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George Clinton: The Return Of Doctor Funkenstein

Lloyd Bradley, New Musical Express, 15 January 1983

Two years ago, George Clinton was freeing the galactic ass at the head of an unparalleled funk troupe – Parliament, Funkadelic, Bootsy Collins, Sly Stone, Zapp, Roger, Fred Wesley's Horny Horns, The Sweat Band...one nation under a P. Funk groove. But then the long arm of corporate law reached out to drag George through a series of courtroom battles that brought the Mothership down to earth with a crashing silence. It looked like Clinton was the victim of his own ambitions – now he's back, wiser but still wild, and threatening greater success than ever before.

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