Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has released his debut solo album, Honora, which includes a cover of the Funkadelic song ...

Detroit madman and doo-wop veteran George Clinton spent the 1970s running two of the wildest bands in the galaxy: Funkadelic for guitar-crazed rock, Parliament for dance-floor boogie. Only a genius ...

William “Billy Bass” Nelson Jr., whose bass playing helped define the revolutionary funk sound of Parliament-Funkadelic, died Saturday, Parade reports. He was 75, passing away days after his birthday ...

George Clinton, while working as a barber, recruited him. Mr. Nelson went on to name the group and, with his bandmates, to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. By Clay Risen Billy Bass ...

Billy Bass, born William Nelson, Jr., and the founding bassist of Parliament–Funkadelic, died on Saturday, February 1, at 75. Nelson was instrumental in transitioning the Parliaments from a doo-wop ...

Billy Bass, the founding bassist for Parliament-Funkadelic whose real name was William Nelson, Jr., died on Saturday. The Facebook account for that group's frontman, George Clinton, announced the news ...

A founding member of groundbreaking New Jersey funk rock band Parliament-Funkadelic has died. William “Billy Bass” Nelson, the group’s original bassist, died Saturday at the age of 75. The band ...