Live's career as a band began in a small Pennsylvania town called York, in about 1985. The four members, then  about 15 years old, named their band Public Affection. They worked to get tighter as a band for about four years and then in 1989 they released their first album, called Death of a Dictionary.  Death of a Dictionary had limited success, and in 1990 the band signed a record deal with Radioactive Records. They then decided to rename the band Live. It has been said that the band liked this name because of its simplicity. Also perhaps the fact that Live spelled backwards is Evil. Once they settled on Live, they went into the studio, and created their first album with Radioactive. With help of their producer, former Talking Head, Jerry Harrison, Live Released their album- Mental Jewelry in 1991. The bands first hit was Operation Spirit.

The band toured and gained more and more populatiry, then took a break for a couple of years-writing and composing. Next up in 1994, Live released Throwing Copper, another album  produced by Jerry Harrison. This album is Live's claim to fame. Throwing Copper was a huge success. With several hits like Selling the Drama, Lightning Crashes, I Alone, and White, Discussion, the band climbed the charts, all the way to number one on the Billboard. Later, in 1995 were voted as Billboard's Artist of the year. Then in 1996 they were voted as artist of the year in Rolling Stone Magazine's Readers Poll. Also in 1996, Live went back into the studio to record their next album -- Secret Samadhi. In 1997 they released Secret Samadhi which did not have the success that Throwing Copper did, but it still debuted at number 1. Hits off of this album were songs like Turn My Head and Lakini's Juice.  Live has recently finished their latest album, "The Distance to Here" and the debut single The Dolphins Cry is already doing well in the charts.  The Distance to Here will be availbable around mid October.