George Clinton

See video of the iconic spacecraft's latest incarnation.

Guitarist Michael Hampton has been playing with the funk icon for more than 50 years now. He tells UCR about his career, mastering the legendary "Maggot Brain" and the new music he's been working on.

"All this music needs to be classical, orchestrated and cataloged," Clinton told UCR before the show.

In addition to performing on the group's first three groundbreaking albums, he reportedly gave Funkadelic its name.

The funk legend realized, "I'd better get back to my lessons, when I have to wait for somebody all the way over in England to tell me about Robert Johnson!"

They wanted coke but couldn’t afford to buy any.

'One Nation Under a Groove' road trip saw him hiring another band to headline, dressing in Army fatigues and trying to move unsold tickets outside venues to "get some dope."

George Clinton hails keyboardist’s “seemingly impossible” achievement in ‘Song Reference.”

"Solo" debut featured several Parliament-Funkadelic personnel and spawned R&B hit single "Atomic Dog."

George Clinton took Parliament's Mothership out of arenas and into record stores with 'Live P- Funk Earth Tour.'