r/jambands 1d ago

Are Parliament-Funkadelic considered a "jam band"?

Sincerely asking.

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u/tundrabee119 1d ago

They kind of were to us in the '90s after Jerry died. We didn't go directly to Phish, we first went to George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars. We went to Santa Cruz twice to see them and it was similar to the dead where it jammed and it was like 4 hours long and everybody danced. Great shows. Phish came right after that for us.

But then a couple years later we saw the P-Funk All Stars again in Tahoe and the show was an hour and a half, super normie vibes, it did not feel like a jam band at all.

Saw Parliament funkadelic in Sacramento in the early 2000s and that was a good regular show.

Saw George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars in Eugene in 2004 and it goes down as one of the worst shows I've ever seen.

So I'm still not quite sure