Ed Kowalczyk

Biography

As the business lead singer of Live, Ed Kowalczyk fronted probably one of the most successful American post-grunge rings from the ‘90s, arriving at prominence making use of their 1994 sophomore album, Throwing Copper. Along with his bald mind and intense eye, Kowalczyk cut a unique physique, but what separated him from additional ’90s alt-rockers was his utter earnestness: he used U2’s open-hearted position as his have, preferring sincerity to irony. Live released seven albums between 1991 and 2006 before splitting, with Kowalczyk starting a solo profession this year 2010 with Alive. Alive was Ed Kowalczyk’s 1st major activity beyond Reside in his professional profession. A indigenous of York, Pa, he met all of those other music group whilst in middle school as well as the group performed in a number of incarnations before senior high school graduation. After completing senior high school, the group proved helpful steadily, eventually putting your signature on with Radioactive Information in 1991, buying the name Live. Their debut record, Mental Jewelry, came later that season however the big discovery was included with Throwing Copper in 1994. Magic formula Samadhi implemented in 1997 with THE LENGTH to Here showing up in 2000, around enough time when Kowalczyk began stepping beyond your group, briefly showing up in David Fincher’s 1999 cult traditional Fight Membership and performing on Tricky’s one “Evolution Revolution Like” in 2001. Two various other albums implemented early in the brand new millennium — V in 2001 and Wild birds of Pray in 2003 — using the group’s last, Tracks from Black Hill, showing up in 2006. Live backed the album using a tour that lasted until 2009, once the music group announced a hiatus carrying out a show on the Palazzo in NEVADA. Shortly it became obvious the fact that split was long lasting because of a rift between Kowalczyk and all of those other music group; the rift resulted in all of those other group submitting a lawsuit contrary to the singer in-may 2010 alleging these were credited submitting royalties. Kowalczyk was the initial member to start a solo profession, launching Alive in the summertime of 2010. The record debuted at 166 in the Billboard graphs but six in the mag’s Christian graph. Kowalczyk released the EP YOUR GARDEN in November of 2012 but he produced his genuine re-entry into contemporary music almost a year afterwards with The Overflow as well as the Mercy. Released on Harbour Information in Oct 2013, this second full-length recording featured several efforts by R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck, in addition to appearances by vocalist/songwriter Rachel Yamagata.

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#	Fact
1	Former lead singer for the band Live. He went solo in 2009 after the band split.



Soundtrack

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
Twisted	2014	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Killing Bono	2011	performer: "Great Beyond" / writer: "Great Beyond"
Zack and Miri Make a Porno	2008	writer: "Hold Me Up" - as Ed Kowalzyk
Australian Idol	2007	TV Series writer - 1 episode
One Tree Hill	2007	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Lots of Ice and a Little Bit of Water	2006	writer: "Sun"
Plauto, recuerdo distorsionado de un tonto eventual	2004	"Operation Spirit The Tyranny of Tradition"
Live: Pinkpop Festival 2002	2003	Video short lyrics: "Selling the Drama", "White, Discussion" / writer: "Voodoo Lady", "Nobody Knows"
Roswell	2002	TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Fast and the Furious	2001	writer: "Deep Enough" - as Ed Kowalczyk
The Mummy Returns	2001	writer: "Forever May Not Be Long Enough" - as Ed Kowalczyk
Urban Legends: Final Cut	2000	writer: "Dolphin's Cry"
Playing by Heart	1998	performer: "Walk into This Room" 1998 / writer: "Walk into This Room" 1998
Virtuosity	1995	"White Discussion"
In the Army Now	1994	writer: "The Dam At Otter Creek"

Actor

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Live: Live at the Paradiso	2008	Video	Edward Kowalczyk
Fight Club	1999		Waiter at Clifton's

Thanks

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
Anonymity: The History of Straight, Incorporated	2010	very special thanks

Self

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Merge	2010	TV Series	Himself
Yes We Can	2008	Video short	Himself
100 Greatest Songs of the 90s	2007	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself (as Ed Kowalczyk)
Howard Stern on Demand	2006	TV Series	Himself
I Hear Trio	2003	TV Series documentary	Himself
Top of the Pops NL	2003	TV Series	Himself
Live: Pinkpop Festival 2002	2003	Video short	Himself (as Live)
American Masters	2001	TV Series documentary	Himself
Howard Stern	1997-2000	TV Series	Himself
The Howard Stern Radio Show	2000	TV Series	Himself

Archive Footage

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Top of the Pops NL	2003	TV Series	Himself

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#	Trademark
1	Bald head



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