With a new album arriving, why everyone from the biggest fans to Kamala Harris is calling for a brighter light on Bootzilla. By Steve Knopper Bootsy Collins‘ endless alter-egos — Boot-Tron, Zillatron, ...

Throughout the 1970s, the midwest would prove to be a hotbed for great funk music, with the state of Ohio alone delivering artists like Catfish and Bootsy Collins, the Dazz Band, Zapp and The Ohio ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bootsy Collins defines funk as "making something out of nothing," a philosophy he's always lived. Growing up in Cincinnati in the ...

"If I'm lyin', I'm dyin'," bassist says of new book Funked Around, Found Out out next spring ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the '60s, Bootsy Collins took an LSD trip to the stars, learning to dial in "the one" for an ever-demanding James Brown. After ...

As a member of the Parliament-Funkadelic family and a solo artist in his own right, William “Bootsy” Collins has spent some serious time in the Detroit area — especially at United Sound Studios, where ...

Bootsy Collins defines funk as "making something out of nothing," a philosophy he's always lived. Growing up in Cincinnati in the 1960s, he idolized his older brother, Phelps "Catfish" Collins, who ...

Detroit madman and doo-wop veteran George Clinton spent the 1970s running two of the wildest bands in the galaxy: Funkadelic for guitar-crazed rock, Parliament for dance-floor boogie. Only a genius ...

Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame funk master William “Bootsy” Collins, “space bass” guitar legend from James Brown’s original JBs Band and George Clinton’s Parliament-Funkadelic crew will be funking up ...