November 15, 2023 “Living Colour Bassist Doug Wimbish Celebrates Hip Hop Anniversary with Harper” by Harper’s Introduction to Journalism course • Harbinger Media
Doug Wimbish, a pioneer in Hip Hop music and the bassist for Grammy award winning rock band Living Colour, visited Harper College on November 2, 2023, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop with storytelling, history and a jam session. Read the full article here →
November 6, 2023 “Jack Bruce on the Bass Players that Shaped his Sound” • by Nick Wells • guitarworld.com
Guitar World Magazine in 2010 asked the legendary Cream bassist Jack Bruce to nominate five albums that influenced his bass playing. Jack included Living Color’s 1993 “Stain” album, with Doug Wimbish on bass. Read full article here →
March 13, 2013 “The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time” by Rolling Stone • rollingstone.com
Grammy Award winning rock band Living Colour’s 1988 hit “Cult of Personality” ranks #12 on Rolling Stone’s “The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time”. Read full article here →
November 22, 2022 “How Did I Get Here - Episode 1226: Doug Wimbish - Living Colour” by Johnny Goudie • howdidigethere.podbean.com
Legendary Living Colour bassist Doug Wimbish joins host Johnny Goudie on episode 1226 of “How Did I Get Here” podcast. Doug discusses his journey as a musician starting out at all Platinum & Sugar Hill Records, playing on ground-breaking hits including Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five’s “White Lines” as well as Doug’s work with Living Colour, The Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger, Seal, Madonna, James Brown, Al Green, Little Steven and many, many more. Listen here →
September 13, 2022 “Watch Steve Vai Perform Led Zeppelin and Hendrix Covers with Living Colour at Rock In Rio 2022” by Jonathan Horsley • musicradar.com
“Pro-shot footage emerges of a Living Colour set that saw Vai join the NYC rockers for a storming encore of LC classics, Led Zep’s Rock And Roll and Jimi Hendrix’s Crosstown Traffic”. Read full article here.
September 2, 2022 “Living Colour & Steve Vai chat - Rock in Rio 2022 and Brazil” by Multishow • @multishow Instagram
Following Living Colour and Steve Vai’s amazing performance together at Rock in Rio 2022., Multishow Rock in Rio went to chat with the band and Steve Vai about the presentation and their relationship with Brazil. Watch reel here →
July 18, 2022 “Doug Wimbish on Roadie Free Radio Podcast” by Larry Milburn • Roadie Free Radio
Doug Wimbish speaks with Roadie Free Radio Host Larry Milburn discussing his career and “finding success by listening to mentors”. Listen to podcast here →
June 22, 2022: “Bassist Doug Wimbish on Nearly Joining the Stones and Madonna’s Insane ‘Erotica’ Party” by Andy Greene • Rolling Stone
Doug speaks with RollingStone Senior Writer Andy Greene in an in-depth interview discussing Sugar Hill Records, The Rolling Stones, Madonna, Carly Simon, Living Colour and many more highlights of his career. Read full article here →
Sep 18, 2021 “Smashing Pumpkins Homecoming Steals The Show As Riot Fest Resumes In Chicago” by Jim Ryan • Forbes
Living Colour triumphantly returned to the stage at Riot Fest 2021, introduced by professional wrestler CM Punk, who uses the bands song “Cult of Personality” as his entrance theme to the ring. “It is an honor and a privilege to know four of the greatest artists in the world,” said Punk on stage. Read article here →
Feb 26, 2021 “Music at Home: 15 Great Punk Songs by Black Artists” by Kory Grow • Rolling Stone
Living Colour’s ‘Ausländer’, from the bands 1993 album ‘Stain’, makes the cut on Rolling Stone’s selections. Read article here →
Dec 30, 2020 “Bassist Doug Wimbish on Being Attuned to Rap, Funk & Rock Frequencies” by Scott Goldfine • Funknstuff
Doug Wimbish talks with Scott Goldfine about Doug’s journey into a multitude of musical genres, adapting to the frequencies and the artists he has worked with throughout his career. Listen to interviews here →
Dec 2, 2020 “Doug Wimbish Looks Back at 5 of His Best - and Worst – Bass Sessions” by Bass Player Staff • Bass Player Magazine
Doug speaks with Bass Player Magazine about four very memorable and essential bass sessions - and 24 hours of session work that, well, never happened . Read article here →
Nov 2, 2020 “Heavy Culture: Living Colour on Their Upbringings, Pandemic Life, and Getting Out the Vote” by Liz Ramanand • Consequence of Sound
Living Colour talks with Consequence of Sound’s Liz Ramanand about life post 2020 ShipRocked, the new pandemic world, their upbringing and the bands resolve to ‘get out the vote’. Read article here →
Sep 18, 2020 “The Most Important Bassists in Hip Hop” by J. Brox • Weekly Rap Gods
Doug Wimbish is well known for being the bassist in Living Colour, but 80’s Hip Hop fans know Doug as the original bassist for the iconic All Platinum and Sugar Hill Record labels. Doug is the bass behind some of the greatest Hip Hop songs of all time including Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five’s & Duke Bootee’s “The Message”. Read article here →
Jun 8, 2020 “Living Colour Releases New Music Video for 'This Is The Life' Featuring Nationwide Protest Footage” by Heran Mamo • Billboard
Highlighting the nationwide protests that followed the death of George Floyd, Living Colour released a new music video for ‘This Is The Life’. Read article and watch video here →
Feb 13, 2020 “ShipRocked 2020: A Daily Diary and Photo Gallery of Rock’s High Seas Adventure” by Liz Ramanand • Consequence of Sound
Writer Liz Ramanand and photographer Amy Harris documented the 2020 Shiprocked cruise, including Living Colour’s performances aboard the cruise, which sailed to Key West, FL & Cozumel, Mexico. Read diary and see photos here →
Nov 10, 2018 “Peavey Sponsors WimBash Music Festival with Donation for Aspiring Musicians” by Peavey Staff • Peavey
Supporting Doug Wimbish’s ‘WimBash Music Festival’ held in New Haven, CT on August 18, Peavey donated $13,000 worth of musical instruments to be distributed to music programs at under-served schools in the area. Read more here →
Aug 27, 2018 “Living Colour’s Doug Wimbish Tells Us About His Efforts to Support Music Education” by David Sands • For Bass Players Only
Doug sits down with FBPO’s John Liebman while at the 2018 Summer NAMM Show in Nashville, TN, discussing his upcoming projects and his WimBash Music Festival, which supports youth music education. Watch interview here →
Aug 10, 2018 “Wimbish on WimBash” by Stewart Lerman & John Agnello • Gear Club Podcast
Grammy nominated producer John Agnello and Grammy winning Stewart Lerman sit down with Doug Wimbish to talk with Doug about the genesis of Doug’s WimBash Music Festival and more! Listen to the podcast here →
May 4, 2018 “Doug Wimbish Interview” by Sweetwater • Sweetwater
Sweetwater’s Mitch Gallagher sits down with Doug Wimbish for a chat about bass, effect pedals, pedal boards, performances and more! Watch interview here →