Which funk band is known for the album 'Maggot Brain'?

The funk band known for the album Maggot Brain is Funkadelic.

Released by Westbound Records on July 12, 1971, Maggot Brain is Funkadelic’s third studio album. Led by George Clinton, the group blended funk with psychedelic rock, acid rock, soul, and experimental studio techniques. The record helped establish Funkadelic as one of the most adventurous and influential groups in the P-Funk tradition.

The album is especially famous for its ten-minute title track, built around an extended, emotionally intense guitar performance by Eddie Hazel. Clinton reportedly instructed Hazel to imagine that he had just learned his mother had died, a prompt intended to draw out grief and raw feeling. The resulting solo became one of funk and rock’s best-known guitar showcases.

Listeners sometimes confuse Funkadelic with Parliament because both were central to Clinton’s larger P-Funk universe. They were related projects with overlapping personnel, but Maggot Brain is specifically a Funkadelic album. Its other notable tracks include “Can You Get to That,” “Super Stupid,” and “Hit It and Quit It,” demonstrating the band’s range beyond the title instrumental.