| Living Things | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
| Genres | Alternative rock, dance punk, indie rock |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Labels | Jive
Records Dreamworks Records |
| Website | http://www.livingthingsmusic.com/ |
| Members | |
| Lillian
Berlin Eve Berlin Bosh Berlin Cory Becker |
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Living Things are an American alternative rock band from St. Louis, Missouri. The band, consist of chief provocateur singer/songwriter/guitarist Lillian Berlin and his two siblings Eve Berlin (bass guitar) and Bosh Berlin (drums), along with childhood friend Cory Becker on guitar. Singer Lillian Berlin is extremely outspoken about what he refers to as the The Blackout Generation. Living Things were #42 on Rolling Stone magazine's top 50 album's of 2005 with their major label debut "Ahead of the Lions" Recorded by Steve Albini. "Ahead of the Lions" was #31 on Spin Magazine's top 40 albums of 2005. Living Things song "Bom Bom Bom" was featured in a Cingular cellular phone commercial.
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Lillian Berlin has authored a book, Post Mortem Bliss (Apocrypha Press). It explores his life from 13 to 19, a period marked by his being diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, his subsequent addiction to anti-depressants, and his tenuous coexistence with an anarchist mother and deadbeat father. An excerpt from this book was turned into a short film directed by Floria Sigismondi and broadcast on The Turner Classics channel in November 2005. A full screenplay is said to be written. In July of 2003 Lillian Berlin was shot at by three men behind a Dallas rock club The gypsy Tea Room. In 2001 Lillian Berlin was stabbed in the leg at a college concert in Kansas City while crowd surfing, because of anti George Bush remarks. Berlin is known for his very outspoken remarks about the "American Dream" being broken, and has repeatedly written about this subject in his songs. Berlin has held debates onstage, was arrested for disturbing the peace at the 2004 Republican National Convention. He has celebrated the US military at Living Things concerts with a salute and a toast to the military.
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album | |
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| US Modern Rock | US Mainstream Rock | |||
| 2005 | "Bom Bom Bom" | 21 | 37 | Ahead of the Lions |
| 2008 | "Let It Rain" | - | - | Habeas Corpus |
| 2009 | "Oxygen" | - | - | Habeas Corpus |
http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/livingthings/articles/story/8653186/living_things_burn_bush
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/artiststowatch/story/9598149/living_things_dodge_bullets
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/8957403/42_living_things
http://www.spin.com/articles/40-best-albums-2005
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