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 […]
Eddie Hazel (April 10, 1950 — Dec. 23, 1992) was an American guitarist from Brooklyn who played in the bands Funkadelic and Parliament during the 1970s as well as the collective offshoot P-Funk All Stars during the 1980s. As a solo artist, he released the 1977 album Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs on Warner Bros. […]
Bernie Worrell (April 19, 1944 — June 24, 2016) was an American funk keyboardist, composer, and arranger with lengthy Seventies tenures in Funkadelic, Parliament, and Bootsy’s Rubber Band, followed by Eighties stints with Material and the Golden Palominos. As a solo artist, he made the 1978 Arista album All the Woo in the World. Background […]
