page_title: War (American band)
hierarchical_section_title: War (American band)
caption_attribution_description: War Original Lineup, 1976, Source: Lee Oskar and Harold Brown
context_page_description: War is an American funk-rock band from Long Beach, California, known for several hit songs.
  Formed in 1969, War is a musical crossover band that fuses elements of rock, funk, jazz, Latin, rhythm and blues, and reggae. Their album The World Is a Ghetto was Billboard's best-selling album of 1973. The band transcended racial and cultural barriers with a multi-ethnic line-up. War was subject to many line-up changes over the course of its existence, leaving member Leroy "Lonnie" Jordan as the only original member in the current line-up; four other members created a new group called the Lowrider Band.
context_section_description: War (originally called Eric Burdon and War) is an American funk-rock band from Long Beach, California, known for several hit songs (including "Spill the Wine", "The World Is a Ghetto", "The Cisco Kid", "Why Can't We Be Friends?", "Low Rider", and "Summer").
  Formed in 1969, War is a musical crossover band that fuses elements of rock, funk, jazz, Latin, rhythm and blues, and reggae.  Their album The World Is a Ghetto was Billboard's best-selling album of 1973.  The band transcended racial and cultural barriers with a multi-ethnic line-up.  War was subject to many line-up changes over the course of its existence, leaving member Leroy "Lonnie" Jordan as the only original member in the current line-up; four other members created a new group called the Lowrider Band.
caption: Original lineup in 1976
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