The record labels, when they saw we were a multiracial group, they really didn’t have anything to do with us. … Our manager at the time, he said “You guys’ name is Color Me Badd.” We were sold because we had multiracial members in the group. … we still weren’t for sure who we wanted to be, but we had to come up with a name because we had graduated high school. It was all about singing, music and trying to get the girls. Me, being Mexican-American Bryan, who’s white Indian-Native American Sam, who is a white boy, and Kevin, he was African-American - but we were all buddies in high school and we never looked at the color thing at all.

RM: Where did the name Color Me Badd come from?Ĭalderon: There was something that we never realized as a group : we had different cultures in the group. … Everyone is just a little older, I guess, and that’s really all that is different. … Take, for instance, last night: York, Pennsylvania. We’re going to areas that we’ve never been before. Mark Calderon: It’s been really great, just going to different places all around the country. Richmond magazine: You are on a whirlwind of a tour how is that going?

We talked with original member Mark Calderon, who breaks down the origin of the group’s name and its unlikely collaboration with Insane Clown Posse. 4 at the Richmond Coliseum in a stop on the “I Love the ‘90s” tour. Color Me Badd, the R&B crooners from Oklahoma City known for “I Wanna Sex You Up” and “I Adore Mi Amour,” perform Nov.

Color me badd now