Latest Release
- 24 NOV 2023
- 1 Song
- Vivid (2023 Remaster) · 1988
- Cult of Personality (Re-Recorded - Sped Up) - Single · 2023
- Cult of Personality (Re-Recorded - Sped Up) - Single · 2023
- Thousand Lifetimes (feat. Corey Glover of Living Colour) - Single · 2023
- Cult of Personality (Rock in Rio 2022 Remix) [feat. Steve Vai] - Single · 2022
- Jan Douwe Kroeske presents: The Best of 10 Years 2 Meter Sessions · 2020
- Jan Douwe Kroeske presents: The Best of 2 Meter Sessions 1987-2009 · 2019
- Jan Douwe Kroeske presents: 2 Meter Sessions, Vol. 4 · 2019
- Shade · 2017
- Shade · 2017
Albums
- 2016
- 2004
- 2004
- 2004
- 2004
- 2004
Artist Playlists
- Bringing funk and metal together in perfect harmony.
Singles & EPs
- 2016
Live Albums
Compilations
About Living Colour
The breakout success of Living Colour in the late ’80s served as a throttling reminder that rock music is a Black art form. London-born guitarist and activist Vernon Reid formed the band with the express purpose of marrying the heavy-metal-informed fusion then popular in New York’s jazz underground with the anti-racism politics of the Black Rock Coalition (the artist collective he co-launched in 1985). Between 1988 and 1993, Living Colour released three ferociously innovative albums and secured a headlining slot on Lollapalooza’s inaugural tour. Whereas the group’s debut full-length, Vivid, showcases infectious social anthems like the MTV smash “Cult of Personality”, Time’s Up challenges listeners with biting political commentary, and Stain dials up the aggression to Helmet-like levels of intensity. Living Colour wouldn’t return to the studio until the early 2000s. In that time, however, countless alt-metal and nu-metal acts emerged who would build on the band’s bold experiments in integrating searing guitar riffs with funk grooves and hip-hop’s layered production techniques.
- ORIGIN
- New York, NY, United States
- FORMED
- 1983
- GENRE
- Hard Rock