in 1986 a stable lineup was formed, consisting of vocalist/actor corey glover, guitarist vernon reid, bassist muzz skillings, and drummer will calhoun (who had graduated with honors from berklee college of music), and the band hired managers jim grant and roger cramer. soon after, the band became experienced at touring, including performing regular gigs at the club cbgb. "vivid", released on may 3, 1988, gathered sales momentum only when later that year, mtv began playing the video for "cult of personality". the album reached no. 6 on the u.s. "billboard" 200 chart. on april 1, 1989, the band performed on nbc's "saturday night live". four months later, the band gained further exposure as an opening act, along with guns n' roses, for the rolling stones' steel wheels/urban jungle tour.