LIVING COLOUR: New Video Interview With VERNON REID Available
January 26, 2010Austria's Mulatschag.TV recently conducted an interview with LIVING COLOUR guitarist and founding member Vernon Reid. Watch the chat below.
LIVING COLOUR's new album, "The Chair In The Doorway", sold around 2,800 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 159 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD was written and recorded at Sono Studios outside of Prague in the Czech Republic during the fall of 2008 and spring of 2009. The results stretch from the modern soul anthem "Behind The Sun" to the politically-charged, heavy rock of "DecaDance" to the sacred steel blues of "Bless Those".
Having helped to pave the way for a number of contemporary African-American artists to follow in their wake, ranging from RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE to LENNY KRAVITZ to BEN HARPER, with a multi-dimensional sound that drew equally from JIMI HENDRIX, BAD BRAINS, TALKING HEADS and ORNETTE COLEMAN, the success of LIVING COLOUR broke down the color barriers in rock music. Reid also founded the Black Rock Coalition to use his influence to further this cause.
Discovered by Mick Jagger who produced their first demo and later offered them an opening slot with THE ROLLING STONES, LIVING COLOUR would go on to create a repertoire that includes a multitude of classic songs, including "Cult Of Personality", "Elvis Is Dead", "Open Letter To A Landlord", "Glamour Boys" and "Love Rears Its Ugly Head". With "The Chair In The Doorway", the fifth album of the band's storied career, LIVING COLOUR expands the scope of its timeless body of work and, in the process, proves vital as ever.
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