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3	->Out of the mist there came a creature
4	->Made by the man who sowed
5	->Devilish seeds into the soil
6	->Of his achin' soul
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8	Edward Joel Kowalczyk (born July 16, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who's mostly known as the lead singer of the band {{Music/Live}}. After his toxic split from the band in 2009, he focused on a solo career of mostly Christian music. This page is for his career as a solo artist. Keep in mind that he performs any and all of his old songs from when he was with Live, so song-tropes from that era still apply to him. He rejoined Live in December 2016.
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11	!! Tropes associated with Ed Kowalczyk:
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13	* ArcWords: River, water, sun, desert.
14	* BigOlEyebrows: Yes, sir.
15	* ChristianRock: Much of Ed's newer material is explicitly Christian. That doesn't mean he shies away from performing his older songs that are known to contain a few...
16	* ClusterFBomb:
17	** "Shit Towne" repeats "Gotta live, gotta live in shit towne" twice in each chorus.
18	** "Waitress", while not vitriolic, has enough cursing that it's a wonder it didn't earn ''Throwing Copper'' a Parental Advisory sticker.
19	-->Some motherf***ing ''change!!!''
20	* ConceptVideo: The videos for "Seven", "Angels on a Razor" and "The One" together tell the story of a man who's executed by hanging, and has problems crossing over to the Afterlife. He possibly doesn't realize he's dead.
21	* DoubleEntendre: The first verse of "The Dolphin's Cry".
22	-->The way you're bathed in light reminds me of that night\
23	God led me down into your rose garden of trust
24	* FanserviceWithASmile: {{ZigZagged\|Trope}} in "Waitress":
25	--> Come on baby, leave some change behind\
26	She was a bitch, but I don't care\
27	She brought our food out on time\
28	Wore a funky barrette in her hair
29	* ImportantHaircut: He shaved his head down to a single braid in between the videos for "Selling the Drama" and "I Alone". And aside from a head full of hair in 2001, he's been bald ever since.
30	* RealMenLoveJesus: Ed's pretty serious about his Christian faith. Incidentally, he's also got one of the pottiest mouths in Christian rock.
31	* PrecisionFStrike: "Stage", "Freaks", "Voodoo Lady", and "People Like You" all drop one or two pointed F-bombs, although in all but "Voodoo Lady", they're rather gratuitous and out-of-the-blue.
32	* {{Reincarnation}}: "Lightning Crashes" strongly implies that the 'old mother' who has just died has been reincarnated as the baby just born 'down the hall'.
33	* SimilarlyNamedWorks: [[invoked]] His song "Grace" is not a Music/JeffBuckley cover. Not to be confused with a Live song called "Graze".
34	* SlasherSmile: He does it in several videos, and he's got ''fangs'' in his lower jaw.
35	* SophisticatedAsHell
36	* TearOffYourFace: On Tricky's music video for "Evolution Revolution Love", whenever the vocalist changes, the last vocalist peels off his face to reveal the next singer.

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