Saturday, August 13, 2011

Musical Interlude: Cult of Personality (1988)

If you've been watching WWE Monday Night Raw of late, chances are you've been reintroduced to a groundbreaking metal classic from the late 80's.

Living Colour burst onto the scene in 1988 as the first African-American metal band, and zoomed up the charts with "Cult of Personality". After an 8 day hiatus from WWE following the Money in the Bank PPV, CM Punk decided to adopt "Cult" as his new theme song, which got the attention of singer Corey Glover, among others. Punk had been repackaged as a villainous cult leader over the last couple of years, so in a sense it fits, even though Punk now is being presented as WWE's latest attempt in reincarnating an anti-establishment anti-hero, which worked out so well for Stone Cold Steve Austin for most of his run.

Courtesy of Living Colour's VEVO channel:



Now, you should be ready for Summerslam.

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