bill Hynes. In January, the company announced plans to renovate a structure on East York Street in York, bringing jobs to the city.

"It's like joining a family," Shinn said of being a part of the band. "These guys do everything together."

More about Monday's concert
The evening was hosted by Think Loud Development in association with Kinsley Construction, LSC Design, York Mayor Kim Bracey and the Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center.

It included a cocktail hour followed by performances by area artists Dana Alexandra and Chad Taylor's brother Adam and his band, The Rain Dogs. Candlebox took the stage before a rehearsal-type set from the new incarnation of Live.

Chad Taylor said the show was also a good way to practice for a Gracious Few gig March 17 at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas.

...whew...finally been many months of shhhhhhh

This post has been edited by OutToDry: Mar 12 2012, 8:31 pm

[Hoodstock]

Not a very well kept secret thanks to the awesome people on this board!

[OutToDry]

this is the only place where it was known outside of those who know the band. I think it's as good as it could have gotten outside a few ill placed fb posts

[jayda]

well there you go! Onward and Upward!

Can't wait to hear stuff from tonight!

[Pokey]

I'm kinda glad it got put cos it gave me some time to listen to Shinn and warm up to him,still hit and miss with his previous work but theres a few songs on each thing he did I've really gotten into, that Everything is Energy mostly. Snake too, Someday I, Shiner, brilliant songs!

But now comes something new!

[Pokey]

Double post.


Cos this board keeps throwing errors at me, maybe due to all the traffic, but I can't help but think that's awesome!

This post has been edited by Pokey: Mar 12 2012, 8:52 pm

[diobar]

Someone just posted this on LIVE's Facebook page:
Can't wait to hear what Chris Shinn can bring to Live!!!!

What IS Live's Facebook link?

[dangum]

What IS Live's Facebook link?

http://www.facebook.com/THEBANDLIVE

[diobar]

http://www.facebook.com/THEBANDLIVE

THANKS!!!!!

[+AllOverMe+]

Shinn is the man!!