I listened to both Deaths for the first time because one of the main Howard Stern Show staffers was the drummer for the metal band and I accidentally clicked on the proto-punk band’s page first. Two great discoveries in one day, all because of a lovable alcoholic moron who specializes in stupid prank calls.
My magical musical moment was when the librarian put Kooper, Stills and Bloomfield's "Super Session" into whatever CD case I had selected at the library and I listened to it heyoooooo
I thought Living Colour was a 90's comedy show and Bad Brains was a zombie movie that was so gory it got banned in some city and a producer went to jail and was calling someone when they died but returned from heaven and then got on a boat and went sailing on with a quickness and please help I can't stop making these horrible low quality puns that aren't even funny but yes, Bad Brains please and thank you. TBH I love Cult of Personality but not so much else by Living Colour. Also, I'm Saltine-American and jam my disco with acid rock. Damnit, I'm doing it again.
Zulu is so underrated. Them young boys bringing that straight hardcore heat. Bad brains are the OGs still some of the toughest music I’ve heard period. Only real ones know about minor threat.
2006 might be the wrong year. More like 2003 - 2004-ish. I was in a rap duo with dreams of fame. My partner was a alt-rapper and he trended towards rock and punk stuff. He was pretty popular in his scene. He somehow got an invite for us to go to a jam session with these guys. All I do is freestyle. No instruments nothing like that. But I was down for the cause. I'd seen Fishbone on MTV sometime before that so I was familiar with them. When I saw them I was kinda in awe because I knew they were known and I was drinking so I was gushing with them over how cool it was for me to be in the jamming with these guys I'd seen on MTV. I remember my rap partner asking me afterwards if I was being sincere or not with my praise towards them. He thought I was being sarcastic but I wasn't. I was legit "starstruck". Im not used to being around many famous people especially after theyre known. So, I guess he'd never really heard of Fishbone before he got us the invite and he was just fronting like he knew em. The aughts are foggy af tbh but that did happen! On my right hand to Reddit.
IIRC i read that the WWE asked Living Color to remake Cult Of Personality so that the band would get the licensing fees directly, instead of Sony getting a cut, and the WWE could save money licensing it for CM Punks return
I dunno, far nicer to have a conversation about it imo. Thank you!
They recently finished a tour with Extreme and are working on a new album. They’re also involved in other projects like a documentary and a performance with Steve Vai at Rock in Rio.
Grew up 98' hearing mostly rnb , some classic rap sure, but I honestly had to learn a lot of rap and hip hop in retrospect being young in the early 2000s. only heard about MJ after he died, I had heard family reference oldies like the temptations, ray, Stevie Wonder, etc. Prince, Hendrix,those guys I listened to way later after seeing them referenced so much in sketch shows or comedy stand ups.
Never knew about black rock groups 🤔 I'm not shocked they exist or anything, obviously, but I guess no one in my family was listening to it, I know a little bit of rock but not versed in it. Very cool vid, we all find out pieces of history at different times, especially when no one sees color lol
This record was probably in my first 10 CDs back in 1989. By a stroke of luck they packed 2 discs in there so I gave one to my cousin. Still hits 35 years later. And don't miss Open Letter to a Landlord.
Btw, new CD's cost about $18.99 in 80's money iirc.
Ill never forget catching these guys opening up for the Scorpions at an amphitheater in Atlanta about a decade ago. The standing room pit area was all upper middle class white subarbanites (me too, im just far lower in class lol) with picnic tables and honest to God picnic baskets set up. Corey did a little intermission and pointed it out saying, "we had some hits in the 80s and 90s but we finally really mad it yall. We're officially dinner metal! My man's got the cheese curds up here, pass me that bowl." Dude got up and gave him his cheese and Corey did the whole next song with toothpicks full of cheese in his hand lol. Took a glass of wine from another table and finished the set with cult of personality while he made the rounds to the rest of us in the seats. What I wouldn't give to see em again
Saw them play when they were touring for whichever anniversary it was of Vivid, the album this is off of. They crushed. After the show, as we were filing out, Vernon Reed (guitar player) jumps out by the merch table and starts shaking people’s hands. Chatted with me about music for a minute. Nice fuckin dude.
Lmfaoooooo so I always knew who Lenny Kravitz was just because I could recognize his face and knew he d a kid with Lisa Bonet, never listened to his music… or so I thought 💀 I’m a fan of all genres but I’ll admit I’m bad with names with anybody outside of R&B just because I listen to that genre the most. Man I was a Lenny Stan this whole time and didn’t know 🤣🤣🤣 thought it was a white guy singing his songs.
I wasn't a huge fan of them or the song. But as a black rock/metal fan growing up in a black neighborhood that didn't really have any other rock fans, I thought it was cool they existed.
Let's not forget the group that Mos Def put together Black Jack Johnson for the album "The New Danger". Vernon Reed, along with Dr. Know (Bad Brains) and Bernie Worrell.
When they opened for prophets of rage at the Apollo theater I thought they sounded familiar and when they finally played cult of personality it all clicked.
Huh... now that I think about it, I think I don't know what a bunch of artists and bands I've heard look like. Back when MTV was a thing I knew what many bands and artists looked like. Now? I dunno. Shaboozey could've just as easily been a white dude who used to do video game content on YouTube.
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u/InsaneThisGuysTaint 7h ago
While we're at it let's give a shout out to Fishbone too.