80年代初四個來自美國賓夕法尼亞的約克鎮的高中生ChadTaylor(吉他)、PatrickDahlheimer(貝司)和ChadGracey(鼓手)組成了一支名叫FirstAid的樂隊。主唱EdKowalczyk加入後不久就開始頻繁的演出，
live樂隊專輯
TheDeathofaDictionary(asPublicAffection)August17,1989---MentalJewelryDecember31,199173-1xPlatinum
ThrowingCopperApril26,19941378xPlatinum
SecretSamadhiFebruary18,19971312xPlatinum
TheDistancetoHereOctober5,19994561xPlatinum
VSeptember18,200122-350,000
BirdsofPrayMay20,200328-445,000
SongsfromBlackMountainJune6,200652-90,000
SongsfromBlackMountain黑山樂章介紹
★90年代Post-Grunge搖滾霸主入主新東家最新大碟
★曾締造1300萬驚人銷量，創下三首冠軍曲以及九首Top10單曲記錄
★專輯不但延續以往風格，聲感帶有平實譜唱內心感動的回歸大作
國際地區領先美國發行！
經90年代Grunge樂派的野性奔放，隨後稍微收斂卻仍透著一份霸氣的Post-Grunge，提升搖滾全新格局，拱出如Creed主義、Matchbox20火柴盒20等超級冠軍樂團，突破流行防線，散盡爆發力十足搖滾本色，成為冠軍搖滾部隊的一員，歷經15個年頭仍然屹立不搖，他們是Live臨場感樂團，無論現場或是錄音室作品，都能帶給你相當震撼富有臨場感受的超級組合。
轉換新東家推出主流廠第七張專輯《SongsFromBlackMountain》，請來同時身為搖滾製作人及混音大將的JimWirt(Incubus、hoobastank、L.A.Guns)操盤掌控。首先以吉他輕撥伴隨動人和聲開場的首波單曲〈TheRiver〉，令人訝異於Live轉換內斂搖滾氣流下，深深著迷於順耳耐聽之聲線當中；Acoustic吉他演奏拉出〈GetReady〉最舒愉聆聽感受，堆疊出的人聲搭腔增添此曲溫暖度；Ed極具爆發力的嗓音完全釋放在＜Home＞一曲中，激昂情緒隨著曲子接近尾聲而不斷上升；有著Live早期抒情搖滾氣勢的＜NightOfNights＞，不時利用樂器營造一種瀕臨情緒引爆點的迫切感。Live的蛻變你可以輕易感受到，少了些許狂妄暴戾之氣，多了些自然平實聲感，拉近聆聽者距離，譜唱出感動內心深處的動聽佳音。
Afterearningarabidlocalfollowing,in1989PublicAffectionreleasedacassette,TheDeathofaDictionary,ontheirownActionFrontlabel.AftergraduatingtoCBGBandotherfamedNewYorkclubs,theyearnedademodealwithGiantRecordswhichprovedunsuccessful;thecompleteddemoearnedthemadealwithRadioactive,however,andbeforedrawingtheirnewnameoutofahat,LiverecruitedTalkingHeadJerryHarrisontoproducetheir1991debut,MentalJewelry.AcollectionofsongsbasedonthewritingsofIndianphilosopherJidduKrishnamurti,therecordmadeLiveoneofthekeyplayersinthepost-Nirvanaalternativemusicscenethankstosingleslike"OperationSpirit(TheTyrannyofTradition)"and"PainLiesontheRiverside."
Threeyearslater,LivereturnedwiththemuscularThrowingCopper,whichlingeredanumberofmonthsonthechartsbeforepushingthegroupintotherockmainstream;afteraseriesofpopularsingleslike"SellingtheDrama"and"IAlone,"thealbum'sslowbuildclimaxedwiththefunereal"LightningCrashes,"whichpropelledthealbumtothetopofthechartsandpavedthewayforthehits"White,Discussion"and"AllOverYou."SecretSamadhi,thethirdLiveLP,followedinearly1997,butfailedtomatcheitherthecommercialorcriticalsuccessofpreviousefforts.ThebandresurfacedtwoyearslaterwithTheDistancetoHere.Through2003,thebandcontinuallyrefinedtheirambitious,spiritualsound;both2001'sVand2003'sBirdsofPraycrackedtheBillboardTop30
