“Either you’re going to listen to the band or you’re going make the biggest mistake of your life.” – Chad Taylor’s Father That’s when they knew when they were onto something. Before they knew it, 400 people paid to see the band play and others had to be turned away at the door. The band followed it up with another gig at the Temple, selling tickets at $4 a piece. One of the first gigs the band had was at the Temple Beth Israel in York. Reading the biography was in many ways, like reading a story about ourselves, except with different names.”īy 1987, the band started writing their own material and rockstar fantasies weren’t far from their minds, with Taylor telling the LA Times, “Ed and I would sit in the back of our classrooms, and instead of working on, like, calculus, we’d think about the kind of tour bus we’d have.” Chad Taylor would add, “We related to U2 so much. Kowalczyk would tell the LA Times, “We all learned a lot from a book about U2,” referring to the book, Unforgettable Fire.
Reading the biography was in many ways, like reading a story about ourselves, except with different names.” – Ed Kowalczyk Taking the stage name Public Affection, they developed into a competent live cover band whose early shows saw the group play sets consisting of songs by the Psychedelic Furs, Violent Femmes, R.E.M., U2, & Bryan Adams. They knew he could sing and talked him into becoming a singer and rhythm guitar player. Kowalczyk originally wanted to join the band as a guitarist, but they already had someone who played lead. Ed Kowalczyk Joins the Band as Singer and Rhythm Guitar Player Kowalczyk was the last member to join the band after the quartet were encouraged by their junior high school teacher to form a band for a talent show.
Their musical beginnings started in the 8th grade when Gracey, Taylor and Dahlheimer played in an instrumental band called First Aid. Made up of singer and guitarist Ed Kowalczyk, guitarist Chad Taylor, bassist Patrick Dahlheimmer and drummer Chad Gracey, the roots of Live date back to 1984 in York, Pennsylvania, where all four members grew up and met.
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