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Living Colour: Stain (Epic)

Charles Shaar Murray, Guitar World, March 1993

WHAT’S YOUR favourite colour? Between the death of Jimi Hendrix in 1970 and the arrival of Living Colour’s 1988 debut album Vivid, the hard rock universe could well have answered that question by echoing Big Bill Broonzy: "If you’re white, you’re all right; if you’re brown, stick around, but if you’re black, get back."

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