George Clinton’s imagination knew no bounds and, defying normal music industry convention, by 1978 had five bands signed to three different record labels. One of these comprised of three Parliament/Funkadelic female backing singers working under the name of Parlet. It was Clinton’s idea that two other backing singers, Lynn Mabry and Dawn Silva, become the Brides Of Funkenstein, a character he invented for the 1976 Parliament LP, “The Clones Of Dr. Funkenstein”. Clinton got the Brides signed to Atlantic Records and their first single was ‘Disco To Go’/‘ When You’re Gone’. It went gold in America, selling over 500,000 copies. It was the perfect springboard for the Brides debut LP, “Funk Or Walk”, which quickly climbed into the upper reaches of the R&B chart. All of the songs on “Funk Or Walk” were written by legends of P-Funk, such as Bootsy Collins, Rodney Curtis, Bernie Worrell, Gary Shider, and Clinton.