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William Collins (b. October 26, 1951, Cincinnati, Ohio), best known as Bootsy Collins, is a pioneering funk bassist, singer and songwriter.With his brother, Catfish Collins, and Kash Waddy and Philippe Wynne, Collins formed a group called The Pacesetters in 1968. Until 1971, the Pacesetters were the backing band for James Brown, and were known in that context as The JB's .
A possibly apocryphal story states than Brown fired Collins after the latter suffered LSD hallucinations on-stage.
Regardless of his reasons for leaving Brown's band, Collins then moved to Detroit, following the advice of singer and future Parliament member Mallia Franklin.
Franklin introduces both Collins bothers to George Clinton, and 1972 saw both of the Collins brothers, along with Waddy and Wynne, join Funkadelic. Bootsy played on most of their early albums, garnering several songwriting credits as well. His bassThe electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument similar to the electric guitar, but larger in size and with a lower range. It is also closely related to—and inspired by—the double bass, and shares things in common with a range of bass instruments. It is playing was hard, driving and rhythmic, and has been very influential in the development of Funk, Heavy MetalHeavy metal is a form of rock music characterized by aggressive, driving rhythms and highly amplified and distorted guitars, and the themes explored in heavy metal lyrics are often dark or sexually explicit. Heavy metal is a development of blues, blues ro and Soul musicSoul music is fundamentally rhythm and blues, which grew out of the African-American gospel and blues traditions during the late 1950s and early 1960s in the United States. Over time, much of the broad range of R&B extensions in African-American popular m.
He also took the name "Bootsy" during this time, adopting it as part of an ever-evolving character, an alien rock star who grew gradually more alien, bizarre and flashy as time went on (see P Funk mythologyThe bands Parliament, Funkadelic and related offshoots (see List of P Funk members) are collectively referred to as the P Funk. A series of concept albums and live shows, primarily from Parliament and Funkadelic, have a group of recurring characters, them). When Bootsy, Catfish, Waddy, Joel Johnson , Mudbone Cooper , Robert JohnsonThis is about the blues musician; there are other men named Robert Johnson. Robert Johnson ( May 8, 1911 August 16, 1938) is probably the most famous delta blues singer and guitarist in history. He is also generally regarded (somewhat problematically) as and The Horny HornsThe Horny Horns is a horn section led by trombonist Fred Wesley. The group has a fluctuating membership, but often features saxophonist Maceo Parker. The Horny Horns have recorded a few solo albums, and worked with James Brown, but are probably best known formed Bootsy's Rubber BandBootsy's Rubber Band was a P Funk spinoff, led by pioneering bassist Bootsy Collins. It also included his brother, Catfish Collins, Kash Waddy, Joel Johnson, Robert Johnson, Mudbone Cooper and The Horny Horns. The group was formed in 1976. The following a in 19761976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 12 UN Security Council votes 11-1 to admit the Palestinian Liberation Organization January 15 Would-be Gerald Ford presidential assassin Sara Jane Moore is s, the character of Bootsy evolved into Bootzilla, a rhinestone-bedecked, flashy rock god.
Bootsy's Rubber Band is a part of the P Funk umbrella of bands. Most of Bootsy's albums in the post- Parliament and Funkadelic days were released under the name Bootsy's Rubber Band.
Collins has collaborated extensively with Bill Laswell and made bright appearences on two Fatboy Slim records.
The following albums were released under the name Bootsy Collins or William "Bootsy" Collins.
