Live are so serious that if you went up to singer Ed Kowalczyk and said, "Excuse me, but how do you pronounce your last name?" he might punch you in the neck. Either that or he'd sit you down and speak to you of Krishna and Vishnu. Their debut album Mental Jewelry saw them carrying the torch of idealistic and spiritually minded rock a la U2. The rhythms were punchy without being straight-up Hard Rock, and the dynamics were relatively subtle. But it was Throwing Copper (1994) that revealed their transformation into one of the most popular Post-Grunge bands out there. The guitars were heavier, the rhythms pounded more and danced less, and Kowalczyk was still the passionate, good-God-what's-wrong-with-the-world kind of guy that he'd always been. The janglier moments, such as the hit "Selling the Drama," called to mind R.E.M. -- or at least R.E.M. jamming with Nirvana. They haven't changed their recipe since, as they continue to churn out heaping gobs of the world's most serious music.

AWAKE: THE BEST OF LIVE	BIRDS OF PRAY	DISTANCE TO HERE	DOLPHIN'S CRY
DOLPHINS CRY	I ALONE	LAKINI'S JUICE	LAKINIS JUICE
LIGHTNING CRASHES,THE DAM AT OTTER	MENTAL JEWELRY	OPERATION SPIRIT	RUN TO THE WATER
SECRET SAMADHI	SELLING THE DRAMA	SIMPLE CREED	SONGS FROM BLACK MOUNTAIN
STRUT YOUR STUFF*	THROWING COPPER	TURN MY HEAD(RADIO MIX)	The River
The Distance to Here	White, Discussion	Lightning Crashes	The Distance to Here (Australian Tour bonus disc)
Shit Town	Radiant Sea	Walk the Starlight	Live at the Paradiso - Amsterdam
They Stood Up for Love	The Dolphin's Cry	Throwing Copper (EU with bonus disc)	Yorksters in Boston
Run to the Water EP	2002-07-06: The Paegent, St. Louis, MO, USA	2000-06-12: Dance With Pinkpop: Megaland, Landgraaf, Netherlands	Pilgrimage to the Southern Stars
1999-07-23: Woodstock '99, Rome, NY, USA	Rattlesnake (Paradiso 1997)	The Distance to Here: The Acoustic Sessions	Rolling Rock Town Fair 2.0
1992-02-14: DNA Lounge, San Francisco, CA, USA	SFX Radio Network Presents: LIVE	Secret Samadhi Concert Broadcast	Ecstatic Fanatic
2000-04-07: Jet Studios, Brussels, Belgium	The Beauty of Gray	Operation Unplugged	All Over You (MTV Unplugged)
Plugged Up & More	2000 Friends of Live Holiday Gift	Dawn of Culture: USA Radio 94	2001 Friends of Live Holiday Gift
1997-03-02: Milwaukee, WI, USA (disc 1)	The Distance to the Hague (disc 1)	The Distance to the Hague (disc 2)	1997-03-02: Milwaukee, WI, USA (disc 2)
1992-09-06: The Roxy, Hollywood, CA, USA	Throwing Copper (demo tape)	1994-06-03: 99x Acoustic Sessions, Atlanta, GA, USA	2000-10-14: 99x Acoustic Sessions, Atlanta, GA, USA
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