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Parliament

BAND RANKINGS:

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All Time

of 150,046

22
Decades
- 1970s
  
  of 328
  
  17
- 1990s
  
  of 7,254
  
  6
- 2000s
  
  of 10,573
  
  649
Genres
- Classic Rock
  
  of 842
  
  8
- Miscellaneous
  
  of 2,546
  
  4
- Pop
  
  of 13,671
  
  6
- R&B & Soul
  
  of 1,921
  
  3
- Rock
  
  of 8,173
  
  22

CAREER SPAN:

Decade

Album Score

# Albums

1970s

4.0000

1990s

3.7942

2000s

2.2623

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.

Overall Band Score: Parliament is ranked overall as 3.5177 out of 4 stars

3.5177

Parliament Biography

Formed:

1970

Disbanded:

1980

Genres:

Classic Rock, Pop, R&B & Soul, Rock, Miscellaneous, Jazz, Rap & Hip-Hop, Dance & DJ

Labels:

Deep Beats, Emi Special Markets, Hdh Records, Msi Music, Musicrama/koch, Polygram, Polygram Label Group, Spectrum Records, Universal Music Group, Universal Records, Universal Special Products/umv

Band Members:

Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins

Fred Wesley

Jerome Brailey

Glen Collins

Gary "Mudbone" Cooper

Ron Ford

Ramon Tiki Fulwood

Rick Gardner

Glen Goins

Michael Hampton

Tyrone Lampkin

Cordell Mosson

Lucius Tawl Ross

Gary Shider

Dawn Silva

Calvin Simon

Grady Thomas

Greg Thomas

Jeanette "Baby" Washington

Debbie Wright

Shirley Hayden

Billy "Bass" Nelson

Larry Heckstall

Robert "P-Nut" Johnson

Prakash John

History:

Inspired by Motown's assembly line of sound, George Clinton gradually put together a collective of over 50 musicians and recorded the ensemble during the '70s both as Parliament and Funkadelic. While Funkadelic pursued band-format psychedelic rock, Parliament engaged in a funk free-for-all, blending influences from the godfathers (James Brown and Sly Stone) with freaky costumes and themes inspired by '60s acid culture and science fiction. From its 1970 inception until Clinton's dissolving of ...more

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