He uses samples from many sources, and is influenced by Parliament, Funkadelic and Earth Wind and Fire among others.

The P-Funk mythology is a group of recurring fictional characters, themes and ideas related in a series of concept albums and live shows, primarily from George Clinton and his founded bands Parliament and Funkadelic.

Rather than tell the story of a cast of characters, the mythology of Funkadelic is a socially conscious spiritualism.

The Funk is described on the very first song (" Mommy, What's a Funkadelic?

") of the very first Funkadelic album ( Funkadelic, 1970 ), in the lines " By the way, my name is Funk / I am not of your world / Hold still, baby, I won't do you no harm.

America Eats Its Young is the fourth album ( a double album ) by Funkadelic, released in 1972.

He is a founding member of the groundbreaking and influential 1970s funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic, also known as Parliament-Funkadelic.

" and " What is Soul " contained the beginnings of Funkadelic's mythology, namely that " Funkadelic " and " the Funk " are alien in origin but not dangerous.

One of his most celebrated performances is the lead guitar solo on the Funkadelic hit single "( Not Just ) Knee Deep " from 1979, as well the title track to the Brides Of Funkenstein's second album Never Buy Texas From A Cowboy.

Calvin Eugene Simon ( born May 22, 1942 in Beckley, West Virginia, United States ) is a former member of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic.

* October 31 – George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic begin " The P-Funk / Rubber Band Earth Tour " in Houston, a national live series highlighting one of the biggest and revolutionary stage shows in the history of the music industry ( the rock group Kiss would be the other group to do a similar act ), relying on elaborate costumes, special lighting and effects, and extremely large props including " the Mothership ", which would arrive and land on stage, all of what this band is generally known for.

Funk music such as the type performed by groups like Parliament Funkadelic uses the electric bass and the drums to create a propulsive, emphatic rhythm ic " feel " which is often referred to as a " groove ".

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Mike Ladd is influenced by Funkadelic, Charles Stepney, Bad Brains, Burt Bacharach, Kraftwerk, Bollywood, Jungle Brothers and Divine Styler.

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.

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.

After a contractual dispute in which Clinton temporarily lost the rights to the name " The Parliaments ," Clinton brought the backing musicians forward and christened them Funkadelic, a guitar-based raw funk band with heavy psychedelic rock influences.

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.

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.

It and its sister act Funkadelic, both led by George Clinton, began the funk music culture of that decade.

Clinton was now the leader of two different acts, Parliament and Funkadelic, which featured the same members but were marketed as creating two different types of funk.

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.

By this point, Parliament and Funkadelic were touring as a combined entity known as Parliament-Funkadelic or simply P-Funk ( which also became the catch-all term for George Clinton's rapidly growing stable of funk artists ).

The first three Funkadelic albums displayed strong psychedelic influences ( not least in terms of production ) and limited commercial potential, despite containing many songs that stayed in the band's setlist for several years and would influence many future funk, rock, and hip hop artists.

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.

In 1981, Haskins, Simon, and Thomas formed a new funk band using the name Funkadelic, appeared on Soul Train under that name, and released the album, Connections & Disconnections.

Funkadelic was the debut album by the American funk band Funkadelic, released in 1970 on Westbound Records.

The trio formed a new funk band and released an album called Connections and Disconnections in 1981, using the name Funkadelic.

Ramon " Tiki " Fulwood ( born May 23, 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; died October 29, 1979 ) was a drummer for the funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic.

Hall has recorded, produced, composed for and performed with various artists, including vocalist Storm Large ( 1999-2001 ), guitarist Eric McFadden ( 1995-2001 ), and funk pioneer George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic ( 2002-), and released " Electrofunkadelica: e3 + FUNKnth

In the 1970s, Williams wrote some songs for Parliament ( band ) and Funkadelic, two popular funk groups.

After Temptations lead singer David Ruffin was replaced with Dennis Edwards in 1968, Whitfield moved the group into a harder, darker sound that featured a blend of psychedelic rock and funk heavily inspired by the work of Sly & the Family Stone and Funkadelic and also began changing the subject matter of the songs, moving away from love songs to the social issues of the time, such as war, poverty and politics.

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.

Billy Nelson was a teenage employee at George Clinton's barbershop in the 1960s and was the first musician hired to back The Parliaments in the band that would eventually become Funkadelic.

Nelson then brought his friend Eddie Hazel into the band and coined the name " Funkadelic " when Clinton moved the collective to Detroit.

Clinton positioned Funkadelic as a funk-rock band featuring the five backing musicians with the five Parliaments singers as uncredited guests.

During a contractual dispute with Revilot, Clinton temporarily lost the rights to the name " The Parliaments ," and signed the ensemble to Westbound Records as Funkadelic, which Clinton positioned as a funk-rock band featuring the five touring musicians with the five Parliaments singers as uncredited guests.

Funkadelic and Parliament are, in effect, the same band, with both bands at one time employing their musicians from the same pool, namely James Brown's backing bands ( both the JBs, and the later Soul Gs ).

Funkadelic was an American band most prominent during the 1970s.

The band name " Funkadelic " was coined by Nelson after the band relocated to Detroit.

Nelson, Hazel and Fulwood became the backbone of Funkadelic, which was originally the backup band for The Parliaments, only to later become an independent touring group when legal difficulties forced Clinton to temporarily abandon the name " Parliaments ".

Soon, Worrell, Clinton, The Parliaments and their backing band ( Funkadelic ) moved to Detroit, Michigan, and became Parliament.

Due to the contractual issues surrounding the group name, Clinton signed the band as Funkadelic to Westbound Records.

That October, the group made history by performing at the Metropolitan Opera House in a concert later billed as " Wear Something Silver ", as the members of Labelle were now wearing silver, metallic wear equipped with feathers and silver platform boots, which later inspired George Clinton to adapt a similar look for his band, Funkadelic, two years later, also adapting the space-age lyrical and musical matter, pioneered by Nona Hendryx and Labelle.

Recently, Odadjian has appeared playing as part of the backing band of George Clinton ( of Parliament / Funkadelic ).

Hampton started his professional career when he was recruited as a seventeen-year-old guitar prodigy by the band Funkadelic, which found itself in need of a lead guitarist after original guitarist Eddie Hazel left the band.

Hampton became a fixture in Funkadelic, and he continued his role as lead guitarist even during Hazel's sporadic returns to the band.