Funkadelic (Musical group) (Corporate Name)

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Clinton, G. The Mothership connection [SR] p1986: label (Funkadelic)

All music guide WWW site, June 24, 2002 (under Funkadelic: formed 1968, disbanded 1981; sister group of Parliament; began as rhythm section for Parliament in 1964; in 1967, George Clinton "[deserted] the Parliaments' name and instead [recorded] their backing group, with the added vocal 'contributions' of the former Parliaments--same band, different name"; under Parliament: Clinton recorded the ensemble both as Parliament and Funkadelic)

The Rolling stone enc. of rock & roll, 2001 (under Clinton, George: in the 1950s Clinton founded a vocal group called the Parliaments; due to legal problems over the name, he and the group's singers began recording with their backup band as Funkadelic in 1968; Clinton recorded Parliament and Funkadelic separately after winning the lawsuit)

New Grove dict. of Amer. mus. (Parliament/Funkadelic; name by which the loose agglomeration of musicians led by George Clinton in the 1970s was commonly known; they formed the constantly changing membership of groups known as Parliament and Funkadelic)

Wikipedia, 12 March 2021: in an entry for Funkadelic (band) (Funkadelic was an American funk rock band formed in Plainfield, New Jersey in 1968 and active until 1982; the band and its sister act, Parliament, both led by George Clinton, pioneered the funk music culture of the 1970s; Relative to its sister act, Funkadelic pursued a heavier, psychedelic rock-oriented sound; the band released acclaimed albums such as Maggot Brain (1971), and One Nation Under a Groove (1978) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funkadelic

Maggot brain 1971

One nation under a groove 1978