Living Colour At MTelus

Montreal's MTelus was the scene for one of the most groovy concerts to kick off the autumn season.  Living Colour and Extreme, follow the link to check out the photographs, brought the worlds of funk and rock together for a truely unforgettable evening.  Opening the show was Living Color.  Bursting unto the scene in the mid-1980s, Living Colour made their mark with their amazing debut album, Vivid, from 1988.  The lead track off of that album was 'Cult of Personality', a song that has defined the band through the years.  It has also brought Living Colour much attention from outside the world of music as it is used by WWE SuperStar CM Punk as his theme song.  'Cult of Personality' went on to win a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance in 1990 and getting to hear it performed live was an incredible experience.  As the lights slowly came up the multiple Grammy Award winning group slowly walked out onto the MTelus stage, but would soon set the building alight with their performance.  Guitarist Vernon Reid, in my opinion, is one of the most underrated guitarists to take the stage and his performance was electric, soulful and wild.  Sometimes, accomplishing all three feats during the same song.  Corey Glover was in fine voice and always being generous with a pose or two for us photographers while bassist Doug Wimbish regaled us with tales of his time playing with some of the biggest names in funk and rock, while also pounding all in to submission with his heavy playing.  All of the photographs were taken at f/3.2 while using various different shutter speeds, ISO levels and focal lengths.  Here are more photographs that I took of Living Colour during their performance at the MTelus in Montreal.

If you would like to find out more about Living Colour and their music, you can do so by following the link to their website.  If you would like to see the photographs that I took of Extreme, who headlined the show that night, you can do so by following the link.  Living Colour was a very unique band in a very unique time.  The uniqueness hasn't been lost over the years as they are still at the top of their game.  Living Colour will be heading off to South America this Fall, so be sure to check them out if you have the chance.  This unforgettable band is sure to give an unforgettable performance.