Seminal rock band +LIVE+ release the super deluxe 25th anniversary edition of their landmark 8x multi-platinum sophomore album Throwing Copper on Radioactive/MCA/UMe today (July 19). The band also shared the lyric video for “Susquehanna,” an unreleased track from the original sessions for the album. The haunting song with questioning lyrics about life, love and spirituality appears on the deluxe multi-format reissue of the album.
The Super Deluxe 25th Anniversary Throwing Copper box set edition not only features the album with bonus tracks on 2LP black vinyl, and a 12-page booklet with an in-depth interview with the band chronicling the era of the album, but it also contains 2CDs with a 26-track lineup that includes LIVE’s previously unreleased, explosive eight-song performance at Woodstock ’94 on a separate disc, mixed by +LIVE+ guitarist Chad Taylor. The 25th anniversary Throwing Copper collection is also available in a deluxe digital version, as well as a standalone 1CD set as well. Read the press release about the album here and its multiple configurations.
Initially released on April 26, 1994, Throwing Copper cemented the band’s position as one of the most instrumentally powerful and lyrically impactful bands of the modern alternative-rock era. Throwing Copper, which topped the Billboard 200 Albums chart a year after its initial release, also features a pair of No. 1 Modern Rock singles (“Lightning Crashes,” “Selling The Drama”) and has since been certified 8x multi-platinum by the RIAA, having sold over 8 million copies. The album also features the previously unreleased track “Hold Me Up” which is spinning at rock radio stations nationwide. View the lyric video here.
This summer at amphitheatres and arenas throughout North America, +LIVE+–Ed Kowalczyk (vocals, guitar), Chad Taylor (guitar, backing vocals), Patrick Dahlheimer (bass) and Chad Gracey (drums, percussion)–is marking Throwing Copper’s milestone on the co-headline The ALT-IMATE Tour with Bush produced by Live Nation.
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