Career
Since leaving in 2009, he has launched a solo career. His first album, Alive, was released worldwide in June and July 2010. Editor Kowalczyk was the lead singer, lyricist and main songwriter for the band In 2009, he left the band and the other three members issued a statement detailing what they felt were inappropriate actions by Kowalczyk.
Kowalczyk is being sued by the band, seeking damages and an injunction against using the name "".
Following his departure from, Kowalczyk recorded his first solo album, Alive, which was released in 2010. In 2012 he recorded The Garden and in 2013 The Flood and the Mercy.
Kowalczyk has worked with musicians Stuart Davis and Glen Ballard and singers Anouk, Neneh Cherry, Adam Duritz of Counting Crows and Shelby Lynne. He featured on the song "Evolution Revolution Love," from the 2001 Tricky album Blowback.
He collaborated with Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth (ex-Talking Heads, then performing as The Heads) on the song "Indie Hair" from their 1996 album Number Talking, Just Head.
Kowalczyk performed John Lennon"s "Imagine" with Slash in 2003 at "Peace on the Beach," a rally to protest the coming War in Iraq. In 2008 he appeared in a video with will.i.am from The Black Eyed Peas, John Legend, Scarlett Johansson and Nick Cannon, supporting United States Presidential candidate Barack Obama and appeared at campaign rallies for Obama with will.i.am. He appeared in the David Fincher film Fight Club as a waiter who serves the characters of Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter, his only film acting cr to date.
"Evolution Revolution Love" (Tricky featuring Editor Kowalczyk) was used in the National Broadcasting Company series The West Wing in the episode "Manchester (Participant 1)".
"The Great Beyond" was included on the soundtrack of the 2011 film Killing Bono.