Living Colour Ready New Album & World Tour

Gabriel J. Hernandez | 06.22.2009

Living Colour, New York City hard rock legends who blasted into living rooms worldwide via MTV in the late 1980s, will release their first new studio album in five years on Sept. 15, on Megaforce Records.

The new disc, titled The Chair In The Doorway,  features original members Vernon Reid, Corey Glover, Will Calhoun and (since 1993) Doug Wimbish, and was recorded at at Sono Studios outside of Prague in The Czech Republic during the fall of 2008 and spring of 2009. According to a press release, the new album will feature the “modern soul anthem ‘Behind The Sun’”, the “politically-charged, heavy rock of ‘DecaDance’” and the “sacred steel blues of ‘Bless Those.’”

 “We feel like this is the best record we’ve made yet and we couldn’t be more excited to be releasing it with the legendary Megaforce Records,” said guitarist Vernon Reid. “Some of our favorite bands were or are Megaforce artists, Metallica, Bad Brains, Anthrax, Black Crowes, so it’s an honor to be part of a label with a great legacy.”

Living Colour will also be announcing plans for a world tour shortly. With dates set to begin in September, it will include their first North American tour in four years along with performances in South America, Europe, Australia and Asia.

Discovered by Mick Jagger, who also produced their first demo and later offered them an opening slot with The Rolling Stones, Living Colour created a repertoire that includes a multitude of classic songs, including “Cult Of Personality,” “Elvis Is Dead,” “Open Letter To A Landlord,” “Glamour Boys” and “Love Rears Its Ugly Head.” The Chair In The Doorway is the band’s fifth album.

Check out Living Colour performing “DecaDance” at the Leverkusen Jazzstage in Leverkusen, Germany, on Nov. 3, 2008.

Here’s the track listing for The Chair In The Doorway:
1. “Burned Bridges”
2. “The Chair”
3. “DecaDance”
4. “Young Man”
5. “Method”
6. “Behind The Sun”
7. “Bless Those”
8. “Hard Times”
9. “Taught Me””
10. “Out Of Mind
11. “Not Tomorrow”