false 2024-12-24 17:58:28 The Hits 2010 2010-11-02 2010-11-02 4 Classic Rock fe00b297-be15-4948-8020-260c65e26f71 3e6bbdb8-66c8-439c-a3d9-87391ce88740 6f126c1c-190c-442b-ad91-18c6e5aa5deb War War 1 5 The Cisco Kid 03:53 War (originally called Eric Burdon and War) is an American funk/rock/soul/Latin band from Long Beach, California, known for several hit songs (including "Spill the Wine", "The World Is a Ghetto", "The Cisco Kid", "Why Can't We Be Friends?", "Low Rider", and "Summer"). Formed in 1969, War is a musical crossover band that fuses elements of rock, funk, jazz, Latin, rhythm and blues, psychedelia, and reggae. According to music writer Colin Larkin, their "potent fusion of funk, R&B, rock and Latin styles produced a progressive soul sound", while Martin C. Strong calls them "one of the fiercest progressive soul combos of the '70s". Their album The World Is a Ghetto was Billboard's best-selling album of 1973. The band transcended racial and cultural barriers with a multi-ethnic line-up. War was subject to many line-up changes over the course of its existence, 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.