Taking Sides : Parliament or Funkadelic ?

yeah me too - its pretty good (amazingly short tho)

anyway RIP

And that AV Club Onion piece lists the name of Mills' fanzine wrong (I wrote for it btw, I had met Mills when we were both at the U of Md)...it was Uncut Funk not Under The Funk

lol Under the Funk doesn't even make any sense

"edited by music critic Dave Marsh"

Sounded great up to that part.

eh, pretty sure he was also the editor for the Sly "Off the Record" book, which is one of the greatest music bios ever (if not THE best)

Gary Shider has cancer.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/clicktrack/2010/05/parliament-funkadelic_guitaris.html

Oh yeah I saw that. How sad. Love his fashion style as well as his musicianship.

Bummer, best wishes Garry

Funkadelic. Their recordings with Eddie Hazel are monumental funky guitar bam-a-lam. Since Hendrix was namechecked by George C. himSELF I propose that theoretically Jimi would have adopted a sound similar to Funkadelic crossed with '69 - '74 Miles Davis by the end of 1972. But his lyrics would've been much better; Jimi is under-rated as a wordsmith IMO.

RIP Garry Shider

nooooooooooooo

whoa RIP

So sad. Cancer. Maybe he should get his own RIP thread...

Just listened to the version he sang on Material's Third Power of "Cosmic Slop." Seriously fantastic vocal.

Fo' sho'. That album's unfairly dismissed imo.

Thought this was revived for RIP Phelps "Catfish" Collins.

The Mothership — the iconic stage prop made famous by legendary funk collective Parliament-Funkadelic — has been acquired by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture where it will help anchor a permanent music exhibition when the museum opens its doors in 2015

From Chris Richards piece in the Washington Post

awesome

There's a lot of chocolate cities, around... But you're the capital, CC!

nice!

I got excited for a second there and thought they found it, but it's just a replica.

yeah the real one's like hidden in a forest somewhere iirc

well "real"... I guess I should say "original"

The original one was destroyed by outraged fans when it accidentally landed at the Hootie concert.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/click-track/post/how-bernie-walden-helped-the-mothership-land-at-the-smithsonian--and-other-reactions-from-the-funk-community/2011/06/02/AGBeeSHH_blog.html

I didn't even know they had a replica - I told Kim Manning (current P-Funk vocalist) I wanted to try and build George a new Mothership...

shakey mo and other funkateers go vote please!
RFI: Man

well go vote on the right thread :)
1970-1979 WTF - The Hard 'n' Heavy 'n' Loud + Krautrock, Arty, Noisy, Weird, Funky, Punky Shit - Albums Poll! - VOTING THREAD! Closes Mar 8th 11.59 PM UK Time - All ILXORS/LURKERS WELCOME

I like both, but there are more Funkadelic albums that I like than Parliament albums.

me too

There are more Funkadelic albums

haha yes

Id take the 1st Mutiny album or the Sweat Band or Quazar albums over some Funkadelic and Parliament.

the motherpage is gone :(

anyway
http://www.listchallenges.com/p-funk-band-challenge

lets see how well Shakey Mo does

26

Only 19! There's quite a lot missing from that list too!

this year is getting worse
http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2016/01/06/p-funk-keyboard-guru-bernie-worrell-has-stage-4-cancer/

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaHggggggggghhhh fuck

Fucking hell :(

:( Anyone who has ever crossed paths with Rick Wakeman better watch their back.

Yeah this is pretty much the worst year ever and it's February 1st. 😢

wait, now what happened

wait, now what happened

Bernie? Is there more news?

you had me scared GC died :(

yeah - don't do that!

RIP

RIP Junie Morrison