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Barrington is an album by the Jamaican musician Barrington Levy, released in 1993. It was regarded as a crossover attempt. The first single was "Murder". Levy supported the album with a North American tour. "Work" and "Vice Versa Love" charted on the UK Singles Chart, at Nos. 65 and 79, respectively.
Dec 21, 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.
Vernon Alphonsus Reid (born 22 August 1958) is a British-born American guitarist and songwriter best known as the founder of the rock band Living Colour. Reid was named No. 66 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
May 3, 2018 · Thirty years ago, Vernon Reid and Corey Glover’s band made one of the late 20th century’s most socially conscious, prescient albums, broke down barriers, and conquered rock ’n’ roll
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Feb 26, 2021 · Before Living Colour broke, he’d been a founding member of the Black Rock Coalition, a collective of African-American music makers rebelling against artistic restrictions that the music industry historically imposed on black artists.
Sep 8, 2017 · The New York-based quartet shot to stardom behind their 1988 debut Vivid, which mixed metal, pop and funk into songs about racism, poverty, housing and the dangers of personality...
Nov 3, 2023 · Features. “Prince liked the band. He would come see us. He would mysteriously appear and disappear, which always made me mad – ‘Damn it!’” How Vernon Reid’s expressionist shredding juiced Living Colour and won fans in Prince and the Rolling Stones. By Matt Wake. published 3 November 2023.
