Brides Of Funkenstein

[b]American Female Vocal Group[/b]

The original Brides of Funkenstein were [a=Lynn Mabry] and [a=Dawn Silva], two vocalists who were background singers for [a=Sly and the Family Stone] in the mid-70s.

[a=George Clinton] first met them while Sly was opening for [a=Parliament]-[a=Funkadelic] and offered them to join the P.Funk camp in 1977.

A year later in, 1978, the Brides debut album [m19717] was released. With the help of their hit single "Disco to Go", the album went gold.

They began touring with P-Funk for the "One Nation Under a Groove" tour, but Lynn left the group in 1979, due to financial disputes and her becoming pregnant.

The second version of the Brides included (original member) Dawn Silva, [a=Sheila Horne], and [a=Jeanette McGruder] (an Atlantic records session vocalist). They release [m19722] (1979) to great critical acclaim, but only modest commercial success.

The group began recording a never-released third album, but financial and creative disputes broke the group up.