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    How I Wrote… “Cult of Personality”

    Nov 16, 2021 3 minutes
    BY JOE BOSSO

    “I LOVE THE song for obvious reasons,” Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid says of “Cult of Personality,” the Grammy-winning alt-metal smash from the band’s 1988 debut, Vivid. “Sure, it’s our most popular song. What it did for our career is incalculable. And it’s had a lasting impact on the public. The lyric has a catchphrase that, while we didn’t coin it, has become more relevant over the years.

    “But there’s another

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