Facts: - alt: seven the most prominent is a black man in a vest young with chains ; he wears a large afro with sideburns adults , and looks with narrowed eyes and closed mouth at in the camera . a black woman is in a platinum garish blonde wig and black dress . a white man with clothes red hair wears a leopard print shirt and pants . and there are two other black men , also in afros hair , another white man , with a short beard and . glasses , and another black woman . - years active: 1967 -- 1975 - past members: sly stewart mary mccreary elva mouton larry graham greg errico rose stone stone gerry gibson pat rizzo max kerr rustee allen andy freddie newmark bill lordan sid page vicki blackwell jim strassburg adam stone veaner dennis marcellino cynthia robinson jerry martini vet - caption: sly from top : larry graham , freddie stone , greg and errico , sly stone , rose stone , cynthia robinson the , and jerry martini . a similar photograph was used family as the cover of '' rolling stone '' no. 54 stone -lrb- march 19 , 1970 -rrb- . in 1969 . clockwise - origin: san francisco , california , u.s. - label: epic , stone flower - genre: funk pop , funk rock , r & b , psychedelic soul , rock , soul , - name: sly and the family stone - background: group_or_band - image: sly-family-stone-1969-promo . jpg - associated acts: the original family stone , little sister Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of sly and the family stone .
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sly and the family stone was an american band from san francisco .active from 1967 to 1983 , the band was pivotal in the development of soul , funk , and psychedelic music .headed by singer , songwriter , record producer , and multi-instrumentalist sly stone , and containing several of his family members and friends , the band was the first major american rock band to have an '' integrated , multi-gender '' lineup .brothers sly stone and singer/guitarist freddie stone combined their bands -lrb- sly & the stoners and freddie & the stone souls -rrb- in 1967 .sly and freddie stone , trumpeter cynthia robinson , drummer gregg errico , saxophonist jerry martini , and bassist larry graham composed the original lineup ; sly and freddie 's sister , singer/keyboardist rose stone , joined within a year .they recorded five '' billboard '' hot 100 hits which reached the top 10 , and four ground-breaking albums , which greatly influenced the sound of american pop , soul , r&b , funk , and hip hop music .in the preface of his 1998 book '' for the record : sly and the family stone : an oral history '' , joel selvin sums up the importance of sly and the family stone 's influence on african american music by stating '' there are two types of black music : black music before sly stone , and black music after sly stone '' .the band was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 1993 .during the early 1970s , sly and the family stone transitioned into a darker and less commercial funk sound that would prove as influential as their early work before drug problems and interpersonal clashes led to the group 's dissolution in 1975 .sly stone continued to record albums and tour with a new rotating lineup under the '' sly and the family stone '' name from 1975 to 1983 .in 1987 , sly stone was arrested and sentenced for cocaine use , after which he went into effective retirement .three of the original members cynthia robinson , jerry martini and greg errico still tour today as the family stone without sly .