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kpjb:

Perhaps this: 1991 I'm in college and I want to go see Nirvana, but didn't want to drive in to town alone for the show and no one else wanted to go with me. Literally 2 weeks later they were the biggest thing in the world. Should've gone. The show was like $5 at a tiny venue.

That's some good hipster cred right there, (had you gone, of course ;) ) and while not Nirvana fan, I would have loved to see that!

Similarly, I saw Alanis Morissette for $7 at a tiny club in St. Louis right when she came on the radio with You Oughta Know. I was very impressed, loved the first album and then fell completely off, because, well, you know, it's Alanis Morissette.

And 3rd Eye Blind for free at the Rock N Roll HOF. (Wife still teases me about that too, haha)

I grew up on my parents’ music (classic rock), so according to my wife I should be embarrassed by every concert I ever went to.

I'm embarrassed that I even like music.

311’s early stuff was great. I saw them at The Bayou in DC (a legendary club I’m glad to say I got to play once) on their debut album Music tour in 1993. Place was empty. Saw them there again the next year during their Grassroots tour and it was packed. Ended up seeing them 4 or 5 more times during their self-titled third album tour. I bought Transistor but that was when I started losing interest.

Stephen Pearcy of Ratt was the worst concert I’ve ever seen.

Greatest concerts: Pink Floyd, Twenty One Pilots, Rush, King’s X, and (believe it or not) Creed.

Marilyn Manson was unexpectedly great. Only reason I went was because my friend’s band Godhead (newly signed to Manson’s label) was opening.

Loudest concert by far was Filter @ the 9:30 Club in DC…and I was nowhere near the speakers.

Lastly, I’ve had the privilege of sharing the stage with Dug Pinnick of King’s X, Jamie Jamison of Survivor (RIP), Skillet, and Alien Ant Farm. And I almost shared the stage at a UVA frat party with some local singer/guitarist guy but our time slot kept getting pushed back later and later until we got fed up, packed up our gear and went home. A couple months later I saw that same guy on MTV in a video for a song called What Would You Say.

This the same guy?

Vater:

I almost shared the stage at a UVA frat party

My wife was at UVA around that time, and saw that guy at dive bars all the time.

Mulfinator:

This the same guy?

This is the best night of my life

Jeff:

Which, by the way, ends with Living Colour on 6/30 and 7/1

I've been known to fly across country from time to time just to see Vernon Reid play.

That guys is the tits. Like I said, I'm generally angsty that Living Colour is not as highly regarded as they should be. Not to be political, but I think I know why. The unfortunate thing is that Vivid seems just as relevant today as it did 35 (!) years ago.

Disappointed at all of the 311 hating. I'm not saying that they're the greatest band, but they did some solid work. 2009's Uplifter is one of my favorite summer albums, and the B-side/Amazon exclusive "Sun Come Through" is one of my favorite songs ever. Love the bridge in that. I understand that the singers were pretty tone deaf live (maybe because the one dude skanks around stage the whole time), but solid alt-pop music of the time. Also: cringed the time that "Lovesong" was referred to by a millennial as "that 311 song" because they covered it (hint: it was by The Cure).

5 of the top 8 Living Colour songs on Apple Music are just different versions of “Cult of Personality.” That’s pretty funny.

In fairness it is a really great song!

Race may have had some part in the lack of Living Colour catching on. However, I think they have been more a victim of an oversaturated market without much to differentiate. The late 80's into early 90's was the peak of popularity of metal. Largely this was dominated by hair metal bands (Motley Crue, Poison, Skid Row, etc) and thrash metal bands (Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, etc). Living Colour wasn't either. I don't know that there was much room for bands that didn't fit much of a mold. I feel the same way about Faith No More. They are one of my favorite bands but they certainly weren't popular outside of Epic. They were a band who was different from everyone else but not in a genre defining way. However, they did influence many future bands who had great success. Maybe that's the legacy of Living Colour as well.

Mulfinator:

trash metal bands (Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, etc)

Don't forget Pantera pre "Cowboys from Hell"!

That's an embarrassing typo. But I completely agree!

Ha ha. I didn't even notice. I read it as thrash.

Living Color was huge. But their followup albums, while arguably very good musically, were not radio friendly. Not everything is about race.

You're not wrong, but a lot of things are about race when you're a minority. But isn't it funny how at the time a bunch of the popular rock bands wore long hair and makeup, and now a lot of those fans are worried about drag shows. Race may not have had anything to do with it, but certainly the fact that they didn't fit into one of the defined boxes had a lot to do with their commercial success.

I thought the stuff after Vivid would have fit pretty well on some alternative stations, but they never really picked them up, too obsessed with Weezer (they're still obsessed with Weezer). Radio hasn't been a very good discovery method for new music in a long time, unfortunately.

Outside of a few independent college stations has radio ever been any good?

"This is 88.3, WRCT. The far left ... of your radio dial."

There was a golden age for alternative rock radio in the 90's. 89X in Detroit, 107.9 The End in Cleveland, HFS in Baltimore... but it started to fall apart in the aughts. They weren't afraid to play Nine Inch Nails and Sarah McLachlan on the same station.

89X was great, and I could get it all the way around the lake driving between home and Cedar Point. However, the McLachlan thing might have been because she helped meet the Canadian quota.