In February, Rolling Stone magazine published a lengthy autopsy of the alt-rock band Live.
At one time, three decades ago, the band was on the top of the rock world. Its second album – Throwing Copper – reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts and eventually sold eight million copies. The band toured incessantly. It played Woodstock ‘99, a reboot of the legendary rock festival that ended in flames and disaster, a foreshadowing of the band itself.
Bad business decisions, recriminations, disagreements over money and a plethora of personal issues led not only to the demise of Live, but also to a morass of litigation. It almost seems like band members have more lawyers in their employ now than they had road crew when they were touring the world.
Rolling Stone writer Andy Greene performed the post-mortem in a piece published on Feb. 18 headlined “How an Alleged Con Man Tore Apart One of the Nineties’ Biggest Bands.”
In it, former guitarist Chad Taylor laid much of the blame for his legal troubles on former business partner, Bill Hynes, claiming that Hynes is “a con man” who had stolen $10 million from him and his bandmates, leaving Taylor “practically broke.” He also claimed that when he attempted to launch a new band, The Gracious Few, Hynes stiffed him by bouncing checks intended to pay for studio time and...
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