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The name P-Funk All Stars is still in use to the current day, and group has included a mix of former Parliament-Funkadelic members as well as guests and new musicians. Umbria Jazz 2004. As the 1980s continued, P-Funk did not meet with great commercial success as the band continued to produce albums under the name of George Clinton as solo artist.
Since the late 1950s, Parliament-Funkadelic and the associated P-Funk musical collective, often referred to as the "Funk Mob," have included a large number of musicians and singers. While some of their contributions have gone uncredited, the following individuals and bands contributed to various P-Funk projects ; most of them have been credited ...
Psychedelic funk (also called P-funk or funkadelia, and sometimes conflated with psychedelic soul [1]) is a music genre that combines funk music with elements of psychedelic rock. [3] It was pioneered in the late 1960s and early 1970s by American acts like Sly and the Family Stone , Jimi Hendrix , and the Parliament-Funkadelic collective.
The P-Funk Earth Tour was a concert tour by Parliament-Funkadelic in 1976–1977, featuring absurd costumes, lavish staging and special effects, and music from both the Parliament and Funkadelic repertoires.
Parliament was an American funk band formed in 1968 by George Clinton as a flagship act of his P-Funk collective.Evolving out of an earlier vocal group, Parliament became associated with a more commercial and less rock-oriented sound than its sister act Funkadelic.
The P-Funk mythology is a group of recurring characters, themes, and ideas primarily contained in the output of George Clinton's bands Parliament and Funkadelic.This "funkology" was outlined in album liner notes and song lyrics, in addition to album artwork, costumes, advertisements, and stage banter.
Detroit musician Joseph 'Amp' Fiddler played a key role in introducing producer J Dilla to hip-hop's top stars, and played in Parliament-Funkadelic for a decade.
The album cover for Parliament's Greatest Hits is notable in that it features no artwork from any of the established P-Funk album illustrators. The compilation was produced by Tom Vickers, who formerly served as Minister Of Information for the band from 1976 to 1980. It was the last P-Funk album to be certified gold (500,000 copies sold).