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Glide Magazine ticket giveaway for Living Colour Oct 30th @ Highline Ballroom NYC
http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/giveaway- Living Colour @ Highline Ballroom Legendary Downtown NYC rockers Living Colour launch a massive tour next week that will take them all over South A…
Tagged: will, glover, calhoun, doug, wimbish
Started Oct 26
LIVING COLOUR IN THE AREA!
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Peace n love to everyone here and there and EVERYWHERE and all the lovely people in the AfroPunk community. We've been meaning to get on here, but we've been busy w/ the current tour (we're playing n…
Tagged: Will, Glover, Calhoun, Doug, Wimbish
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Living Colour Tour Dates - 2009 (remaining)
Living Colour N. American Tour (remaining)
Oct 30 - Highline Ballroom - New York, NY - TicketWeb
Nov 1 - Black Cat - AfroPunk presents Saul Williams Niggy Tardust Experience w/ Living Colour + Smyrk - Washington DC
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Living Colour South American Tour (cont'd)
Nov 6 - Teatro Teleton - Santiago, Chile
Nov 7 - Festival Pepsi Music - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nov 8 - Complejo Bloque - Neuquen, Argentina
Nov 9 - Ele Multiespacio - Comodoro Rivadav… Continue
Oct 30 - Highline Ballroom - New York, NY - TicketWeb
Nov 1 - Black Cat - AfroPunk presents Saul Williams Niggy Tardust Experience w/ Living Colour + Smyrk - Washington DC
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Living Colour South American Tour (cont'd)
Nov 6 - Teatro Teleton - Santiago, Chile
Nov 7 - Festival Pepsi Music - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nov 8 - Complejo Bloque - Neuquen, Argentina
Nov 9 - Ele Multiespacio - Comodoro Rivadav… Continue
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Comment Wall (18 comments)
- At 8:44am on December 8, 2009,
Mark Clemons said… - PEACE 2 U PIONEERS OF THIS HERE SHIT!!!!!!
- At 9:17pm on December 4, 2009,
Virgil Spight said… - I loved the chair in the doorway. I read in Bass player that Doug was a sort of a reluctant producer. Doug keep up the good work. I have been a fan since the beginning. I hope, really, that you guys will be able to record another record without a long delay. I really liked collideoscope but you guys have surpassed even your usual excellent standards. I am so happy you pioneers are still going strong.
- At 4:39pm on November 23, 2009,
SoundHouse said… - really enjoy your work, love to gig with you guys some day. I did a gig with one of your peeps Alvin, this summer at Tompkins Square Park, he was really good on making sure we had the best sound and of course a great drumset. Pce and light.
- At 3:47pm on November 14, 2009, someone gave Living Colour a gift…
- From the Gift Store
- At 9:36pm on November 8, 2009,
Mark Clemons said…
- watsup U PIONEERS?BiiiiiiiiiiG UPS!!!!!!!!!! 2 U.PEACE
- At 2:48pm on November 7, 2009,
djwazu said… - Hey Corey glad to see you guys together again!
Next time I see you I won't have a video camera in my hands.
- At 10:23am on November 2, 2009,
Laidback Mike said… - The show in D.C. was tight!!
- At 8:20pm on October 31, 2009,
Vernon Reid said… - Yo I'd like to thank everyone from the AP crew & beyonds who showed up for the Living Colour NY Highline show, which SOLD OUT. That's a greet feeling to have in your home town! I'm sad that we aren't doing the Northhampton Saul Williams show. bad planning & communication made the logistics of performing unworkable-we will be back in the area later on in The Chair In The Doorway touring cycle. LC will be w Saul in DC however, & we hope to see/feel AP in Full Effect tomorrow (Sunday) Peace!
- At 1:28pm on October 31, 2009,
ShayShayLafunk said… - Oh My God!! You show was sick as shit @ Highline last night
- At 6:06pm on October 30, 2009,
sceneless said… - Fuck yeah!
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- During the 1980s, rock had become completely segregated and predictable; the opposite of the late '60s/early '70s, when such musically and ethnically varied artists as Jimi Hendrix, Sly & the Family Stone, and Santana ruled the Earth. But bands such as New York's Living Colour helped break down the doors by the end of the '80s, leading to a much more open-minded musical landscape that would eventually pave the way for future bands (Rage Against the Machine, Sevendust, etc.). The group (singer Corey Glover, guitarist Vernon Reid, bassist Muzz Skillings, and drummer Will Calhoun) first formed in the mid-'80s, with Reid being the only member with real prior band experience; he was a member of Ronald Shannon Jackson's experimental jazz outfit THE DECODING SOCIETY, and had recorded with Defunkt, Public Enemy, as well as issuing a solo album with Bill Frisell, 1984's Smash & Scatteration.
It took the fledgling band a few years for their sound to gel, as they honed their act at N.Y.C.'s famed CBGB's. But the group found an unlikely supporter in Mick Jagger, who took the band under his wing, produced a demo for the quartet, and helped them secure a record deal with Epic (just prior, Glover had to take a brief leave of absence from the band, as he landed a role in Oliver Stone's Vietnam War epic movie, Platoon). Living Colour's debut album, Vivid, was issued in the summer of 1988, yet it would take a few months for momentum to build. By the winter, the band's striking video for their anthem "Cult of Personality" was all over MTV, pushing Vivid to the upper reaches of the charts and to platinum certification. Living Colour also took home their first of several Grammy Awards, as "Cult" won Best Hard Rock Performance at the 1989 ceremony, and the band supported the release with a string of dates opening stadiums for the Rolling Stones' first U.S. tour in eight years that autumn.
Starting with Vivid and continuing on future albums, the band showed that rock could still convey a message (as evidenced by such tracks as "Open Letter to a Landlord," "Funny Vibe," among others). The quartet regrouped a year later for their sophomore effort, Time's Up, an album that performed respectfully on the charts but failed to live up to the expectations of their smash debut. An appearance at the inaugural Lollapalooza tour in the summer of 1991 kept the group in the public's eye, as did an EP of outtakes, Biscuits. Skillings left the group shortly thereafter (replaced by studio vet Doug Wimbish), as their darkest and most challenging release yet, Stain, was issued in 1993. Although it failed to sell as well as its predecessors, it retained the band's large and dedicated following, as Living Colour appeared to be entering an interesting and groundbreaking new musical phase of their career. The band began writing the following year for what would be their fourth full-length, but an inability to settle on a single musical direction caused friction between the members, leading to Living Colour's demise in early 1995, and the best-of Pride, was released.
Fast forward to Dec 2000 @ CBGB's Headfake (Will and Doug) + Corey on vox, played a show at CBGB's, and were joined on-stage by Reid, which led to rumors of an impending Living Colour reunion. The rumors proved to be true, as Living Colour launched their first tour together in six years during the summer of 2001.
Collideoscope was released in Sept 2004.
On September 15th, Living Colour released THE CHAIR IN THE DOORWAY on Megaforce Records and are currently on their first world tour in over 6 yrs!
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- Band Question - Genre:
- ROCK
- Band Question -Band Members:
- Vernon Reid - Guitars
Will Calhoun - Drums and percussion
Corey Glover - Lead vocals,
Doug Wimbish - Bass and ambience
- Band Question - Record label:
- Indie
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