Rock bands aren’t supposed to sound this alive this late in the game. But The Fell isn’t a nostalgia act, a side hustle, or a legacy cash-in. It’s the sound of ...

George Clinton, while working as a barber, recruited him. Mr. Nelson went on to name the group and, with his bandmates, to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Billy Bass Nelson, the original bassist for what was once George Clinton's backing band Funkadelic, has died, the band confirmed on Facebook. He was 75. "We have now received official confirmation," a ...

Billy "Bass" Nelson, the founding bassist of Funkadelic, passed away at the age of 75 in Plainfield. Nelson's distinctive bass playing was a cornerstone of Parliament-Funkadelic's early, ...

William "Billy Bass" Nelson, the original bassist for George Clinton's pioneering psychedelic funk crew Funkadelic, has passed away. According to Ultimate Classic Rock, Clinton's Facebook page ...

Nelson co-founded the Parliaments with George Clinton and was responsible for the name "Funkadelic" Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has ...

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 news ...

(TestMiles) – A new ad for the 2026 Jeep Cherokee Hybrid is here and it’s built around the most unexpected star imaginable, Big Mouth Billy Bass. The singing fish that once hung on walls across ...