War
Group
Tracks
15
Total Weeks
202
Highest Peak
2
- Birthplace
- Long Beach, California, U.S.
- Members
- Original members Howard E. Scott – guitar, lead vocals (1969-1994) Lee Oskar – harmonica and vocals (1969–1994) Thomas "Papa Dee" Allen – percussion and vocals (1969–1988; died 1988) Charles Miller – saxophone and vocals (1969–1979; died 1980) B.B. Dickerson – bass and vocals (1969–1979) Leroy "Lonnie" Jordan – keyboards, vocals (1969–present) Harold Ray Brown – drums and vocals (1969–1994) Current Leroy "Lonnie" Jordan – keyboards, vocals (1969–present) Stuart Ziff – guitar, vocals (2002–present) Scott Martin – saxophone, flute (2017–present) Stanley Behrens – harmonica (2011–present) Sal Rodriguez – drums, percussion, vocals (1990–present) David "Pug" Rodriguez – percussion, vocals (2011–present) Marcos Reyes – percussion (1998–present) Past Pancho Tomaselli – bass, vocals (2003–February 2015) Eric Burdon – vocals (1969–1971) Harold Ray Brown – drums and vocals (1969–1994) Howard E. Scott – guitar and vocals (1969–1994) Lee Oskar – harmonica and vocals (1969–1994) B.B. Dickerson – bass and vocals (1969–1979) Thomas "Papa Dee" Allen – percussion and vocals (1969–1988; died 1988) Charles Miller – saxophone and vocals (1969–1979; died 1980) Ron Hammon – drums and percussion (1979–1996) Pat Rizzo – saxophone, flute, and vocals (1979–1983, 1993–1995) Luther Rabb – bass and vocals (1979–1984) Alice Tweed Smith – percussion and vocals (1979–1981) Ricky Green – bass and vocals (1984–1989) Tetsuya "Tex" Nakamura – harmonica and vocals (1993–2006) Rae Valentine – keyboards, percussion, and vocals (1993–2001) Kerry Campbell – saxophone (1993–1998) Charles Green – saxophone and flute (1993–1995) J.B. Eckl – guitar and vocals (1994–1996) Smokey Greenwell – harmonica (1994–1996) Sandro Alberto – guitar and vocals (1996–1998) Richard Marquez – drums and percussion (1996–1997) Kenny Hudson – percussion (1997–1998) Fernando Harkless – saxophone (1998–2011) James Zota Baker – guitar, vocals (1998–2002) Mitch Kashmar – harmonica, vocals (2006–2011) David Urquidi – saxophone, flute (2011–present)
War (originally called Eric Burdon and War) is an American funk band from Long Beach, California, known for the hit songs "Spill the Wine", "The World Is a Ghetto", "The Cisco Kid", "Why Can't We Be Friends?", "Low Rider", and "Summer".[4][5] Formed in 1969, War is a musical crossover band which fuses elements of rock, funk, jazz, Latin, rhythm and blues, and reggae.[1] Their album The World Is a Ghetto was the best-selling album of 1973.[6] The band also transcended racial and cultural barriers with a multi-ethnic line-up. War was also subject to many line-up changes over the course of its formation, leaving member Leroy "Lonnie" Jordan as the only original member in the current line-up; four other members created a new group called the Lowrider Band.