Parliament-Funkadelic's Shider Loses Cancer Battle

Parliament-Funkadelics Garry Shider, a 1997 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cheap Rosetta Stone passed away yesterday of complications from cancer,The Star Ledger reports. He was 56. Known to fans as both Star Child and Diaper Man for his penchant for wearing oversized diapers onstage during Funkadelics mind-altering live performances, Shider was one of the few mainstays in Parliament-Funkadelics otherwise revolving door lineup. He first appeared on Funkadelics 1971 masterpiece Maggot Brain and Parliaments second album Up for the Down Stroke, earning guitar, vocal and songwriting credits on the majority of the records in the P-Funk catalog up through their most recent album, By Way of the Drum. Up until he was diagnosed with brain and lung cancer, Shider was still an active member of the P-Funk touring collective. Thank you, Garry for all you have done. Forever funkin on! George Clinton wrote Cheap Rosetta Stone V3 on his official website.Shider first caught the eye of Funkadelic mastermind Clinton at a barbershop Clinton owned in their native Plainfield, New Jersey. His first major task as a member of Funkadelic, in addition to providing rhythm guitar to Eddie Hazels legendary lead, was singing lead vocals on Maggot Brains Can You Get to That. He later sang on the Funkadelic hits Cosmic Slop and One Nation Under the Groove, a track co-written by Shider that was named as one of Rosetta Stones 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.Shiders impact was equally felt with Parliament, where he, Clinton and Bootsy Collins teamed to write a pair of tracks on their landmark LP Mothership Connection, Unfunky UFO and Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication. Shider also co-wrote George Clintons solo hit Loopzilla and played guitar when Bootsy Collins branched out with his Rubber Band. Film fans will also remember Shider, in his trademark diaper, from his cameo appearance when P-Funk played The Pit in PCU.Shider was first rushed to the hospital in Maryland, where he was Cheap Rosetta Stone German residing, on March 25th after experiencing what appeared to be a stroke.

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