War (band)

War was an American funk band of the 1970s that had its roots in California. They had no specific genre, they played Jazz, Funk, Soul, Pop R'nB. The roots of the band are from 1962, when Howard Scott and Harold Brown formed a group called the Creators in Compton, California. Within a few years, they had added Charles Miller, B.B. Dickerson and Lonnie Jordan to the lineup. They recorded several singles on Dore Records and worked with Jay Contreli from Love. In 1968, the Creators became Nightshift and started performing with Deacon Jones, a football player and singer. At a performance, producer Jerry Goldstein suggested they would start to work with Eric Burdon (of the disbanded Animals) and Lee Oskar (a Danish harmonica player).

Discography

(Alphabetical order)

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• All Day Music
• Anthology (1970-1994)
• Best Of/Vol. 2
• Deliver The Word
• Eric Burdon Declares ?WAR?
• Grooves & Messages: The Greatest Hits Of WAR
• Life (Is So Strange)
• Live
• Love Is All Around
• Peace Sign
• Platinum Jazz
• The Best Of Eric Burdon & WAR
• The Best Of WAR...And More
• The Black-Man?s Burdon
• The Music Band I & II
• The Very Best Of WAR
• The World Is A Ghetto
• WAR
• Why Can?t We Be Friends
• Youngblood (Soundtrack for the motion picture "Youngblood)

The line-up began to fall apart in 1978 when Dickerson quit and Charles Miller was murdered. After a few unsuccessful attempts at recouping, War's Outlaw was a moderate success, but the group was unable to keep any momentum as members came and went. By 1984, War was a touring band only. A comeback was attempted in 1994 with Peace Sign, but the album flopped (see 1994 in music).

Related Topics:
1978 - Outlaw - 1984 - 1994 - Peace Sign - 1994 in music

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