LIVING COLOUR SAY “F*CK YOU” TO THE MAN, RE-RECORD “CULT OF PERSONALITY” FOR GUITAR HERO III

According to a recent post on Living Colour’s official MySpace blog, Living Colour are the latest to follow the Twisted Sister model of re-recording their old hits for licensing purposes. Sure, Guitar Hero III publisher Activision could’ve licensed the tune from LC’s old label Sony, who presumably owns the master recording of “Cult” — but they’d have to pay a fortune, and the band likely wouldn’t see much of it. Instead, why not just have the band re-record the tune and pay them directly? Activision spends less, and the band gets more; everyone wins (except Sony).

Ed Stasium produced the new version of the track (Ron Saint Germain produced the original), which includes a typically head-dizzying number of notes per second in a brand new Vernon Reid solo. Please note that Axl and I will be unable to fill our blog-posting duties for a week while we attempt to master the solo on the “Expert” level.

Listen to the new version of “Cult of Personality” on Living Colour’s MySpace page.

-VN