Billy Bass, the founding bassist for Parliament – Funkadelic whose real name was William Nelson, Jr., died on Saturday. The Facebook account for that group’s frontman, George Clinton, announced the ...

Billy Bass Nelson, founding bassist of Parliament-Funkadelic and a key architect of funk rock, has died at 75 following recent health issues.

Whenever he tried to switch to the CD player to give his hands a break, I’d shove the guitar back at him. The crown jewel of ...

George Clinton, while working as a barber, recruited him. Mr. Nelson went on to name the group and, with his bandmates, to be ...

Billy Bass, the founding Parliament- Funkadelic bassist, died Saturday night at the age of 75. P-Funk bandleader George Clinton’s Facebook page confirmed the news over the weekend. “We have now ...

“You know that expression: one door closes, another one opens?” asked Ronnie James Dio. “Well, that happened to me twice. I had the door slammed in my face first by Ritchie Blackmore, then by Tony ...

Here are four times Jimmy Page recorded with other famous artists after Led Zeppelin broke up, including collaborations with ...

Rock's unsung architects: these are the quiet geniuses who provided great bands with their essential DNA while others took ...

In 1963, the Isleys hired a new guitarist from Seattle, an Army vet named Jimi Hendrix. They bought him his first Fender ...

From pounding riffs to unexpected openings, these iconic rock intros grab your attention from the very first note... and ...

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Nirvana is one of the best bands of the '90s, and songs like "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "Come As You Are" are all you need to hear to prove that.