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On this week’s episode of SPIN Presents Lipps Service, host Scott Lipps caught up with Vernon Reid and Corey Glover of Living Colour. In their conversation, Lipps, Glover and Reid discussed the band's lengthy history and origins. Glover and Reid also gave Lipps an update on the current state of the band as they discuss upcoming music ahead of their 2021 summer tour. Additionally, the Living Colour duo spoke shared stories about meeting Mick Jagger at the infamous Guns N Roses/Stones show in Los Angeles in 1989. They also outlined the story behind their biggest hit, "Cult of Personality." Since its beginnings in 2018, the acclaimed podcast has featured many of the biggest voices and personalities in music, including exclusive interviews with Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis, David Lee Roth, Shepard Fairey, Courtney Love, Dove Cameron and many, many more. In the last episode, Lipps had Chris and Rich Robinson of the Black Crowes on ahead of their upcoming tour to celebrate the reissue of the band's 1990 album Shake Your Money Maker. Every week, a new episode of SPIN Presents Lipps Service is available wherever you consume podcasts (Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, etc.), and you can listen to the full episode with Living Colour below.

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SPIN Presents Lipps Service With Guests Vernon Reid and Corey Glover of Living Colour

Time’s Up at 30: Living Colour Reflect on Prophetic Second LP

The 25 Best Soundtrack Albums of the 1990s

30 Great Albums From 1990 That Deserve Their Own 30th Anniversary Pieces

Living Colour Shares New Version of ‘This Is the Life’ With Protest Footage

10 Tours That Changed the World

Danny Brown, Trash Talk, Living Colour Storm Brooklyn’s Afropunk Fest 2013

The Sugarhill Gang, Living Colour, Grandmaster Caz Join Forces in Harlem Church for Epic ‘Rapper’s Delight’

SPIN’s 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time

Black Rock: An Oral History

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Killer Mike Is Keynote Masterblaster for FIRE’s Launch as National Free Speech Defender

Lost on Boogie Mountain: How the Bee Gees’ Kid Brother, Andy Gibb, Hit the Peak of Pop Only to Die of a Coke-Broke Heart

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