Muzz Skillings.. Living colour

fleabee · #1 10-11-2005, 08:59 AM

Does anyone know what bass Muzz recorded with on the "vivid" album?

JMX · #2 10-11-2005, 09:16 AM

I think he used to play officially/pose in ads with an ESP, but I guess he played his own gear on the recordings, whatever that was. Maybe even an ESP.

JimK · #3 10-11-2005, 10:41 AM

IIRC, Vernon Reid also had ads with ESP...thought Muzz maybe used a Spector?

Alan Vorse · #4 10-11-2005, 02:54 PM

Dug out an old Bass Player from '89. It said he used a "custom ESP", but that might have been describing his touring gear. In a '91 cover story, he mentions using a BC Rich Eagle for the solo on "Broken Hearts." Man I miss him. He was a huge influence on me.

fleabee · #5 10-11-2005, 03:03 PM

thanks for the info...thank God for old bass mags..must be a great read..im jealous

The Mock Turtle Regulator · #6 10-11-2005, 03:26 PM

in the Cult of personality video he's using a white Spector NS2.

zongeek · #7 10-11-2005, 04:24 PM

I thought he played Warwicks or Spectors.

Hmm, maybe I'm thinking Norwood Fisher.

Doug play(s/ed) both.

D.A.R.K. · #8 10-11-2005, 05:26 PM

actually, he used a white fernandez bass alot...
i believe that is the actual bass in the "cult of..."
video.
d
p.s. when i saw him at lollapalooza he used esp, warwick, and a couple more!

Alan Vorse · #9 10-12-2005, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Joshua

A big "heck yeah" to the above. I was in a cover band when Time's Up came out and had a blast covering a couple of those tunes. And Vivid was great in it's own way as well.

Great bassist with monster tone and fantastic groove. Tough to beat that...

I had a Living Colour cover band (with some Fishbone, Primus and RHCP thrown in) when I was 18. "Funny Vibe" was a high-light of our set.

Alan Vorse · #10 10-12-2005, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by D.A.R.K.

actually, he used a white fernandez bass alot...
i believe that is the actual bass in the "cult of..."
video.
d
p.s. when i saw him at lollapalooza he used esp, warwick, and a couple more!

Don't remember the Fernandes live. Started using Warwicks (Dolphins I think) the year Lollapalooza started. He also had a fretless G&L 2000. In a recent picture of him performing at a blues festival in New York, he had a white Warwick.

JimK · #11 10-12-2005, 04:21 AM

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Originally Posted by harmolodic

Dug out an old Bass Player from '89. It said he used a "custom ESP", but that might have been describing his touring gear. In a '91 cover story, he mentions using a BC Rich Eagle for the solo on "Broken Hearts."

I dug out my copy of that issue....just to make sure I still knew where to find it.
That '91 issue is one of Bass Player's early ones(Duh). They musta thought a lot of Muzz; the earliest issues had these guys gracing the covers-
Geddy Lee, Will Lee, Jaco, Muzz, & Stu Hamm.

I pulled out the liners to both Vivid & Time's Up; Reid's equipment is listed(ESP & Hamer guitars) as is Calhoun's. Nothing for Muzz(gotta love that).

I pulled out the Bass Book to Time's Up...there's a pic of Muzz playing a silver-looking P-J config bass with a forked headstock; I'm too sure what it is, though.

The Mock Turtle Regulator · #12 10-12-2005, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by JimK

I pulled out the Bass Book to Time's Up...there's a pic of Muzz playing a silver-looking P-J config bass with a forked headstock; I'm too sure what it is, though.

heh, the book I've got for Time's up (it says "bass tab edition/authentic transcriptions" on the cover) has a pic of Muzz with a warwick streamer 5.

bobbykokinos · #13 10-15-2005, 04:10 AM

Big influence on me also. Living Colour was one of the first CDs I picked up when I started playing bass.

Doug Wimbish I think filled he shoes really well though. Totally different style of bass playing but fits VERY well into the group..

I cant WAIT to see them again Dec 8th!!!!

GROOVEjunkie · #14 10-15-2005, 05:31 PM

BTW, where the hell is Muzz these days???

Alan Vorse · #15 10-16-2005, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by GROOVEjunkie

BTW, where the hell is Muzz these days???

There are rumors that he joined the New York Fire Dept. For a while he fronted a band called Medicine Stick where he sang and played acoustic guitar

If you look him up in Google images, it shows him playing a blues festival in Germany from 2003 (on bass). Apparently he plays with a group called Blue Mockingbird.

GROOVEjunkie · #16 10-16-2005, 06:21 PM

I could probably find this info on Google, too, but why the break up with Living Colour?? Was it because the band was getting a bit too "racey?"

I will never forget seeing them play on SNL for the first time. They played "Cult..." and "Open Letter to a Landlord" and I was hooked.

Their second album had its moments, but their 1st will always be special to me.

Come back Muzz!!!

bobbykokinos · #17 10-16-2005, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by GROOVEjunkie

I could probably find this info on Google, too, but why the break up with Living Colour?? Was it because the band was getting a bit too "racey?"

I will never forget seeing them play on SNL for the first time. They played "Cult..." and "Open Letter to a Landlord" and I was hooked.

Their second album had its moments, but their 1st will always be special to me.

Come back Muzz!!!

From what I understand, Vernon and Corey were notorious for aruging with each other. Two "divas" in their own way. But now since they are back together things have cooled down quite a bit.