SS layout with 5-way switching system, a Floyd Rose vibrato (a first for Parker), and a Roland GK divided pickup. In 2016, he switched to PRS and was working on a signature model with them. The result is the PRS S2 VR Vela. ESP Released the 86-run limited edition Cult '86 based on the original used on "Cult of Personality." Selected discography With Living Colour With Masque Mistaken Identity (Sony, 1996) Known Unknown (Sony, 2004) Other True Self (2006) With Yohimbe Brothers Front End Lifter (2002) The Tao of Yo (2004) Obscure and/or unreleased This Little Room (Sony, 2000) In collaboration With Bill Frisell: Smash & Scatteration (Minor Music, 1984) With Elliott Sharp and David Torn: GTR OBLQ (1998) With Jack Bruce, John Medeski and Cindy Blackman Santana: Spectrum Road (2012) With Melvin Gibbs/Mary Halvorson/Lee Ranaldo/Vernon Reid/Elliott Sharp Christian Marclay: Graffiti Composition (2010; Dog w/ a Bone Records) As sideman With Geri Allen The Gathering (Verve, 1998) With Cindy Blackman Another Lifetime (4Q, 2010) With Jack Bruce More Jack than God (Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., 2003) With Tracy Chapman Matters of the Heart (Elektra Records, 1992) With Free Form Funky Freqs Urban Mythology Volume One (2008) Bon Vivant (2013) Hymn of the 3rd Galaxy (Ropeadope, 2022) With Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decoding Society Mandance (Antilles, 1982) Barbeque Dog (Antilles, 1983) Montreux Jazz Festival (Knit Classics, 1983) Decode Yourself (Island, 1985) With Mick Jagger Primitive Cool (Columbia Records, 1987) With Garland Jeffreys Don't Call Me Buckwheat (RCA Records, 1991) With K'naan Troubadour (A&M, 2009) With Public Enemy Yo! Bum Rush the Show (Def Jam, 1987) With DJ Spooky and Dave Lombardo Drums of Death (Thirsty Ear, 2005) With Mitch Winston and the Band of Natural Selection Right Back (2002) Media appearances Cyberpunk (1990) References External links Vernon Reid at Facebook Vernon Reid video interview Tracie Morris, Vernon Reid interview, BOMB 43/Spring 1993 Vernon Reid Interview - NAMM Oral History Library (2016) 1958 births Living people Ableton Live users American rock guitarists Alternative metal guitarists American heavy metal guitarists British emigrants to the United States Lead guitarists Living Colour members New York University alumni People from Staten Island 550 Music artists Brooklyn Technical High School alumni 20th-century American guitarists Thirsty Ear Recordings artists Ropeadope Records artists Knitting Factory Records artists African-American rock musicians 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American musicians