Living Colour

These guys simply rock in my eyes. Songs like Sacred Ground, Times up, Pride, and Open Letter are some of my favorites. Any Fans?

I'm a fan. They have some killer songs, but have never been consistent. I actually just picked up a single for "Auslander" the other day. It's got a great non-LP b-side called "17 Days."

^ do you like the harder stuff or the more experimental reggae rock type sound.

I was really into them with that first album but probably over-played it cause I just never followed them after that. Thought it was great at the time though. I also loved their live cover of Tracy Chapman's "Talkin 'Bout A Revolution". I also remember everyone I knew that saw them open for the Stones on the Steel Wheels Tour came away big fans.

MetalRob331 wrote:

^ do you like the harder stuff or the more experimental reggae rock type sound.

I like neither more than the other. I love the corkers like "Cult Of Personality" and "Type," but I also dig the funky, R&B-styled jams like "Love Rears Its Ugly Head" and the mellower tracks like "Pocket of Tears." No style matters as long as the track is good.

Eyesore wrote:

MetalRob331 wrote:

^ do you like the harder stuff or the more experimental reggae rock type sound.

I like neither more than the other. I love the corkers like "Cult Of Personality" and "Type," but I also dig the funky, R&B-styled jams like "Love Rears Its Ugly Head" and the mellower tracks like "Pocket of Tears." No style matters as long as the track is good.

i asked because some of the material differs on some albums. I am like you i like all of it if its a good song, a lot of ppl seem to like the harder side of them over say the funk rock..

Love Cult of Personality-one of my favorites of that era, especially the guitar solos. I actually have Vivid but I haven't listened to it that much-might break it out over the weekend and give it another spin without Cult of Personality (COP was just such an awesome song I really couldn't get into the others the first time I listened to it). I heard the first single off the Stain (don't remember the name-they had a music video for it on eMpTV) and remember liking it but that was almost 15 years ago.

They were alright. The singer sounds like Glenn Hughes.

Yeah Cult Of Personality is a killer Zeppelinesque track with a great theme.

If you like the soul/funk hard rock of these guys check out my Bellrays thread.

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I also remember everyone I knew that saw them open for the Stones on the Steel Wheels Tour came away big fans.

I saw that show too. I wouldn't say I came away as a fan though. I liked Cult of Personality, but don't really know much else. I thought the guitarist was pretty unique though.

They were only unique if you've never laid ears on BAD BRAINS

Shiney wrote:

They were only unique if you've never laid ears on BAD BRAINS

So I've heard. I'll have to take your word on it however, as I am not familiar with Bad Brains.

Buy yourself a copy of "I Against I" or better yet... PM Saxon and ask him to make you a comp of BAD BRAINS stuff...he has everything....and he'll educate you good an' proper...

Yeah they did seem are more mainstreamed hard rock version of the Bad Brains.

rattpoison wrote:

Yeah they did seem are more mainstreamed hard rock version of the Bad Brains.

They don't sound anything alike to me. The singers have completely different voices and styles. Might as well throw in Sevendust too.

Living Colour is a tight band with some great songs. I enjoy the Vivid album the most, but enjoy some songs from their subsequent albums (Time's Up, Biscuits, Stain, Colleidocope). Solid cover of AC/DC's Back in Black on the Colleidoscope album.

Vernon Reid's guitar playing shreds and I love Corey Glover's voice.

Lajon from Sevendust reminds me somewhat of Corey Glover, not totally, just some aspects.

Man now I gotta play some Cult of Personality

I was being sarcastic about the Sevendust comment.

I never thought Living Colour sounded like Bad Brains. Of course, I'm not a huge Bad Brains fan.

troublezone wrote:

I was being sarcastic about the Sevendust comment.

My Bad.

They don't sound too much like Bad Brains to me, but I can see the influence. I love Bad Brains

Living Color...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut1H4o_ie8c&feature=related

Bad Brains...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN6uVosQrY4&feature=related

I don't see any similarities except that they're black.

troublezone wrote:

I don't see any similarities except that they're black.

I think that people are so arrogant that they don't want to listen to them, because they're black. They'll just say something to fit in.

EvyMetal wrote:

troublezone wrote:

I don't see any similarities except that they're black.

I think that people are so arrogant that they don't want to listen to them, because they're black. They'll just say something to fit in.

There isn't that many all black bands out there that play hard rock/metal/punk so it's easy for people to compare bands by color association than music i guess.

EvyMetal wrote:

troublezone wrote:

I don't see any similarities except that they're black.

I think that people are so arrogant that they don't want to listen to them, because they're black. They'll just say something to fit in.

A little extreme?

Anyone remember Spade Ghetto Destruction?

http://new.music.yahoo.com/videos/--2156420

I used to have their lone EP (at least I think they only had one EP; I don't recognize the song in that video, though). No idea what happened to it. I might have to find it again. I remember it being kind of cool.