Funkadelic was an American soul-funk/psych band from Detroit that released eight albums on Westbound between 1970 and 1976, followed by four further albums on Warner Bros. over the subsequent five-year period. They combined psychedelic rock, soul, and funk with distorted guitars, driving basslines, and layered vocals to produce dense, high-energy compositions. Their Westbound albums, from […]
Parliament was an American R&B band that existed in two phases between 1955 and 1981. The first incarnation, as The Parliaments, yielded a string of doo-wop and soul singles on Revilot and other labels between 1959 and 1968, culminating with the 1970 album Osmium, released as Parliament on Invictus. Singer–producer George Clinton reactivated Parliament as […]
Clarence “Fuzzy” Haskins (June 8, 1941 – March 17, 2023) was an American R&B-funk vocalist and songwriter who sang with the original Parliaments. Between 1970 and 1975, he appeared on each album by Funkadelic and the reactivated Parliament. As a solo artist, he made the 1976–78 Westbound albums A Whole Nother Thang and Radio Active. […]
