Livan (band)
{{Use British English|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Livan
| image = Livan-singer.jpg
| caption =
| image_size =
| origin = London, England
| genre = Alternative rock
| years_active = 2007 – present
| website = [http://www.livan.co.uk/ www.livan.co.uk]
| current_members = Livan, Will Crewdson, Damon Wilson, John Robertson, David Ryder Prangley
}}
LIVAN is a UK-based alternative rock band founded by Greek-born singer Livan that also features guitarist Will Crewdson (Rachel Stamp, Malcolm McLaren and Johnette Napolitano) and drummer Damon Wilson (Ray Davies, Joss Stone). The band has toured with artists like Aerosmith, Alice Cooper and Peter Murphy among others.
Greek-born Livan (aka Cosmas Livanos) is the grandson of former Greek Prime Minister Panagiotis Kanellopoulos.
Members
- Livan (aka Cosmas Livanos) - vocals, guitar (2007–present)
- Will Crewdson - Lead guitar, backing vocals (2008–present)
- Jason Suttie - Keyboardist, (2007)
- John Robertson — Keyboardist, (2007–present)
- David Ryder Prangley - Bass guitar, (2007–present)
- Seven Antonopoulos - drums, (2011–present)
- Damon Wilson - drums, (2008–2011)
Discography
=Singles=
- "Undead"
- "Life Is Smiling"
- "If Only" / "If Jesus Lived Today"
- "King of the World"
- "Happy Returns"
- "Where I Bleed"
- "Faces For The Future"
=Studio albums=
{{Discography list
| Type = Album
| Name = Democr[i]cy
| Other info =
| Format = CD
| Label =
| Producer =
| Tracks = Life Is Smiling, Democricy, Once Again, No Mans Land, Crawl, If Only, If Jesus Lived Today, Undone, Stay Awake, Scars, Ride To Freedom
}}
{{Discography list
| Type = Album
| Name = Happy Returns
| Other info =
| Format = CD
| Label =
| Producer =
| Tracks = King of the World, Happy Returns, Kiss and Tell, Where I Bleed, Shout, When the Lights Go Down, The Machine, Underground, Still Around, Ghost, Liberated Mr. Hyde
}}
{{Discography list
| Type = EP
| Name = Off The Grid (EP)
| Other info =
| Format = CD
| Label =
| Producer =
| Tracks = Undead, Little White Lies, Meet Me On The Other Side, the Silence, Sad, King of the World, the Joker
}}
{{Discography list
| Type = Album
| Name = Off The Grid (Extended)
| Other info =
| Format = CD
| Label =
| Producer =
| Tracks = Undead, Little White Lies, Meet Me On The Other Side, the Silence, Sad, King of the World, the Joker, Where I Bleed, When The Lights Go Down, No Mans Land, Happy Returns
}}
{{Discography list
| Type = Album
| Name = Beggars and Believers
| Other info =
| Format = MP3
| Label = Pumpkin Music
| Producer =
| Tracks = Obsessed, Strange, She Walks in Beauty, The Waiting Game, Anarchy, War Paint, Carousel, Beggars and Believers, Darkness, End of the World
}}
Reception
Michelle St. James (Shakefire.com) described LIVAN's music as "industrial pop punk/alt-rock" going on to say that it "sounds gritty, raw, and fun with crashing guitar and thumping bass lines". Jack Feerick (Pop Dose) said that the "Happy Returns" album was "currently rockin’ my world down to a nub" and went on to describe the title track as sounding like "the Kaiser Chiefs meets The The with vocals by a slumming Peter Murphy". Rob Smy (Spinner) compared LIVAN to Placebo and Nine Inch Nails. However, Patrick Slevin (Aquarian Weekly) described LIVAN's vocals as an "acquired taste".
Writing for the Associated Press, critic Wayne Parry said "Livan defies easy categorization. His voice has the snarl of Johnny Rotten and the exaggerated bass of Iggy Pop. His shaved head evokes Rob Halford, and his stage presence evokes Freddie Mercury, clad one night in hot pink spandex and combat boots, the next in a leather fringed kilt. And he rocks."
