Glen Lamont Goins (born January 2, 1954, died July 29, 1978) was a singer and guitarist for Parliament Funkadelic in the mid-1970s. Goins is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. His first (known) recordings were as part of the group The Bags. They released a single inmate 1972 "It's Heavy" b/w "Don't Mess With My Baby". Born and raised in Plainfield, New Jersey in a family of talented musicians