Actor

Eddie Hazel

Acting

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Acting credits

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Smaller on-screen catalog so far.

TMDB popularity

0.1

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Movies: 2Series: 1

TMDB ID: 1192689

Known for: Acting

Born: April 10, 1950

Died: December 23, 1992

Age: 42

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1962 - 2006

Years active: 45

Also known as

Maggot Brain

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Biography

Edward Earl Hazel (April 10, 1950 – December 23, 1992) was an American guitarist and singer in early funk music who played lead guitar with Parliament-Funkadelic. Hazel was a posthumous inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. His ten-minute guitar solo in the Funkadelic song "Maggot Brain" is hailed as "one of the greatest solos of all time on any instrument". In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Hazel at no. 29 in its list of 250 of the greatest guitarists of all time.

Movies

Movie credits linked with Eddie Hazel.

7.5

George Clinton: Tales of Dr Funkenstein

as Self (archive footage)

2006 Movie

9.0

Parliament Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove

as Himself

2005 Movie

Series

Series credits linked with Eddie Hazel.

6.2

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self • 1 eps

1962 Series