About
War is an American funk/rock/soul/Latin band from Long Beach, California, known for several hit songs . Formed in 1969, War is a musical crossover band fusing elements of rock, funk, jazz, Latin, rhythm and blues, psychedelia, and reggae. According to music writer Colin Larkin, their “potent fusion of funk, R&B, rock and Latin styles produced a progressive soul sound”, while Martin C. Strong calls them “one of the fiercest progressive soul combos of the ’70s”. Their album The World Is a Ghetto was Billboard’s best-selling album of 1973. The band transcended racial and cultural barriers with a multi-ethnic line-up. War was subject to many line-up changes over the course of its existence, leaving member Leroy “Lonnie” Jordan as the only original member in the current line-up; four other members created a new group called the Lowrider Band.
Albums/Songs:
- American Dreams
- Starportrait
- Misunderstood
- House of the Rising Sun
- Rock & Pop Legends
- Nightwinds Dying
- Mirage
- Power Company
- Lost within the Halls of Fame
- ’Til Your River Runs Dry
- The Animals’ Greatest Hits: Sung by Eric Burdon
- My Secret Life
- Survivor
- Crawling King Snake
- Greatest Animal Hits
- Greatest Hits
- The Unreleased Eric Burdon
- Darkness – Darkness
- I Used to Be an Animal
- Rare Masters
- Mad Man
- Greatest Hits
- Guilty!
- Eric Burdon Sings the Animals Greatest Hits
- Soul of a Man
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