The original Living Karma, the foursome that recorded "The Sin City Symphony," consisted of Misty Bennetts (Misty Raindrop) on vocals and percussion, King Lizzard on Keyboards, Rick Bell (Whitewolf) on Guitar, and Mark Maynard (the Phantom) on Bass. This incarnation played at the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino. Lizzard met Misty Bennetts on the Internet and they formed a very unique bond of understanding the complexities of the music. Bell was a friend of Lizzard's who played in a country band, The Renegades. Maynard was a Buddhist acquaintance of Lizzard's, who also performs as a Frankie Valli impersonator for the Legends in Concert series. SO WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS MEGA-POP GROUP? In King Lizzard's own words, "The music of Living Karma was so intensely complex, with as many as thirty tracks of sequence and enough rhythm to keep four drummers busy, and had such depth and nuances, that, basically, we couldn't play it ourselves in a live environment." In order to perform live, the group needed sequencers, multiple computers, and at least five keyboards. Not to mention rhythm machines and MIDI drum machines. "And. . .invariably as Murphy relishes in this fact, anything and everything that could go wrong DID go wrong." Inconsistant power supplies and massive power consumption caused equipment to fail during the concerts. Computer crashes and glitches always sprang up, and, in many stage environments, the balance of sound and inadequate sound systems meant that the group couldn't hear the computer generated music well enough to keep in-sync with it. "The live shows were train wrecks. Misty and I were so traumatized by the mountain of mishaps that we actually hated to perform live. This caused an immense strain on the professional relationship I had with Misty." On November 2, 1999, Living Karma played its last show live. The performance ended early when Bennetts could stand the usual technical difficulties no longer and walked off stage. On that date Lizzard decided that Living Karma is not a live band and "With one fatal blow," killed Living Karma. "Living Karma is one of the best studio bands I've ever been associated with. I'll always say that Living Karma was the 'Greatest band that Never Was."