Parliamentfunkadelic lp cover art details, illustrated by pedro bell. King eric clapton srv buddy guy and friends duration. Overton loyd is a american caricaturist, comics artist, animator and illustrator, best known through his association with funk legend george clinton. The evolution and biography of george clinton and the parliamentfunkadelic empire. In 1977, loyd illustrated a comic book that was included in parliaments funkentelechy vs. Multifarious funk while editing and preparing for publication this brilliant book by sabrinamarie on the extraordinary life of the living musical genius that is george clinton, founder of the parliamentfunkadelic empire, i began to remember and realize that i had once been a weed smoking, drug taking, alcohol drinking, no head, no backstage pass, fullfledged, dues paying, card carrying. Thats when the universal invaders of funk known as parliament, led by the maggot overlord george clinton drops the latest chapter in an everevolving concept. You gotta have the funk to feel the excitement grooves from the highest universal invaders of funk.
The album was released in 1992 by pvine records in japan, and then was released the next year by aem records in the u. They were also one of the first bands to have the colorful inside album jacket artwork and storylines in comic form thanks to the talents of overton loyd. Ahead of his final australian tour next april as part of bluesfest, weve gathered george clinton s five best pfunk albums. Both the poster and the comic book were illustrated by overton loyd.
So before george clinton brings pfunk to aussie shores for one final run at next years bluesfest, we thought it fitting that we gather his five most impressive albums. Prince comic book piranha music 1991 2nd pressing brian bolland cover. Their distinctive funk style drew on psychedelic culture, outlandish fashion, sciencefiction, and surreal humor. Billboard magazine recognized loyd for best use of computer graphics back in 82 for the video effects in george clinton s atomic dog. George edward clinton born july 22, 1941 is a famous and acclaimed funk musician. This funkology was outlined in album liner notes and song lyrics, in addition to album artwork, costumes, advertisements, and stage banter. He created the comic book inside the sleeve of parliaments album funkentelechy vs.
This version is the pitman pressing plant variation and can be identified by cp on the runout. Prince comic 1st print 1991 brian bolland cover high grade piranha music. George clinton funkentelechy sayreville,nj youtube. Funkenstein established george clinton as a major commercial force in the united states, yet also showed them tigtening and intensifying their sound to produce some really powerful workout on songs like unfunky ufo. Parliamentfunkadelic abbreviated as pfunk is an american funk music collective of rotating musicians headed by george clinton, primarily consisting of the individual bands parliament and funkadelic, both active since the 1960s.
Funkentelechy is a monstrous cut, featuring some of clinton s most cutting and witty lyrics, talking about how those in control pimp peoples search for pleasure in order to control them. Founded in 1955 as the parliaments, renamed parliament in 1969. If james brown was the pioneer of funk, george clinton is the man who tropes media browse indexes forums videos. At no point over its eleven minutes does funkentelechy become boring or predictable. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Parliament funkentelechy vs the placebo syndrome steve. One of the primary reasons are the storylines, george clinton was an absolute master at taking things and packaging them in ways that captured the imagination. Go fer yer funk is the first installment of the george clinton family series collection. George clinton s back catalogue is such a mess contractually i doubt we shall ever see it put in order. Producers george clinton funkentelechy is a song by the funk band parliament. Bringing back the funk with pfunk legend george clinton. But funkentelechy vs the placebo syndrome on cd doesnt have the life of the vinyl.
It is the fourth track on the groups 1977 album funkentelechy vs. In 1976, parliament, led by the incomparable george clinton, released chapters one and two of a trilogy that changed the landscape of contemporary music. Loyd is best known for creating the cover art for motor booty affair, which was released the following year. Computer games is the debut album by american funk musician george clinton, released by capitol records on november 5, 1982. Official site of george clinton and parliament funkadelic home of the extraterrestrial brothers. All in all, pfunk never sounded so tight, energetic and emotional as they did on funkentelechy vs. He is a friend of george clinton of parliament, and most of the subjects for his art are either clinton or parliament. It was the third album in a funktinged science fiction comic book trilogy that focused all of parliaments power, humor, and. More from pfunk and overton loyd the innerspace connection. I am sir nosed dvoidoffunk i have always been devoid of funk i shall continue to be devoid of funk starchild you have only won a. He also designed the cover for motor booty affair, the atomic dog video, and the artwork for medicaid fraud dogg. Without question, george clinton is one of the funkiest and most pioneering musicians of his generation.
The pfunk mythology is a group of recurring characters, themes, and ideas primarily contained in the output of george clinton s bands parliament and funkadelic. Have a mint copy w comic book and a cd for playing. It is the pinnacle of clinton s lofty ambitions that began at the beginning of the 1970s. Factoria sonidos chile high fidelity music 1,923,751 views. Mono cable rebroadcast of an entertaining visit to late night mainstream television. It is a loose concept album warning the listener of falling into the placebo syndrome, which according to george clinton is consumerism, and listening to disco music, which he saw as a simplification of funk music in attempt to gain. Bop gun, funkentelechy, sir nose dvoidoffunk is the shit from this mothership funk theological dope. This blog is dedicated to all thing parliament, funkadelic, pfunk all stars, bootsys rubber band and all musicians and artists that fall under the pfunk. Cordell mosson, a guitarist whose bass line drove the flamboyant band parliamentfunkadelic for four decades, died on april 18 in new brunswick, n.
The placebo syndrome, later described by funk author rickey vincent as the dawn of a new age, only features six tracks. Though technically clinton s first solo album, the record featured most of the same personnel who had appeared on recent albums by parliament and funkadelic, both formally disbanded by clinton in 1981. While george clinton is known for the plethora of work he produced with funkadelic, parliament, bootsys rubber band, the brides, and parlet, this is easily george clinton s and pfunks peak as a creative entity. Live performance, assisted by the house band, followed by an entertain. Funk is not domestically produced, it cant be bought, it cant be sold, it cant be commodified. Overton loyd created the comic book insert, depicting the eternal battle between sir nose d voidoffunk and star child, for funkentelechy vs.