 the p-funk mythology is a group of recurring fictional characters, themes and ideas related in a series of concept albums and live shows, primarily from george clinton and his founded bands parliament and funkadelic. funkadelic and parliament are, in effect, the same band, with both bands at one time employing their musicians from the same pool, namely james brown's backing bands (both the jbs, and the later soul gs). musicians such as bernie worrell, fred wesley and maceo parker all at one time played with parliament and/or funkadelic. due to contractual issues, where the names changed because of multiple switches in record labels, these two bands, along with george clinton and the p-funk all stars and bootsy's rubber band are nowadays collectively known as p-funk. ==parliament== on mothership connection (1975), the first track, "p funk", concerns a dj character, who inspired the lollypop man (alias the long haired sucker). according to clinton (who shares credit for the song with bernie worrell and bootsy collins), he was frustrated that radio stations refused to play his songs and invented his own station (called w-e-f-u-n-k) and a dj to man it. on mothership connection, starchild first appeared (inspired equally by sun ra's "black noah" and jesus); he is a divine alien being who came to earth from a spaceship (his arrival is "the mothership connection") to bring the holy funk (with a capital "f": the cause of creation and source of energy and all life) to humanity. as it turns out (according to the clones of dr. funkenstein, 1976), starchild secretly worked for dr. funkenstein, the intergalactic master of outer space funk, who is capable of fixing all of manâs ills, because the "bigger the headache, the bigger the pill" and heâs the "big pill" ("dr. funkenstein", from the clones of dr. funkenstein). dr. funkensteinâs predecessors had encoded the secrets of funk in the pyramids because humanity wasnât ready for its existence until the modern era. the titular "clones" are the children of productions whose job is to ensure that everyone is on the one. starchildâs nemesis is sir nose dâvoidoffunk ("sir nose devoid of funk" from funkentelechy vs. the placebo syndrome, 1977). inspired by the single "the pinocchio theory" by bootsy's rubber band, sir nose attempts to end the funk because he is too cool to dance. he is the master of the placebo syndrome, which causes unfunkiness (a combination of stupidity and no dancing). his goal is to place the minds of all humanity into a state called the zone of zero fu
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