War (originally called Eric Burdon and War) is an American funk band from Long Beach, California, known for the hit songs "Spill the Wine", "TheWorld Is a Ghetto", "The Cisco Kid", "Why Can't We Be Friends?", "Low Rider", and "Summer". Formed in 1969, War is a musical crossover bandwhich fuses elements of rock, funk, jazz, Latin, rhythm and blues, and reggae. Their album The World Is a Ghetto was the best-selling album of1973.The band also transcended racial and cultural barriers with a multi-ethnic line-up. War was also subject to many line-up changes over thecourse of its formation, leaving member Leroy "Lonnie" Jordan as the only original member in the current line-up; four other members createdanew group called the Lowrider Band.
