Parliament-Funkadelic is a funk, soul and rock music collective headed by George Clinton. Their style has been dubbed P-Funk. Collectively the group has existed under various names since the 1960s and has been known for top-notch musicianship, politically charged lyrics, outlandish concept albums and memorable live performances. They influenced numerous post-disco and post-punk music groups of the 1980s and 1990s. The collective's origins date back to the doo-wop group The Parliaments, formed in the late 1950s in Plainfield, New Jersey. 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. The name "Parliament-Funkadelic" became the catch-all term for the multiple bands in Clinton's stable. By the late 1970s the collective had grown to include dozens of musicians recording and touring under many different group names and solo projects.
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| Members: | George Clinton, Eddie Hazel, Billy Bass Nelson, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins, Garry Shider, Tiki Fulwood, Fred Wesley, Boogie Mosson, Bigfoot Brailey, Glen Goins, Junie Morrison, Michael Hampton, DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight |
| Also known as: | P Funk, P-Funk, George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars |