 | This articleneeds additional citations forverification. Please helpimprove this article byadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Glenn Goins" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(January 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
 | This article includes alist of references,related reading, orexternal links,but its sources remain unclear because it lacksinline citations. Please helpimprove this article byintroducing more precise citations.(March 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
Glenn Goins | |
|---|---|
 Glenn Goins in 1976 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Glenn Lamonte Goins |
| Born | (1954-01-02)January 2, 1954 Plainfield, New Jersey, United States |
| Died | July 29, 1978(1978-07-29) (aged 24) |
| Genres | Funk,R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, Songwriter, Producer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals,Guitar,Bass,Drums |
Glenn Lamonte Goins (January 2, 1954 – July 29, 1978), also known asGlen Goins, was a singer and guitarist forParliament-Funkadelic in the mid-1970s. Goins is a member of theRock and Roll Hall of Fame, posthumously inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. His first (known) recordings were as part of the group The Bags. They released a single in 1972: "It's Heavy" b/w "Don't Mess With My Baby".
Born and raised inPlainfield, New Jersey, in a family of talented musicians, Goins was a master vocalist with a strong, haunting and powerful gospel voice. He is perhaps best known for "calling in theMothership" in theP-Funk live shows, such as on the renownedP-Funk Earth Tour.
Goins was particularly prominent on theParliament albumsMothership Connection (1975),The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein (1976), andFunkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome (1977). He played on theFunkadelic albums of this period as well. He sang lead vocals on "Bop Gun (Endangered Species)" and the remake of "Fantasy is Reality".
In 1977, Goins was one of the first of many musicians to leave Parliament-Funkadelic in reaction to what was perceived as very bad management by band leaderGeorge Clinton. He formed his own funk band Quazar in 1978, featuring his younger brother Kevin Goins and drummerJerome "Bigfoot" Brailey.
Glenn Goins died fromHodgkin's lymphoma, aged 24, in 1978.
  | This article about a United States singer is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |
