Living Colour

[borntohula]

these guys don't get enough attention here, or anywhere for that matter. one of the relics of "funk metal," and one of the first bands to play the lollapalooza circuit.

 

[prototypepariah]

they still play that song on the radio fairly often for a 20 year old song...

 

meh

[borntohula]

really? maybe it was never big here in canada or something, because i hadn't heard it until recently.

[Computer]

it's in guitar hero 3, which was the first i'd heard of it... pretty bad song imo just too repetitive

[Shiri]

The only place I know it from is indeed Guitar Hero. Not a fan.

[bishopx]

Hey!!! This band was kickass!!!I've seen them a few times. The lead singer, Corey Glover's solo album was one of the coolest, solo attempts by a lead singer, I'd seen ever. I'll post some videos later.

[borntohula]

well at least bishop knows what's up.

 

sure, the riff is repetitive, but it's a pretty solid riff. that solo is also pretty killer.

 

this song makes me sad that RHCP are the only band to have outlived the whole "funk-metal" thing, and look at what they're doing now. cunts.

 

i like how the ad in this thread is for the commodores. is that the only all-black band google can think of?

[bishopx]

That's fucking hysterical, the commodores. (I happen to like them by the way)

 

A lot of those bands hung on as long as they could, but grunge just crushed the genre. RHCP survived because they were versatile enough to do so...and while I don't think their recent stuff is as good as the older stuff, (Freaky Styley and Mother's Milk are my favorite discs) They still show flashes of the funky brilliance that I fell in love with.

[LonelyWreckage]

Never heard of them until now, but that songs pretty fucking decent. Currently Youtube-ing their other songs.

[borntohula]

Never heard of them until now, but that songs pretty fucking decent. Currently Youtube-ing their other songs.

 

i don't know much of their other stuff. i do know that they do a wicked cover of talking heads' "memories can't wait" but that's about it. let us know if you find something interesting.

 

these guys are still playing together, so there's probably a lot that youtube has to offer.

[bishopx]

There is definitely a lot out there. They rock. Their original bassist was better than their second one.