Hardware (band)

{{Short description|American funk rock supergroup}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Hardware

| image = Hardware band photo.jpg

| caption = Hardware from their album Third Eye Open

| image_size = 250

| landscape = Yes

| genre = Funk rock

| past_members = Buddy Miles
Bootsy Collins
Stevie Salas

}}

Hardware were an American funk rock supergroup consisting of Buddy Miles, Bootsy Collins and Stevie Salas.

It featured Mudbone Cooper, Bernard Fowler and George Clinton on backing vocals,[http://www.warr.org/bootsy.html Wilson and Allroy's record reviews] and was produced by Bill Laswell. The group was originally called The Third Eye, but changed their name due to conflicts with another group.{{Cite web|url=http://avxhome.se/music/rock/hardware_third_eye_open.html|title=Hardware - Third Eye Open (Buddy Miles, Bootsy Collins, Bill Laswell, Stevie Salas) (1992)|date=11 July 2009}} They released one album, entitled Third Eye Open in 1992.