Artist
Living Colour
Living Colour is a fusion artist from New York City, USA formed in 1984. 21 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Fusion · New York City, USA · Best fusion albums
- 21
- Releases
- 1988–2025
- Active years
- 1984
- Formed
Artist
Living Colour is a fusion artist from New York City, USA formed in 1984. 21 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Fusion · New York City, USA · Best fusion albums
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Stain
1993
Shade
2017
The Chair in the Doorway
2009
Time's Up
1990
Earth Revolving (Live New York '89)
2025
Sittin' On The Outside (Live California '89)
2023
Who Shot Ya
2016
Time Is Now (Recorded live at Rolling Stone, Milan, Italy, October 23, 1990)
2016
Collideoscope
2009
What's Your Favorite Color? (Remixes, B-sides & Rarities)
2009
Living Colour: On Stage at World Cafe Live
2007
Live from CBGB's
2005
Everything Is Possible: The Very Best of Living Colour
2005
Collideøscope
2003
Pride
1995
Super Hits
1991
Vivid
1988
Vivid (2023 Remaster)
1988
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, 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…
