Muzz Skillings
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Muzz Skillings (born on 6 January, 1968, in St Albans, New York) was the original bass guitar player for Living Colour. He appeared on their 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 world wide. He quit the band in 1992 and was replaced by Doug Wimbish, who remains in the band today.
Skillings's departure from the band was due to musical differences and a desire to branch off and evolve musically outside of Living Colour. He left under good terms which, as indicated in his liner notes printed in the album sleeve of Living Colour's 1995 greatest hits album entitled Pride. He comments to words of the effect, "every caterpillar needs to leave their cocoon to become a butterfly".
He has grown extremely long dreadlocks and is the front man in a band called Medicine Stick, where he plays electric guitar (not bass) and sings lead vocals. He does session work around the New York City area.