Music
Vernon Reid is jazzed at the prospect of being back on stage again with Living Colour, the New York City quartet that burst out in 1988 with a double-platinum debut album, “Vivid,” only to disband seven years later because of internal strife.
May 10, 2001
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Fourteen-year-old Jeffrey Henderson is a showcase for hip-hop fashion: a pair of oversized Cross Colours denim shorts hang precariously from his skinny hips, his Malcolm X baseball cap is worn backward, and his red-green-and-white denim shirt recalls the colors of African tribal flags.
July 24, 1992
TRUST US: Scouting left field for the next Fishbone or Living Colour, or just looking for a fun, musical, anti-Hollyweird night out?
Feb. 16, 1992
“Something very striking or exceptional.” “Huge and great.” “A big red lollipop.”
July 22, 1991
In the harsh light of day, it’s just a dingy bar on a typically miserable block of the Bowery where Bleecker Street ends, in a neighborhood known as Skid Row until the citywide proliferation of homelessness undercut its cachet.
Dec. 31, 1993
The four members of Living Colour responded to the first question in unison and so emphatically it sounded rehearsed.
Sept. 23, 1990
Entertainment & Arts
The much-lauded New York band Living Colour proved to be a technically superior quartet at the Hollywood Palladium on Friday: singer Corey Glover alternated powerful metal screams with more soulful R&B; deliveries, the musicianship was intuitive and tight, the lyrics intelligent.
May 10, 1993
Is “Time’s Up,” the second album by Living Colour, a step forward or a step backward?
Nov. 22, 1990
Jimi Hazel got hooked on the guitar when he was 6 and his brother took him to see Jimi Hendrix at the 1970 New York Pop Festival.
June 27, 1989
Jimi Hazel got hooked on the guitar when he was 6 years old and his brother took him to see Jimi Hendrix at the 1970 New York Pop Festival.
July 5, 1989