Heavy Metal Funkason is the first full-fledged solo album by Parliament-Funkadelic

Parliament-Funkadelic

Parliament-Funkadelic is a funk, soul and rock music collective headed by George Clinton. Their style has been dubbed P-Funk. Collectively the group has existed under various names since the 1960s and has been known for top-notch musicianship, politically charged lyrics, outlandish concept albums...

 guitarist Michael Hampton

Michael Hampton

Michael Hampton is a funk/rock guitarist. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic....

. It was released through the P-Vine label in Japan

Japan

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 on May 25th, 1998. The album features appearances by George Clinton

George Clinton (funk musician)

George Clinton is an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and music producer and the principal architect of P-Funk. He was the mastermind of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic during the 1970s and early 1980s, and launched a solo career in 1981. He has been cited as one of the foremost...

, P-Funk

P-Funk

P-Funk is a shorthand term for the repertoire and performers associated with George Clinton and the Parliament-Funkadelic collective and the distinctive style of funk music they performed...

 bassist Lige Curry (Hampton's cousin), Belita Woods, and Charlie Wilson

Charlie Wilson (musician)

Charles Kent "Charlie" Wilson is an American R&B singer-songwriter-producer and the former lead vocalist for the Gap Band. As a solo artist he has been nominated for four Grammy awards, received a 2009 Soul Train Icon Award, and a recipient of a BMI Icon Award in 2005...

 from the Gap Band

Gap Band

The Gap Band was an American funk band, who rose to fame during the 1970s and 1980s. Comprising brothers Charlie, Ronnie and Robert Wilson, the band first formed as the Greenwood, Archer and Pine Street Band in 1967 in their hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The group shortened its name to The Gap Band...

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Prior to this release, Michael Hampton released an album of sample tracks for D.J.'s entitled "P-Funk Guitar Riffs For D.J.'s" (Tuff City TUF LP 0627) in 1995.

Track listing

1. "A cappella Unsung Love Song"
2. "Sloppy Metal (Unsung Love Song)"
3. "Me Anti?"
4. "Tryin' To Get Out Of This Alive"
5. "Heavy Metal Funkadelic"
6. "Comebacksly"
7. "Club Metalfunkadelamack"
8. "Cracked Up Soldier"
9. "Wrongsidius"
10. "Chronic Reggae"
11. "Time To Get Up"
12. "Duh Kidd Funkadelic Anthem"
13. "Backindadaze"
14. "Girlz of Duh World"
15. "A cappella Unsung Love Song (Sloppy Metal)"

Personnel

• Michael Hampton - lead and rhythm guitars, bass, keyboards; bass synth on "Comebacksly" and "Duh Kidd Funkadelic Anthem"; bass snyth, background and sampled vocals on "Girlz Of Duh World".
• Lige Curry - bass guitar, lead and background vocals on "Girlz Of Duh World"; producer of initiative
• Roger Parker - drums
• George Clinton
  George Clinton (musician)
  George Clinton is an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and music producer and the principal architect of P-Funk. He was the mastermind of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic during the 1970s and early 1980s, and launched a solo career in 1981. He has been cited as one of the foremost...
  
   - lead and background vocals and vocal arrangements on "Sloppy Metal (Unsung Love Song)"; lead vocals on "A cappella Unsung Love Song (Sloppy Metal)"; background vocals on "Comebacksly"
• Charlie Wilson
  Charlie Wilson (musician)
  Charles Kent "Charlie" Wilson is an American R&B singer-songwriter-producer and the former lead vocalist for the Gap Band. As a solo artist he has been nominated for four Grammy awards, received a 2009 Soul Train Icon Award, and a recipient of a BMI Icon Award in 2005...
  
  - lead and background vocals and solo keyboards on "Comebacksly"; background vocals on "Sloppy Metal (Unsung Love Song)"
• Belita Woods - lead and background vocals on "Comebacksly"