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
Instrument	Drums
Years active	1980s–present

Chad Alan Gracey (born July 23, 1971, in York, Pennsylvania, U.S.) is the former drummer for the bands Live and The Gracious Few. Live have sold over 20 million records, including the 8× platinum album Throwing Copper.

Biography

Gracey is a founding member of the band Live and has appeared on all their albums to date. He met his future Live bandmates 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. In 2016, it was announced that Kowalczyk had rejoined the band, with plans to go on tour in 2017. He left Live in 2022 and filed a suit against former member Chad Taylor

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)

External links

• Friends of Live (official website) Archived 2021-08-11 at the Wayback Machine