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Of the more than 200 members listed, the sixteen whose names are shown in bold italics were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as members of Parliament-Funkadelic in 1997. One other listed member, Sly Stone , was inducted into the Hall in 1993 as the leader of Sly and the Family Stone .
Bernie Worrell. George Bernard Worrell, Jr. (April 19, 1944 – June 24, 2016) [1] was an American keyboardist and record producer best known as a founding member of the Parliament-Funkadelic collective. In later years, he also worked with acts such as Talking Heads, Bill Laswell, and Jack Bruce. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ...
Parliament-Funkadelic (abbreviated as P-Funk) is an American music collective of rotating musicians headed by George Clinton, primarily consisting of the funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic, both active since the 1960s. Their eclectic style has drawn on psychedelia, outlandish fashion, and surreal humor. [ 5 ]
Calvin Simon, one of the founding members of the landmark funk outfit Parliament-Funkadelic, has died at age 79. The news The post Calvin Simon, co-founder of Parliament-Funkadelic, has died ...
Ray Davis (musician) Raymond Davis (March 29, 1940 – July 5, 2005) was the original bass singer and one of the founding members of The Parliaments, and subsequently the bands Parliament, and Funkadelic, collectively known as P-Funk. His regular nickname while he was with those groups was "Sting Ray" Davis.
Funkadelic was an American funk rock [1] band formed in Plainfield, New Jersey in 1968 and active until 1982. As one of the two flagship groups of George Clinton's P-Funk collective, they helped pioneer the funk music culture of the 1970s.
George Edward Clinton [6] (born July 22, 1941 [7]) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and bandleader. [8] His Parliament-Funkadelic collective (which primarily recorded under the distinct band names Parliament and Funkadelic) developed an influential and eclectic form of funk music during the 1970s that drew on Afrofuturism, outlandish fashion, psychedelia, and surreal humor. [9]
Shaunna Hall. Shaunna Elizabeth Hall (born July 28, 1963) is an American composer and musician from the San Francisco Bay Area. As guitarist, she was a founding member of the band 4 Non Blondes and is currently a member of George Clinton 's Parliament-Funkadelic.