Biography for the funk band 'War'

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'War' were formed by music producer 'Jerry Goldstein' from members of a Los Angeles band 'Nightshift', formally known as 'The Creators' in 1969. The band teamed up with 'Eric Burdon' the lead singer of the UK band 'The Animals' to form 'Eric Burdon & War' and released two albums 'Eric Burdon declares War' and 'The Black-Man's Burdon'. Eric Burdon soon left the band but the band continued without him, releasing their self titled album 'War' in 1971 closely followed by the album 'All day music'. Their third album 'The World Is a Ghetto' was highly acclaimed and reached number 1 in the US album chart, and was also named album of the year.

During the height of the disco era in the late 70's, although being predominantly a funk band who addressed social issues such as racism, the band managed to retain a lot of its popularity thanks to the mid paced cosmic disco dance track 'Galaxy'. 'Galaxy' by war reached no. 14 in the UK top 40.

'War' then went on to release the soundtrack for the film 'Youngblood' in 1978 and continued to produce albums in the 80's though their popularity had waned since it's peak in the mid 70's.

In the 1990's 'War' were often sampled by hip hop artists and welcomed the use of samples 'sampling' of their music and released the Album 'Rap declares War' in 1992.

Some of the original members of the band went on to form 'The Low rider Band'. However, Lonnie Jordan is still in the band and 'War' will be touring in 2009 and will be joined by Eric Burdon.

Chart Successes for 'War'

'Low Rider' reached no. 12 - UK top 40 in January 1976
'Me And Baby Brother' reached no. 21 - UK top in June 1976
'Galaxy' reached no. 14 - UK top 40 in January 1978
'Hey Senorita' reached no. 40 - UK top in April 1978

Links

Official Website for the band 'War' War the band.com

Official website for The 'Lowrider Band' Lowrider Band