References
{{Reflist|refs =
| title = Profile / Life-story
| publisher = celebuzz.com
| date = July 2008
| url = http://splashnewsonline.celebuzz.com/2008/07/singersongwriter-cosmas-livano.html#more.}}
| title = Livan will be the support act for the Aerosmith concert.
| location = Greece
| language = Greek
| publisher = MTV Greece
| date = 9 June 2010
| url = http://www.mtvgreece.gr/article/mtv-news/oi-livan-tha-einai-to-support-act-tis-sunaulias-ton-aerosmith/5178
| accessdate = 11 April 2011}}
| title = Livan working with Kaiser Chiefs producer on album Democrisy
| newspaper = Daily Mirror
| date = 2 June 2008
| url = https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/livan-working-with-kaiser-chiefs-producer-311218
| accessdate = 13 April 2013}}
| last = Papapostolou
| first = Anastasios
| title = A Greek Londoner with a Checkered Past Comes to Hollywood
| publisher = Greek Reporter
| date = 16 September 2009
| url = http://hollywood.greekreporter.com/2009/09/16/a-greek-londoner-with-a-checkered-past-comes-to-hollywood/
| accessdate = 11 April 2011}}
|last = Thomas
|first = Cody R
|title = Exclusive Premiere: Goth Rocker Livan's New Song "Undead"
|newspaper = Revolver
|date = 30 Mar 2011
|url = http://www.revolvermag.com/beta/news/exclusive-premiere-goth-rock-artist-livans-undead-from-off-the-grid.html
|accessdate = 11 April 2011
|archive-url = https://archive.today/20130201060830/http://www.revolvermag.com/beta/news/exclusive-premiere-goth-rock-artist-livans-undead-from-off-the-grid.html
|archive-date = 1 February 2013
|url-status = dead
}}
| last = St. James
| first = Michelle
| title = Livan: Happy Returns (2009)
| publisher = ShakeFire.com
| date = 26 August 2009
| url = http://www.shakefire.com/reviews/cd/livan-happy-returns
| accessdate = 11 April 2011}}
| last = Feerick
| first = Jack
| title = How Bad Can It Be?: Livan, "Happy Returns"
| publisher = Pop Dose
| date = 24 July 2009
| url = http://popdose.com/how-bad-can-it-be-livan-happy-returns/
| accessdate = 11 April 2011}}
| last = Smy
| first = Rob
| title = The Crap Stack: Livan, CIAM, Teenage Bottlerocket
| publisher = Spinner
| date = 25 September 2009
| url = http://www.spinner.com/2009/09/25/the-crap-stack-livan-ciam-teenage-bottlerocket/
| accessdate = 11 April 2011}}
| last = Slevin
| first = Patrick
| title = Livan — Happy Returns
| newspaper = The Aquarian Weekly
| date = 21 September 2009
| url = http://www.theaquarian.com/2009/09/21/livan-happy-returns/
| accessdate = 7 May 2011}}
|last = Robinson
|first = Mara
|title = Peter Murphy and Livan
|newspaper = Cleveland Free Press
|date = 8 April 2011
|url = http://www.clevelandfreepress.com/blog/5903-peter-murphy-and-livan
|accessdate = 9 April 2013
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111121033122/http://www.clevelandfreepress.com/blog/5903-peter-murphy-and-livan
|archive-date = 21 November 2011
|url-status = dead
}}
| last = Parry
| first = Wayne
| title = Four overlooked albums of 2011
| newspaper = Associated Press
| date = 8 April 2011
| url = http://seattletimes.com/html/musicnightlife/2017161373_overlooked08.html?prmid=head_main
| accessdate = 9 April 2013}}
{{ASIN|B004VKRCHE|title=Off The Grid}} @ Amazon
{{ASIN|B00C5ZUCBK|title=Beggars and Believers}} @ Amazon
}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.livan.co.uk}}
- {{Discogs artist |Livan}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20101222055218/http://www.bandnation.com/livan/ Band Nation Profile]
{{Authority control}}