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Funkadelic and Parliament
* 1941 – George Clinton, American singer-songwriter and producer ( Parliament and Funkadelic )
George Clinton's interdependent Funkadelic and Parliament ensembles and their various spin-offs, took the genre to its most extreme lengths making funk almost a religion in the 1970s, producing over forty singles, including three in the US top ten, and three platinum albums.
He uses samples from many sources, and is influenced by Parliament, Funkadelic and Earth Wind and Fire among others.
George Clinton ( musician ) | George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic
He was the mastermind of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic during the 1970s and early 1980s, and launched a solo career in 1981.
Despite initial commercial failure ( and one major hit single, "( I Wanna ) Testify " in 1967 ), The Parliaments eventually found success under the names Parliament and Funkadelic in the seventies ( see also P-Funk ).
( The Awesome Power of a Fully Operational Mothership ) in 1996, having reunited with several old members of Parliament and Funkadelic.
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic performing at Waterfront Park, in Louisville, Kentucky, July 4, 2008
: The bands The Parliaments, Parliament, and Funkadelic cannot be easily separated.
Under Clinton's direction, by the early 1970s the groups Parliament and Funkadelic were operating concurrently and consisted of the same stable of musicians playing different types of funk music for two different labels.
For more details on this phase of the collective's career, see also Funkadelic and Parliament.
Meanwhile, Clinton regained the rights to the name " The Parliaments " and initiated another new entity, now known as Parliament, with the same five singers and five musicians but this time as a smoother R & B-based funk ensemble that Clinton positioned as a counterpoint to the more rock-oriented Funkadelic.
Parliament first recorded for Invictus Records in 1970, and after a hiatus in which Clinton focused on Funkadelic, Parliament was signed to Casablanca Records and released its debut album Up for the Down Stroke in 1974.
In the 1975-1979 period, both Parliament and Funkadelic achieved several high-charting albums and singles on both the R & B and Pop charts.
Due to financial difficulties and the collapse of Casablanca Records ( Parliament's label ), Clinton dissolved Parliament and Funkadelic as separate entities.
The P-Funk All Stars included many of the same members as the late-1970s version of the Parliament-Funkadelic collective, and was so named because of various legal issues concerning use of the names Parliament and Funkadelic after 1980.
By 1993, most of the Parliament and Funkadelic back catalog had been reissued.
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic performing in Waterfront Park, Louisville, Kentucky on July 4th, 2008
Shider became a frequent lead vocalist on several Parliament and Funkadelic albums and was known for wearing a diaper on stage.
Mosson was the primary bassist for Funkadelic starting in 1972 and Parliament starting a few years later after Bootsy Collins began to focus on his solo career.
The group later evolved into the funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic, which found success in the 1970s.
Even with Funkadelic operating as a recording and touring entity, in 1970 Clinton relaunched the Parliaments as a new R & B-based funk band, now known as Parliament.
Several songs from the early repertoire of the Parliaments would be re-recorded on future Parliament and Funkadelic albums, including " Testify ," " The Goose ," " All Your Goodies Are Gone ," " Fantasy Is Reality ," " Good Ole Music ," " I Can Feel The Ice Melting ," " What You Been Growing ," " I'll Wait ," and " That Was My Girl.
With Funkadelic as a recording and touring entity in its own right, in 1970 Clinton relaunched the singing group, now known as Parliament, at first featuring the same ten members.

