- 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.