ALiVE (alive)

A 1994 California crew that survived a mid-year "rebuilding" only to get hollowed out by September. The August roster was a tight 916-area-code unit. Two weeks later, the entire ANSi/courier core except a couple holdouts had defected en bloc to UNiON, taking Mass Delusion with them to become UNiON's Pack/Telecom Coordinator. Alive's life is a story about how 1994 actually worked. Groups didn't usually die from inactivity; they died because someone with leadership chops decided the bigger group was a better fit and brought the roster along. Manifest Innovations died this way too, around the same time, into Shiver. Alive died into UNiON. The art-scene's growth in 1994 happened by absorption.

first/last release: 1994/01 - 1994/08
years active: 1994 (7)
(sub)packs released: 7
smallest/largest pack: ali-0194/ali-0894
lifetime artworks: 250
lifetime lines: 10 469

average # of lines per artwork: 61
average # of artworks per pack: 36
longest serving member(s): alive (1994/01-1994/08), thee 3rd (1994/01-1994/08), mass delusion (1994/01-1994/08)
most productive member: pliny (37)
extensions: EXE (7), DIZ (1), ALI (167), LST (1), GIF (10), NFO (7), ZIP (5), NOW (1), RIP (11), DOC (1), MOD (1), ANS (15), PCX (2), JPG (2), TXT (1), TGA (2)

links: demozoo