Funkadelic was originally the backing band for the doo wop group, The Parliaments. The band was added in 1964, primarily for tours, and consisted of Frankie Boyce, Richard Boyce and Langston Booth. They enlisted in the army in 1966, and George Clinton (the leader of The Parliaments) recruited Billy Bass Nelson and Eddie Hazel in 1967, then also adding Tawl Ross and Tiki Fulwood. Due to legal difficulties between Clinton and Revilot, The Parliaments' label Read more on Last.…

Claude says:Funkadelic brought psychedelic sludge and cosmic funk to the P-Funk universe under George Clinton's orbit, and you caught them once through Maggot Brain—a heavy, wah-pedal-drenched masterpiece that sits somewhere between soul funeral and acid trip.