Four men, four friends, living in a small town called York in the state of Pennsylvania in the USA. They're still in highschool, but in their spare time they have nothing special to do. The decide to start a band. Chad Taylor, Patrick Dahlheimer, Chad Gracey and Edward Kowalczyk are: Public Affection

As a small band they make an albem called "Dead of a Dictionary". Still they aren't really popular with a big audience. They just play at little parties and 'gigs' like that.

They decide to change their name. Public Affection is: LIVE.

Named Live Chad, Patrick, Chad and Ed keep playing birthday and schoolparties. Until they are discovered. They produce their first album: "Four Songs". This album was only released in the York-area, and the original is hard to get. But a copy of "Four Songs" is given with a limited edition of "Throwing Copper".

1991. The year Live releases a new album, for a larger audience. Live managed to get a record-deal at the "radio-active" label, a label that holds more great american bands. But "Mental jewelry isn't the success they hoped for. Still, they are satisfied with what they got. The album is selling and they are touwing small clubs throughout thr USA. The shows are a success. When the tour is over Live start to record their next album, of which they wrote the bigger part while touring.

In 1994 "Throwing Copper" is released. The first track to become single is "Lightning Crashes". The single gets a reasonable amount of airplay in the USA on local radiostations, even some of the country-wide stations discover the catchy tune. Outside the USA the sales keep low. This changes when the next single is released. It is called "I Alone", and this single is a hit when it is released. The highest places of the charts all around the world are kept. Live Mania has begun. "Throwing Copper" must be produced fast to keep up with the demand. The album is sold out in many stores. The third single becomes another smash hit: "Selling the Drama" also ends high up in the charts around the world. Live has finally made it to the big audience.

After this it gets a little quiet around Live. They are busy touring, and just as with "Throwing Copper", during the tour the band is also busy writing new songs. The new album is due for 1997.

In the meanwhile Live has gained a reasonable amount of die hard fans. They start an official fanclub named "Friends of Live".

Early 1997 "Lakini's Juice" is released as first single of the new album that is going to be called "Secret Samadhi". It becomes a hit the moment they release it, and the album is sold out before the release. The next single, "Freaks", goes well, but not as well as "Lakini's Juice". The shows live is doing are on rather 'small' locations, giving it a very intimate sphere, are sold out very soon. The large summer festivals like Pinkpop and Torhout/Werchter are visited and a great success. Live show the public that they can perform for huge crowds as well as for small crowds. Still they prefer playing the small crowds.

Juli 1997 "Turn my Head" is released. This single is not the success the first two singles of this album are. For now we are not really expecting anything for a while, because Live is still touring are hopefully recording their next album. This will take a while, as we know from earlier albums. We are waiting...