Chad Gracey

Chad Gracey

Background information
Born	(1971-07-23) July 23, 1971
Origin	York, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres	Alternative rock, post-grunge, hard rock
Instruments	Drums
Years active	1980s–present
Associated acts	Live, The Gracious Few

Chad Gracey (born July 23, 1971, in York, Pennsylvania, US) is the drummer for the bands Live and The Gracious Few. Live have sold over 20 million records,^[1] including the 8x platinum album Throwing Copper.^[2]

Biography

Chad is a founding member of the band Live and has appeared on all their albums to date. He met his future Live band mates in middle school in York. When vocalist Ed Kowalczyk left the band in 2009, Gracey formed the band The Gracious Few along with Patrick Dahlheimer and Chad Taylor of Live and Kevin Martin and Sean Hennesy from the band Candlebox. They released their debut album The Gracious Few in 2010. In 2011, Live announced their intention to record new material. They began recording with new lead singer Chris Shinn in 2012.

Equipment

Gracey playing with The Gracious Few in October 2010

Drums- Pearl drums masters series mrx (silver)

12"x10" Rack Tom
16"x16" Floating Floor Tom
18"x18" Floating Floor Tom
14"x6" snare

Hardware-Pearl

Eliminator single pedal (red cam)
Tama Iron Cobra double-bass pedal (customized)
(7) 1000 series boom stands
throne
eliminator hi hat 3 legs

Cymbals: Zildjian

14" A Custom hats
10" A custom splash
16",17",18",19" A Custom crash
20" A custom Medium ride
14" Oriental China "trash"
14" K custom mini China

Sticks- Pro-Mark

Custom made Pro-Mark Hot Rods, measured between 5A and 5B.

Discography

With Live

all albums to date

With The Gracious Few

The Gracious Few (2010)

References

↑ "LIVE to Perform at The Pools at The Palazzo on June 11" Reuters - May 7, 2009.
↑ (Gold and Platinum) RIAA.com (note: enter Throwing Copper in the search box to see its entry)

External links

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Live

Patrick Dahlheimer Chad Gracey Chris Shinn Chad Taylor Ed Kowalczyk

Studio albums	The Death of a Dictionary Mental Jewelry Throwing Copper Secret Samadhi The Distance to Here V Birds of Pray Songs from Black Mountain The Turn

EPs	Four Songs

Compilations	Awake: The Best of Live Radiant Sea: A Collection of Bootleg Rarities and Two New Songs

Live albums	Live at the Paradiso – Amsterdam

Singles	"Selling the Drama" "I Alone" "All Over You" "Lightning Crashes" "White, Discussion" "Lakini's Juice" "Freaks" "Turn My Head" "Rattlesnake" "The Dolphin's Cry" "Run to the Water" "They Stood Up for Love" "Simple Creed" "Overcome" "Forever May Not Be Long Enough" "Heaven" "Sweet Release" "Run Away" "We Deal in Dreams" "The River" "Mystery"

Related articles	Discography The Gracious Few

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