DESC: Live: Edward Kowalczyk (vocals, guitar); Chad Taylor (guitar, background vocals); Patrick Dahlheimer (bass); Chad Gracey (drums, background vocals). Recorded at Pachyderm Studio, Cannon Falls, Minnesota. Having come together as a band in junior high school, the members of Live demonstrate a maturity and grasp of rock essentials far beyond their years, one reason why THROWING COPPER seems likely to vault them into the very upper echelons of pop songwriting and arranging. Aided by Talking Heads guitar and keyboard wiz Jerry Harrison, THROWING COPPER is moody yet celebratory, guarded yet rocking, spare yet richly detailed--a powerful follow-up to their debut effort MENTAL JEWELRY. "The Dam At Otter Creek" and "White Discussion" act as ominous bookends to THROWING COPPER; the former a spooky tale of murder, the latter a raging, apocalyptic vision of a dying earth. Framed by a dense, keening wall of electric guitars, and the powerhouse rhythmic backing of guitarist Chad Taylor, bassist Patrick Dahlheimer and ...