Living Colour

Genres:	Heavy Metal • Music Videos & Concerts • Pop / Rock
Descriptive "tags":	rock • hard rock • funk metal • funk rock • alternative • funk • alternative rock • metal • crossover • alternative metal
Decades Active:	1980s • 1990s • 2000s
Links online:	MySpace • Wikipedia

Biography

This US rock band was originally formed by Vernon Reid (22 August 1958, London, England; guitar), Muzz Skillings (bass) and Will Calhoun (b. William Calhoun, 22 July 1964, New York City, New York, USA; drums). Reid had studied performing arts at Manhattan Community College, having moved to New York at the age of two. His first forays were in experimental electric jazz with Defunk, before he formed Living Colour as a trio in 1984. Both Skillings and Calhoun were experienced academic musicians, having studied and received acclaim at City College and Berklee College Of Music, respectively. The line-up was completed by the induction of vocalist Corey Glover (b. 6 November 1964, New York City, New York, USA), who had just finished a role in Oliver Stone’s movie Platoon, and whom Reid had originally encountered at a friend’s birthday party.

Living Colour’s first major engagement came when Mick Jagger saw them performing at...

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