After success in the 80′s through corporate sponsorship and singing for millions of people. The California Raisins are back from their hiatus, after doing the Las Vegas show circuit now for 20 years, as a new addition to the panel of judges on X-FACTOR for the 2012 Season. You can check out some of their old concert footage from their heyday and peep an excerpt from their upcoming GQ Cover +Interview:
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GQ Interview:

GQ: So how have you guys been doing?
California Raisins: Cool man, cool. We just did a tour in Japan with a band call Cinnamon Bread, a five city tour. It was cool.

GQ: Any new music out there? Working with any new artist? I know you guys worked with the late Ray Charles and Michael Jackson back in the 1980′s.
California Raisins: Yeah man, yeah…we’re working with a few new bands. We were in the studio 2 weeks ago with Tyler from Odd Future, weird dude though. He’s crazy.

GQ: Why? What happened?
California Raisins: That crazy fool tried to eat my bass man! We had to go upside his head, bro! Nah G, it’s not gonna happen B!

GQ: Wow! I’m glad you guys came out of that situation in one piece. Are the problems resolved with Tyler’s camp or is there some animosity?
California Raisins: Yeah, we squashed everything but I gotta be careful with these hiphop cats, man…We wanna work with Wiz and Snoop, however that may put our lives in jeopardy.

GQ: So how do you guys feel about working with Simon Cowell? (read what they say)

For more of the GQ’s California Raisins interview pick up the January 2012 issue