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So, he shaves his head, carries a cane, quotes Khalil Gibran, and dresses in fringe. This doesn’t necessarily mean that Live lead singer Ed Kowalczyk is a “trendy art f**k,” as we used to say in college. No, the great bald one actually is pretty funny: he admits to getting drunk and recording in the nude, tattooing his teenage fingers with the letters O-Z-Z-Y (in magic marker, of course), and smoking his fair share of weed back in the day. So, we’ll cut him a little slack. Kowalczyk told LAUNCH executive editor Dave DiMartino that, despite his band’s heavy-handed sound and portentous lyrics, these four childhood friends from York, Pa., do not take themselves as seriously as some would believe. What a relief! Look for Kowalczyk on the debut episode of “LAUNCH TV,” slated to air on the F/X network in early 2000.

“The Dolphin’s Cry” written by E. Kowalczyk, courtesy of MCA Records and Loco de Amor Music, Inc./AudibleSun Music, Inc. (BMI).