Tag: Parliament-Funkadelic

Parliament-Funkadelic co-founder Calvin Simon has died at the age of 79. His former bandmates Bootsy Collins and George Clinton announced the news on social media. “We lost another Original member of Parliament/Funkadelic,” Collins wrote on Instagram. “A friend, bandmate & a cool classic guy, Mr. Calvin Simon was a former member of Parliament/Funkadelic. He’s in […]

The concert industry exploded in the 1970s, and the live album, a stopgap project once reserved for only the biggest artists, became a compulsory ritual and a pivotal moment for many artists. Live albums captured legendarily loud bands like The Who and The Ramones in their natural element. Once obscure regional acts like Bob Seger, […]