European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Live Selling the drama of great songs  writer he food on the russian ferry Between Sweden and Germany had been Lousy 1�nd Chad Taylor of live was hungry. I know this is Germany but do they have any vegetarian places around Here Taylor asked. Assured that he could find food nearby with nary a Trace of flesh die guitarist settled into a discussion about throwing Copper. That s the live album that s perched in the american top 10 modern Rock album charts Over the summer and has just been released in Europe. The album live s second also generated the top 10 modern Rock hits Selling the drama and Tellone. Just As popular was the video for Selling the drama until the band called on acquaintances at mtg in the United states to moderate its rotation. We re trying to build a career not be a one hit wonder Taylor said. The next video for Lalone they can play As much As they want stirring tunes starkly poetic lyrics and shifting Melody lines give live s music its intriguing Edge. The unexpected melodic turns and song titles that sometimes Aren t reflected anywhere in the lyrics Span a Broad Range of emotions and color the Songsri Thweat the band Sother Chad drummer Chad Cracey termed Shock value and definitely passion and  we be always been into that Cracey said i Don t really think about it countered Taylor of the songs unusual Structure. Nothing that i do is contrived. I Don t think i have the knowledge to do it. To me the song comes first the ultimate goal is having the ensemble sound Good but the melodic Quality and thought provoking lyrics not Wishy Washy not vastly deep said Gracey made Little difference to officials at the a Mait and Wal Mart chains in the United states who opted not to Stock throwing Copper because of lyrics in two songs 5/7" Towne and waitress Taylor said. Officials at Wal Mart did not respond /. Courtesy photo live May strike Gold with its album  from left Chad Taylor Chad Gracey de Kowalczyk and Patrick Dahlheimer. By press deadlines to comment on Taylor s allegation that the Chain did not carry the album. In one of the two songs an obscenity describes a town and in the latter an expletive is used once As an adjective. After All everybody s Good enough for some of change the Singer rants in a musical tirade about a waitress who gives poor service. That song said Cracey has real life roots. Singer lyricist de Kowalczyk despises bad service in restaurants. He sends Back a dish like 20 times Cracey said adding of the lyrics that implore a customer to leave change for a waitress but it also can take on a deeper social  practical y a fifth member of the Lancaster a based band is former talking head Jerry Harrison who produced both throwing Copper and the band s first album mental jewelry. What Harrison brings to their albums Cracey said is the Art of arrangement. He has this Knack for taking great songs and making them succinct for the  on the personal Side Cracey said Harrison also gives the band Pep talks and gets us in he mood to record he s a fan of the band and it s been really  live which has been touring Europe to promote the release of the current album lost its Chance to play for multiple audiences recently in Germany when the violent Femme cancelled their swing through the country. Live and madder Rose were scheduled to open the three tiered Bill. The soonest live will return to Europe will be in 1995, when they also expect to go Back into the recording studio but they embark on an eight week tour of the states this fall. Live is really about being a family Taylor said. We basically manage ourselves. We re very  also contributing to this report Stafl writer Tim Cahill in new York Slayer concert listings see pages 22, 23 & 24 fall brings a new tour and a new Alburn divine intervention from Metal s infamous quartet. Friday september 30,1994 the stars and stripes on disc hot new cd to warm fall season by . Considine the Baltimore Sun fall ought to be a great season for pop music stay at Homes provided they did t blow All their Money on summertime concerts. So what do we do As the weather gets Cool head to the cd store where there will be no shortage of big names in the new release bins. Among the most anxiously anticipated Are albums by ., Pearl Jam Tom Petty or. Ore the eaglet barbra Streisand Lyl Lovett nirvana Van Halan Michael Jackson and the unleaded duo of Jimmy Page and. Robert Plant. 7  Leads the pack with monster theban s hardest rocking release since Green. Produced by Scott Litt and featuring a Voca Cameo by sonic youth St Hurston Moore the album is both instantly accessible and radically different from recent  Offerings a combination that All but guarantees the album will be among the season s most played releases. Pc / on the other hand no Quarter Jimmy Page Robert Plant Uri Ledd Edw a seem to some fans like the next Best thing to the second coming. Recorded in London Morocco and Wales it finds the duo augmented by bassist Charlie Jones and drummer Michael Lee plus incidental musicians recapping a Host of led Zeppelin oldies As Well As several new compositions. Among the titles due for revision Are Kashmir the Battle of evermore Gallows pot and when the levee Breaks. A new led Zep album ought to be a shoo in at no. 1 right maybe but with a new Pearl Jam album Vita logy out the same Day Page and Plant will have to try harder to avoid being no. 2. Rounding out some new releases Are a pair of releases from Woodstock 94 the Sophomore Effort from soul Singer Mary j. Blige la Cool j s first new album since 1990 s mama Sale Knock you out and the first Solo Effort from Eric b s former partner Rakim. Among the superstar offerings is Tom Petty s first album for his new Label wildflowers Madonna s first Post erotica offering the probably not As naughty bedtime stories nirvana s mtg souvenir unplugged in new York the Black crowds we meant to spell it that Way America Van Helen s the seventh sear and an As yet untitled offering from Cypress Hill. Alternative music fans ought to watch for smashing pumpkins outtakes and oddities collection Pisces Oscar Orvand the cranberries no need to argue the London suede s dog Man Star and big audio s higher Power country fans should keep an Eye peeled for new albums by Mary Chaplin Carpenter Brooks and Dunn and Willie Nelson. And rap fans should save their pennies for the main ingredient by Pete Rock & . Smooth Blowout comb by a liable planets and murder was the Case a soundtrack up from or. Ore. 19