Funkadelic and used
In the early 1980s, with legal difficulties arising from the multiple names used by multiple groups, as well as a shakeup at Casablanca Records, George Clinton dissolved Parliament and Funkadelic as recording and touring entities.
In the early 1980s, with legal difficulties arising from the multiple names used by multiple groups, as well as a shakeup at Parliament's record label, George Clinton dissolved Parliament and Funkadelic as recording and touring entities.
It has been mistakenly reported that " Kiss You Back " was co-written and co-performed by George Clinton, but his name appears in the writers credit due to a sample of "( Not Just ) Knee Deep " by Funkadelic being used.
Influenced by Detroit rock groups including MC5 and The Stooges, they used extended distorted guitar solos and psychedelic sound effects, coupled with surreal imagery and stage antics, especially on early albums such as Funkadelic ( 1970 ), Free Your Mind ... And Your Ass Will Follow ( 1970 ), and Maggot Brain ( 1971 ), producing over forty singles, including three in the US top ten, and three platinum albums.
Reviewed by The New York Times in 1980 as " the funkier art-funk band " ( comparing them to Talking Heads ), Was ( Not Was ) used members of Funkadelic, alongside jazz musicians like trumpeter Marcus Belgrave ; and singers Mel Tormé, and Ozzy Osbourne.

Funkadelic and played
Musicians such as Bernie Worrell, Fred Wesley and Maceo Parker all at one time played with Parliament and / or Funkadelic.
Although frequently overshadowed by his younger brother, Bootsy Collins, Catfish played on many important and influential records by Parliament, Funkadelic, and Bootsy's Rubber Band.
On his early work with James Brown and Funkadelic, Catfish played a Vox Ultrasonic guitar with built-in effects.
* Funkadelic "( Not Just ) Knee Deep " ( 1979 ), played by Larry Fratangelo
According to Australian rock music historian, Ian McFarlane, they " played a fiery fusion of hard funk, aggressive rock, psychedelia and soul ( somewhere between Funkadelic, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix and the ' stoned soul picnic ' stylings of Sly and the Family Stone ).

Funkadelic and by
* " Atmosphere ", a song by Funkadelic from their 1975 album, Let's Take It to the Stage
Eddie Hazel was the original lead guitarist for Funkadelic and was a major force on the first several albums by that group.
As a child, Garry Shider was a customer at the barbershop where The Parliaments rehearsed and performed, and after some time with his own group United Soul he was recruited by George Clinton into Funkadelic in 1972.
" In order to continue recording for other labels, Clinton renamed the entire ensemble Funkadelic ( a name coined by bassist Billy Bass Nelson ).
It and its sister act Funkadelic, both led by George Clinton, began the funk music culture of that decade.
Parliament, now augmented by the Horny Horns ( also recruited from James Brown's band ) was positioned as a smoother R & B-based funk ensemble with intricate horn and vocal arrangements, and as a counterpoint to the guitar-based funk-rock of Funkadelic.
The group that would become Funkadelic was originally formed by George Clinton in 1964, as the unnamed musical backing for his doo wop group The Parliaments while on tour.
The band name " Funkadelic " was coined by Nelson after the band relocated to Detroit.
At first, Parliament was designated as a more mainstream funk ensemble dominated by soulful vocals and horn arrangements, while Funkadelic was designated as a more experimental and freestyle guitar-based funk band.
The album was recorded by former Funkadelic members and original Parliaments Fuzzy Haskins, Calvin Simon, and Grady Thomas, who had left P-Funk in 1977 after disagreements with George Clinton's management practices.
In the mid-1980s, the last Funkadelic album By Way Of The Drum was recorded by Clinton with P-Funk personnel and many electronic devices.
America Eats Its Young is the fourth album ( a double album ) by Funkadelic, released in 1972.
*" Loose Booty ", a song by Funkadelic from America Eats Its Young
* " Wake Up ", by Funkadelic from America Eats Its Young
* 1970: Funkadelic by Funkadelic
* 1971: Maggot Brain by Funkadelic
* 1972: America Eats Its Young by Funkadelic
In 1971, Clinton produced several tracks by United Soul with input from members of Funkadelic.
The songs " I Miss My Baby " and " Baby I Owe You Something Good " were released as a one-off single by Westbound Records in 1971 under the group name U. S. Music with Funkadelic.
All the tracks recorded with Clinton in 1971 were released by Westbound in 2009 as the album U. S. Music With Funkadelic.

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