Living Colour
Tramp's
New York City
June 1987

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Cult of Personality
I Want To Know
I Got To Be Myself Tonight
Middle Man
Broken Hearts
The Truth Inside
Soldier's Blues

I Want Know
Cult of Personality

Note: I am a huge Living Colour fan. I think they are one of the most underrated and overlooked bands ever in the history of rock. They had break out success in the late 1980s and early 1990s, but after they broke up in early 1995 they have fallen below the radar despite reuniting in 2000 and putting out two strong albums since then. I do think rock history will look kindly on them and the use of "Cult of Personality" for the Guitar Hero video game has created a much needed mini-renaissance. I have been keeping track of the band since late 1988. I managed to collect some live material, etc through the years. I have posted some of them here on DIME, but it no particular order. Now I'm in the process of organizing what I have and will post everything in chronological fashion. I know a handful of LC fans will be intersted in this little project. If you don't know the band, pick up the essential albums: "Vivid," "Times Up," "Stain" "Collideoscope" and "Chair In the Doorway" albums and see what you think. Ok, away we go......

Notes: Between the April show and June the band wrote "Cult of Personality," which would be their signature song.
"The process of writing it happened in one rehearsal session," Vernon Reid said. "There was literally no "Cult of Personality" at the beginning of the rehearsal and at the end there was "Cult of Personality." I always wondered what it would be like to be in a room when a major tune was born. And I was amazed by it. We knew by the end of the rehearsal we had done something signifciant, it was a powerful feeling." The exact date of this recording is not clear. I got it as June 1987, and two songs as the end are played from a different set but also, I assume, from June 1987.