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jackhammer · 07-24-2009, 04:29 PM

Innovative? Hardly. The only thing that made them stand out was Ice T fronting them. Living Colour were an all Black band working their schizz out of America in the mid 80's and successfully fused genres in a cohesive sound. Other bands such as Suicidal Tendencies were far more innovative and brought fans in from Punk, Hardcore, Metal and Hip Hop to far better effect. I have always thought Body Count were more of a side project that just happened to break big at the time.

07-24-2009, 04:29 PM	#13 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Innovative? Hardly. The only thing that made them stand out was Ice T fronting them. Living Colour were an all Black band working their schizz out of America in the mid 80's and successfully fused genres in a cohesive sound. Other bands such as Suicidal Tendencies were far more innovative and brought fans in from Punk, Hardcore, Metal and Hip Hop to far better effect. I have always thought Body Count were more of a side project that just happened to break big at the time. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”