Slacker Logo

Muzz Skillings

Advertisement
Advertisement

Biography

Muzz Skillings (born January 6, 1964, in Queens, New York) is an American bassist, singer, guitarist and songwriter. He is best known for being the original bassist with Living Colour. Skillings played bass, sang backing vocals, and co-wrote songs on the Grammy award-winning 1988 debut album Vivid, the Grammy award-winning 1990 follow up Time's Up, and the 1991 EP Biscuits. His use of melodic, complex and moving bass lines during his time with Living Colour left him with high acclaim from musicians worldwide. Skillings's departure from the band in 1992 was due to musical differences and a desire to branch off and evolve musically outside of Living Colour. He left under good terms (as indicated in his liner notes printed in the album sleeve of Living Colour's 1995 best-of compilation, Pride) and has returned to the band on occasion to substitute for their current bassist Doug Wimbish. Skillings has since led a band called Medicine Stick, in which he plays electric guitar and sings lead vocals, as well as writes the songs.
Read All Read Less

Albums


Top Tracks

  1.   Track
    Popularity

Related Stations & Specials


Artists Related to
Muzz Skillings

Living Colour

FEATURED

Corey Glover

FEATURED

Doug Wimbish

FEATURED

Will Calhoun

FEATURED

Vernon Reid

FEATURED

Bad Brains

FEATURED

Eric McFadden

FEATURED

James Bryan

FEATURED

Doug Cameron

FEATURED

Michael Hedges

FEATURED

Jon Mark

FEATURED

Mark-Almond

FEATURED

Bob Baldwin

FEATURED

George Adams

FEATURED

Al MacDowell

FEATURED

Fattburger

FEATURED

Chico Freeman

FEATURED

Fareed Haque

FEATURED

John Klemmer

FEATURED

Spyro Gyra

FEATURED

Collin Walcott

FEATURED
See All Related Artists

LIVE STREAM... SOCIAL RADIO STREAM...