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21. Dez. 2021 · The innovative Living Colour guitarist opens up about the band’s 1988 breakthrough hit. “I love the song for obvious reasons,” Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid says of “Cult of Personality,” the Grammy-winning alt-metal smash from the band’s 1988 debut, Vivid. “Sure, it’s our most popular song.
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Born in London, England, to West Indian parents, Reid was raised in New York City. He attended Brooklyn Technical High School, then New York University.
Early career
He first came to prominence in the 1980s in the band of drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson. 1984's Smash & Scatteration was a duo record with guitarist Bill Frisell. In 1985, Reid co-founded the Black Rock Coalition with journalist Greg Tateand producer Konda Mason.
Living Colour
Reid formed Living Colour in New York City in 1984, and its lineup was solidified in 1986. Their debut album Vivid was released in 1988 and sold double Platinum. Its successor Time's Up was released 1990 and was gold-certified. They received two consecutive Grammy Awards in the category of Best Hard Rock Performance. They opened for the Rolling Stones' 1989 "Steel Wheels" tour; and appeared on the first Lollapaloozatour in the summer of 1991. Living Colour broke up in 1995 but reformed in 200...
Solo career
In addition to his work with Living Colour, Reid has been engaged in a number of other projects. He released Mistaken Identity, his first solo album, in 1996, and has collaborated with the choreographers Bill T. Jones on Still/Here and Donald Byrd on Jazztrain. He performed "Party 'Til The End of Time" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) with The Roots, an end of the 2000 millennium tribute featuring the music of Prince's album 1999. He also composed and performed "Bring Your Beats" a chil...
Reid resides in Staten Island with his wife Gabri Christa, a choreographer and filmmaker, and their daughter born in 2003.
Reid has cited Miles Davis, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Robert Fripp, John Coltrane, Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, Carlos Santana, Eddie Hazel, John McLaughlin, Jimmy Page, Eddie Van Halen, and Dr. Knowamong his influences.
During the early years of Living Colour, Reid used a multi-colored ESP Mirage with EMG pickups, and he was an endorser of the A/DA MP-1 preamp. During the mid-1980s, Reid commissioned a highly figured maple custom guitar from Vancouver-based luthier Martini Guitars. This guitar was later acquired by Bob Wiseman, a founding member of the band Blue R...
With Masque
1. Mistaken Identity(Sony, 1996) 2. Known Unknown(Sony, 2004) 3. Other True Self(2006)
With Yohimbe Brothers
1. Front End Lifter(2002) 2. The Tao of Yo(2004)
Obscure and/or unreleased
1. This Little Room(Sony, 2000)
Vernon Reid at FacebookVernon Reid Interview at NAMM Oral History Collection(2016)Vernon Alphonsus Reid (* 22. August 1958 in London) ist ein US-amerikanischer Fusion - und Crossovergitarrist, der einem breiteren Publikum als Gründer und Co-Leader der Band Living Colour bekannt ist. Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Leben und Wirken. 2 Black Rock Coalition. 3 Diskographische Hinweise. 4 Literatur/Quelle. 5 Weblinks. 6 Einzelnachweise.
16. Feb. 1992 · Her lyrical wailing and blistering guitar work by Gary Poulson make a brilliant conflagration of the Velvet Underground’s “Venus in Furs,” while BRC co-founder Vernon Reid of Living Colour...
26. Feb. 2021 · In addition to dissecting his unique style, Vernon delved into rock’s racially fraught history, highlighting the work of earlier black rock guitarists who never won the mainstream attention they deserved. When Line 6 proposed a Vernon Reid interview to coincide with Black History Month, I leapt at the chance to revisit some of the ...
Released. 1994 — Europe. CD — Album. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1992 CD release of "Eye & I" on Discogs.
30. Mai 2019 · Vernon Reid stops by to talk about his love of Geri Allen and how his multicultural upbringing influenced his outlook on music.
