SMALL FACES: Living Colour’s Vernon Reid played...

SMALL FACES: Living Colour’s Vernon Reid played guitar on “Cabbies on Crack, “ a track on the upcoming Ramones album. Joey Ramone said he wrote the song about a particularly scary New York taxi ride. Meanwhile, Living Colour is preparing to record with new bassist Doug Wimbush, a veteran of the old Sugarhill Gang. . . .

Alice in Chains guitarist Gerry Cantrell co-wrote and guested with the band Circus of Power on “Heaven and Hell,” a song on the L.A.-based band’s upcoming debut album, “Magic and Madness.” . . . Tung Twista, an 18-year-old from Chicago, has been declared the world’s fastest rapper by the Guinness Book of World Records. He rapped 597 syllables in 55.12 seconds, breaking the old record held by Daddy Freddy. Twista’s debut album, “Runnin’ Off at da Mouth,” was just released. . . .

Where better to find the true history of KISS than a comic book? The group is the first to cooperate with Hard Rock Comics (slogan: “Unauthorized and proud of it”) in its series of rock hero exposes, which have previously looked at the likes of Guns N’ Roses and Queen. Note: “KISS: Tales from the Tours,” comes in PG and R versions. . . . Goin’ to the chapel: Michelle Shocked will jump the broomstick with her longtime beau, music journalist Bart Bull, in a July 4 wedding in Los Angeles. Shocked says that if you see any fireworks, it will be in celebration of the nuptials. Meanwhile, Doors chronicler Danny Sugerman is engaged to Oliver North’s former secretary, Fawn Hall.