Editing Funkadelic (section)

=== Background ===
The group that would become Funkadelic was formed by [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]] in 1964, as the unnamed backing section for his [[doo wop]] group [[the Parliaments]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-parliaments-mn0000408997/biography|title=The Parliaments &#124; Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}</ref> while on tour. The band originally consisted of musicians Frankie Boyce, Richard Boyce, and Langston Booth plus the five members of the Parliaments on vocals. Boyce, Boyce, and Booth enlisted in the Army in 1966, and Clinton recruited bassist [[Billy Bass Nelson]] and guitarist [[Eddie Hazel]] in 1967, then added guitarist [[Tawl Ross]] and drummer [[Tiki Fulwood]]. The name "Funkadelic" was coined by Nelson after the band relocated to Detroit. By 1968, because of a dispute with Revilot, the record company that owned the Parliaments' name, the ensemble began playing under the name Funkadelic.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|pages=497/8|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref>