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The group did court controversy when The Weather Girls vocalist Martha Wash didn't appear in the video to "Gonna Make You Sweat". The following albums were released under the name Bootsy Collins or William "Bootsy" Collins. Robert Clivillés' subsequent mix mastery- notably his work with Mariah Carey- keeps C+C's legacy alive. Bootsy recently provided "vocal spice" on the TobyMac album, Welcome to Diversity. The pair continued in a funkier vein on Anything Goes (1994), but ended when Cole died of meningitis in 1995. Collins has collaborated extensively with Bill Laswell and made bright appearances on two Fatboy Slim records. The connoisseurs applauded work with US trio Seduction, 'Things That Make You Go Hmmm...' gave house a sly slant and their storming 'Deeper Love' briefly revitalised Aretha Franklin's career. Most of Bootsy's albums in the post-Parliament and Funkadelic days were released under the name Bootsy's Rubber Band.

After releasing 1987's 'Do It Properly' (as 2 Puerto Ricans, A Black Man And A Dominican), they progressed from upfront Dance to nouveau Disco (epitomized by Whitney Houston's C+C-helmed 'I'm Every Woman'. Bootsy's Rubber Band is a part of the P Funk umbrella of bands. Producers Robert Clivillés and David Cole brought house music to America's heartlands with the chart-topping title track of Gonna Make You Sweat (1990), their stylish visuals and production distinguishing them from predecessors like Technotronic's 'Pump Up The Jam'. When Bootsy, Catfish, Waddy, Joel Johnson, Mudbone Cooper, Robert Johnson and The Horny Horns formed Bootsy's Rubber Band in 1976, the character of Bootsy evolved into Bootzilla, a rhinestone-bedecked, flashy rock god. He also took the name "Bootsy" during this time, adopting it as part of an ever-evolving character, an alien rock star who grew gradually more alien, bizarre and flashy as time went on (see P Funk mythology). His bass playing was hard, driving and rhythmic, and has been very influential in the development of Funk, Heavy Metal and Soul music.

Bootsy played on most of their early albums, garnering several songwriting credits as well. Franklin introduced both Collins brothers to George Clinton, and 1972 saw both of the Collins brothers, along with Waddy and Wynne, join Funkadelic. Regardless of his reasons for leaving Brown's band, Collins then moved to Detroit, following the advice of singer and future Parliament member Mallia Franklin. A possibly apocryphal story states than Brown fired Collins after the latter suffered LSD hallucinations on-stage.

Until 1971, the Pacesetters were the backing band for James Brown, and were known in that context as The JB's. With his brother, Catfish Collins, and Kash Waddy and Philippe Wynne, Collins formed a group called The Pacesetters in 1968. William Collins (born October 26, 1951, Cincinnati, Ohio), best known as Bootsy Collins, is a pioneering funk bassist, singer and songwriter.