OFF: P-Funk (was: HW reference in Spin magazine)

[cjohnson]

     >>brief chart describing Space Rock And Where It Came From (pg.32).
     >> It traces the evolution of space rock from Moroccan shamens to Sun
     >> Ra, to Pink Floyd, and then to HAWKWIND.  From there it goes
     >>directly to Krautrock (Can, Neu), to Eno, P-Funk, Pixies, The ORB,
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>Ahoy Captain, tell me was George Clinton referenced in the article?

       P-Funk == Parliament/Funkadelic/Brides of Funkenstein/Bootsy's
                 Rubber Band/etc.etc.etc.

       These are the guys that pioneered acid-driven space funk; they were
       notorious as regular LSD users off- and particularly on-stage.
       This seems to be "standard" equipment in Space Rock bands.

       There was a mid-seventies tour where the stage prop was a large
       flying saucer that the strangely dressed band emerged from.
       Clinton seemed to regularly use space as a theme in his work (the
       proceeding sentence is NOT a political comment!  ;-)

       Today, George Clinton is one of the most sampled men in the world.
       Recognizing this, he has begun producing CDs containing nothing
       except ideal "bites" of sound, specifically designed to be sampled.
       The only restriction he places on use of these samples is that he
       be sent a free tape copy of whatever music is produced using one of
       this samples.  Or so I read in a magazine a while back...

       Captain Cloud