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Bootsy Collins (born William Collins on October 26, 1951, Cincinnati, Ohio) 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 introduced both Collins brothers 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 bass playing was hard, driving and rhythmic, and has been very influential in the development of Funk, Heavy Metal and Soul music. Bootsy"s characteristic watery sound, produced by envelope filters, is particularly one of the things that identifies him as a bass player. 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 mythology). He also adopted his trademark space bass around this time. When Bootsy, Catfish, Waddy, Joel Johnson, Mudbone Cooper, Robert Johnson and The Horny Horns formed Bootsy"s Rubber Band in 1976, 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, though he also released an album in 1980 under the name Sweat Band. In 1984, Bootsy collaborated with Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads to produce "Five Minutes", a dance record sampled and edited from Ronald Reagan"s infamous "Five Minutes" speech. The record was credited to "Bonzo goes to Washington". In 1990 Bootsy collaborated with Deee-Lite on their massive hit "Groove Is In The Heart" where he contributed bass and additional vocals. He also appeared in the music video, while Bootsy"s Rubber Band became the defacto backing musicians for Deee-Lite during a world tour. Bootsy Collins t shirts  Hoodies Sweatshirts Longsleeve tshirts, Lycra tops, Punk Rock Tshirts,at RockTshirtsPunk.com punk clothes, Heavy Metal T shirts, Emo Clothing, Goth clothes, Band T-shirts, Music Tshirts, rock t-shirts, Punk rock T-shirts, Punk rock Hoodies, Rock Hoodies, Cool t shirts, Punk Rock Cool clothes, Oi t-sirts Classic Rock Clothing 60s-70s-80s-90s Alternative Modern Pop Rock Music, Concert Wear Clothing.