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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.

LIVING COLOUR 's Vernon Reid and Corey Glover will guest on the "All Things Considered" show on NPR this Sunday, December 6. For more information, go to this location .

For Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid , if the music isn't the centerpiece, everything falls away.

On the night before Halloween, Metallica , Aretha Franklin, Jeff Beck and U2 held court at Madison Square Garden as part of the second night of the Rock & Roll Hall of Famea s 25 th Anniversary celebration.

If you haven't figured it out already, Halloween is on a Saturday this year! This means a whole two nights of ghoulish punch, "scary" dance parties, and punny costumes.

October 20, 2009 from WNYC - Living Colour 's performance on Soundcheck produced several memorable moments.

The departure of original bassist Muzz Skillings, brought about dramatic changes in Living Colour, ones still felt more than a decade later.

Living Colour, Living Colour chose a location near Prague to record its first studio album in five years, yet decided against including any Czech folk or Dvorak covers on "The Chair in the Doorway." That's a surprise, because as hard-rock bands go, Living Colour has always displayed an unusual ability to mix many influences.

Kelly Clarkson may be the original 'American Idol,' but to the pop-rock singer's credit, she started moving away from the specter of the show with 'My December,' released in 2007.

I haven't been in this studio since my second-grade class took the NBC tour years ago,' blurts 51-year-old Living Colour guitarist and founder Vernon Reid.

New York based rockers Living Colour are back with a vengeance. They have a new disc out on a new label and they are in the middle of their first US tour in nearly six years.

Unfortunately, for every Coldplay or Radiohead , there is a Manic Street Preachers - a band that enjoys commercial success and recognition in the U.K., but can't seem to translate in the U.S. And few bands have illustrated how many miles the Atlantic actually spans more than the Manics, who have scored eight top-10 albums and 15 top-10 singles over ...

"The Chair In The Doorway," the band's fifth studio album, was released last week, and the 11 tracks are classic Living Colour, meshing the genres of metal, funk and soul.

The finicky fans of Phish have never been much satisfied with the Vermont jamband's studio offerings -- if they were, they wouldn't go to such extremes to catch the band live.

SOURCE: JamBase By: Dennis Cook Living Colour by Bill Bernstein Who says a jazz band can't play dance music? Who says a rock band can't play funky? Who says a funk band can't play rock? Oh yeah! We're gonna play some funk so loud We're gonna rock and roll around Watch them dance, Watch them dance Rock music is a strange sausage.

More than 25 years after Vernon Reid founded one of the most successful black rock groups of all time, much of his life remains unchanged.

Living Colour performs with Fishbone on Friday, Sept. 25, at 9 p.m., $25-$27; www.goldenvoice.com . Living Colour by Ben Westhoff New York City funk-metal band Living Colour was arguably the most successful black rock group of its era, taking over MTV in the late '80s with politically themed songs from its Epic debut Vivid .

In "Burned Bridges," Living Colour reflects on the futility of throwing everything away in an effort to start fresh.

Friday evening, funk and rock hybrid music permeated Austin both east and west of Congress Avenue during inspired performances by Austin's the Big Fat Reds and New York City's Living Colour.

Living Colour has always displayed an unusual ability to mix many influences. The musical blender is at work again on 'Doorway,' an album that rivals the NYC quartet's seminal early work two decades ago.