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Muzz Skillings (Queens, 6 gennaio 1960) è un bassista statunitense. È noto per essere stato il bassista della prima formazione della hard rock band Living Colour. Lasciò la band, per divergenze musicali, nel 1992 sostituito da Doug Wimbish.
He is best known for being the original bassist with Living Colour. [1] Skillings played bass, sang backing vocals, and co-wrote songs on the Grammy award-winning 1988 debut album Vivid, the Grammy award-winning 1990 follow up Time's Up, and the 1991 EP Biscuits.
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Early years
British-born guitarist Vernon Reid had formed several bands, and after a few years, he formed Living Colour in New York in 1984, using the British spelling of "colour". Reid assembled several bands under the name Vernon Reid's Living Colour from 1984 to 1986. Reid was well known on the downtown New York jazz scenes because of his tenure in Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society. Early band members included bassists Alex Mosely, Jerome Harris and Carl James, drummers Greg Carter, Pheeroan a...
Mainstream success
In 1986 a stable lineup was formed, consisting of vocalist/actor Corey Glover, guitarist Vernon Reid, bassist Muzz Skillings, and drummer Will Calhoun (who had graduated with honors from Berklee College of Music). After hiring managers Jim Grant and Roger Cramer, the band hired prodigy lighting designer Andy Elias in November 1986 to strengthen their live shows with explosive visual productions. Soon after, the band became experienced at touring and performed regular gigs at the club CBGB. Ar...
Second lineup and breakup
In 1992, Skillings left the band and was replaced by Doug Wimbish. This new lineup released their third full-length album, Stain, in March 1993. The album reached #26 in the U.S., a further drop since its debut. Despite retaining their strong fan base, Living Colour disbanded in January 1995 after failing to settle on common musical goals during their fourth studio album sessions. Four of these tracks were included on the compilation Pride. Following the breakup, individual band members relea...
Living Colour was ranked No. 70 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock. "Cult of Personality" was re-recorded for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, with an updated solo, as the original masters could not be used. In October 2006, "Love Rears Its Ugly Head" was ranked and voted 303 out of the 2006 songs featured in the Triple MEssential 2006 Cou...
MTV Video Music Awards
1. 1989 – Best New Artist ("Cult of Personality") 2. 1989 – Best Group Video("Cult of Personality") 3. 1989 – Best Stage Performance("Cult of Personality")
Grammy Awards
1. 1990 – Best Hard Rock Performance (won) ("Cult of Personality") 2. 1990 – Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal (nominated) ("Glamour Boys") 3. 1991 – Best Hard Rock Performance (won) (Time's Up) 4. 1994 – Best Hard Rock Performance (nominated) ("Leave It Alone")
Living Colour at AllMusicMuzz Skillings – bass; Will Calhoun – drums; Additional personnel. Mick Jagger – harmonica on track 8, backing vocals on track 9; Chuck D – rapping on track 6; Flavor Flav – social commentary on track 6; The Fowler Family – additional backing vocals on tracks 2 and 5; Dennis Diamond – carnival barker on track 8; Production
3 ott 2023 · La formazione originale dei Living Colour includeva Vernon Reid (chitarra), Corey Glover (voce), Muzz Skillings (basso) e Will Calhoun (batteria). Questi musicisti provenivano da ambienti musicali diversi e portavano con sé una vasta gamma di influenze, tra cui rock, funk, jazz e punk.
Biographie. Bassiste et co-auteurs de plusieurs chansons de l'album Vivid, double disque de platine par RIAA, Grammy Awards de la meilleure performance rock pour le titre Cult of personality et qui fait partie des 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die 1 ainsi que de Time's up (Grammy Awards, 1990) et de Biscuits (EP) (en), Muzz ...
3 mag 2018 · In addition to Glover, the new Living Colour lineup was bolstered by fellow New Yorkers Calhoun, an award-winning Berklee College of Music grad, and Muzz Skillings, a bassist with rock and jazz...
