George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic: George Clinton started his career in junior high, founding the Parliaments, a doo-wop ensemble that scored a major hit in 1967 with I Wanna Testify. Clinton then began taking cues from the psychedelic movement, experimenting with harmonies, melody and rhythm, forever setting himself apart from the Motown era. By the early 1970s the group's tight songs evolved into sprawling jams around the funkiest of rhythms. They dropped the 's' from the band name and Parliament was born. Around the same time, Clinton spawned Funkadelic, a rock group that fused psychedelic guitar distortion, bizarre sounds effects, and cosmological rants with danceable beats and booming bass lines that became the defining feature of funk. As the new millennium progresses, the Parliament/Funkadelic juggernaut shows no signs of slowing down, remaining active on the recording and touring fronts. The Parliament Funkadelic line-up includes original band members, along with fresh new voices and sometimes as many as 30 people appearing on stage at once.