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“George Clinton said, ‘You just can’t play guitar like that until your heart has been shattered to smithereens and you have lost all hope’”: Flea looks back on his life-changing jam with Parliament-Funkadelic guitar hero Eddie Hazel

Flea shared the stage with the P-Funk guitar icon during soundcheck at one of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' earliest European gigs

Guitar World

“I was the most vocal about being unhappy. That's when George grabbed Bootsy Collins and his band to replace us”: He was schooled by James Jamerson and freaked Larry Graham out – how William ‘Billy Bass’ Nelson founded the Funkadelic sound

The late Funkadelic co-founder tells the story of his encounter with Larry Graham, bass lessons with James Jamerson, and life in George Clinton’s ever-changing band

Guitar World

“He is the funkiest bass player that ever lived. Every note a mighty oak, a bull elephant, a bomb”: William ‘Billy Bass’ Nelson, Funkadelic bassist who coined the band’s name, dies aged 75

Flea has led tributes to the Funkadelic bassist, who was one of the founding architects of funk’s most audacious musical revolution

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Detroit Opera orchestra to set George Clinton, Parliament-Funkadelic hits to classical music

The Detroit Opera is showcasing Parliament-Funkadelic in a new way

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I Just Found Out About This George Clinton Biopic Thanks To Eddie Murphy, And Now I Desperately Want To See It Happen

We want the funk!

Cinemablend

Lena Dunham on Too Much and her long-awaited return to TV: ‘I stepped back from acting after my body was dissected’

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: Eight years on from ‘Girls’, the HBO comedy that made her name – and made her a lightning rod for criticism – Dunham is back with a 10-part romcom, ‘Too Much’. Ellie Harrison hears from the writer, along with her new lead stars Meg Stalter and Will…

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“I was playing stuff I don’t think James Brown understood. He told me, ‘You have to play the one – you’re playing too much’”: Six years after he quit touring, Bootsy Collins reflects on James Brown and George Clinton, and what he gets out of playing today

One of the world’s greatest bassists talks switching from guitar, how LSD helped him become a songwriter and why he’s finally embracing five-string bass

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"It was so intense. It felt like lightning when I heard it as a kid": Rival Sons' Jay Buchanan picks the 10 albums that changed his life

Rival Sons frontman Jay Buchanan picks ten records that inspired his career in rock

Louder

“James would always try to break you down. Any time you played a great gig, he'd call you into his dressing room and say, ‘You just ain't on it. You ain't on the one!’” If you play funk, you owe Bootsy Collins – the bass legend who played with James Brown

Bootsy Collins is a legend not just for his interstellar bass playing, but also for his star-shaped bass guitars

Guitar World

14 best prog rock tracks to test your hi-fi system

Our team of product experts detail the top prog rock tracks they use to test hi-fi and audio kit

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Parliament-Funkadelic singer Fuzzy Haskins dead at 81

Founding vocalist for Parliament-Funkadelic Clarence 'Fuzzy' Haskins has died, his former bandmates confirm

Louder

Parliament-Funkadelic singer Clarence 'Fuzzy' Haskins dies at 81

The influential vocalist played a key role in shaping the funk and R&B sound of the 1970s.

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