10. "well they never really said he *left*..." In response to In response to 7
>When he showed up at the end I was like WTF?
and he seemed REALLY weird too, didn't he?
> >But it was good to see him again. >
True. It was cool to see he just picked up his guitar and jammed just like he used to. Just fell right in and played the old shit without missing a beat.
>I do wonder what Dowd has been doing since he left the band. >He and Kendall were the best writers.
He did some other music related stuff, and enrolled in cooking school:
> >After watching the doc, I'm surprised they kept it together as >long as they did. All those different personalities and >musical preferences were bound to either blow up or implode, >and the relative failure of Reality of My Surroundings sent >things downhill for them. >
How can we call that album a failure if it put them on the "mainstream" map? That's probably their biggest ( if not best ) album.
>I can't say their label failed to promote them. When you get >on SNL and a Spike Lee video, the company is trying to blow >you up.
Everybody who was into Rock at the time KNOWS that Sony did FAR more for Living Colour, and I have to admit, I was a bit annoyed to see Vernon Reid in the documentary,
Fishbone was just too uncategorizable, and that is >never a good thing for a black act.
So how do you explain the success of Living Colour?