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Podcast: What the Riff Next Gen
Episode: 1988 - July: Living Colour ”Vivid”
Description: Vivid is the debut album from Living Colour, and it was a commercial and critical success, peaking at number 6 on the Billboard 200 album charts. Vernon Reid formed Living Color in New York in 1984. Reid is from England and used the British spelling of the band. It was known as "Vernon Reid's Living Colour" for the first couple of years, and evolved through a number of band members and genres including jazz, punk, experimental rock, and funk.
The lineup for the debut album was set by 1986, and consisted of Reid on guitars, Corey Clover on vocals, Muzz Skillings on...