Editing Maggot Brain (section)

==Release==
===Title and packaging===
Reportedly, "Maggot Brain" was the nickname of Hazel.<ref name="funk">{{cite book | last = Thompson| first = Dave | title = Funk| publisher = Hal Leonard| date = 2001| page = 14 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=RIEjkWXZdrMC&pg=PA140| isbn = 978-0-87930-629-8}}</ref> Other sources say the title is a reference to band leader George Clinton finding his brother Robert's "decomposed dead body, skull cracked, in an apartment in [[Newark, New Jersey]]."<ref>{{cite book | last = Vincent| first = Rickey | title = Funk: the music, the people, and the rhythm of the one | publisher = Macmillan | date = 1996 | page = 236 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=zBwFHNeUF3UC&pg=PA236 | isbn = 978-0-312-13499-0}}</ref><ref name=pop/>

The cover artwork depicts a screaming black woman's head coming out of the earth;<ref name="Vincent">{{cite book |last=Vincent |first=Rickey |title=Funk: The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of The One p. 192 |publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]] |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-4668-8452-6}}</ref> it was photographed by [[Joel Brodsky]] and features model [[Barbara Cheeseborough]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Sound and Vision: Spooky Psychedelia? Funkadelic's "Maggot Brain" |url=https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/sound-and-vision-spooky-psychedelia-funkadelic-s-maggot-brain/ |website=Juxtapoz |access-date=May 20, 2020}}</ref> The album's liner notes are a polemic on fear provided by the [[Process Church of the Final Judgment]].<ref name=pop/> According to author [[Rickey Vincent]], the organization's alleged association with the [[Manson Family]], along with the album's foreboding themes and striking artwork, lent Funkadelic the image of a "death-worshipping black [[Rock music|rock]] band."<ref name=vincent>{{cite book |last1=Vincent |first1=Rickey |title=Funk: The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of The One |date=1996 |publisher=Macmillan |page=236}}</ref>

=== Commercial performance and aftermath ===
[[Westbound Records]] released ''Maggot Brain'' in July 1971. It peaked at number 108 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and reached the top 20 of the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|R&B album charts]], but did not reach the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name=pop/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Agarwal |first1=Manish |title=[[The Mojo Collection]] |last2=Alexander |first2=Phil |last3=Aston |first3=Martin |last4=Barnes |first4=Mike |last5=Batey |first5=Agnus |last6=Black |first6=Johnny |last7=Bradley |first7=Lloyd |publisher=[[Canongate Books]] |year=2007 |isbn=978-1847676436 |edition=4th |page=251 |display-authors=1}}</ref>

After the album was released, Funkadelic effectively disbanded.<ref name=pop/> Drummer [[Tiki Fulwood]] was fired due to drug use; guitarist [[Tawl Ross]] reportedly had a traumatic drug experience after getting into an "acid eating contest, then snorting some raw [[Amphetamine|speed]], before completely flipping out", and did not perform with the group again; and bassist [[Billy Bass Nelson|Billy Nelson]] quit over a money dispute with Clinton.<ref name="Leone"/> Subsequently, only Clinton, Hazel, and keyboardist [[Bernie Worrell]] remained from the original Funkadelic lineup.<ref name="Leone"/>

A 2005 reissue included three bonus tracks, among them an alternate mix of "Maggot Brain" featuring more of the full band.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}