Funk rock
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Funk rock is a
Funk rock's earliest incarnation on record was heard in the late 1960s through the mid-1970s by acts such as Sly and the Family Stone,[4] Parliament-Funkadelic, The Isley Brothers,[5] Redbone, Rick Derringer, David Bowie, The Chambers Brothers, Cold Blood, Shuggie Otis, Aerosmith, Wild Cherry, the Average White Band, Gary Wright, Black Merda, Bar-Kays, Edwin Birdsong, Betty Davis, Trapeze and Mother's Finest. During the 1980s and 1990s funk rock music experienced a surge in popularity, with bands such as Tom Tom Club, Pigbag, INXS, Talking Heads, Devo, the Fine Young Cannibals and Cameo dabbling in the sound. Groups including Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine, Incubus, Mr. Bungle, Primus and Faith No More also notably combined funk rock with metal, punk, hip hop and experimental music, leading to the emergence of the genre known as funk metal or "punk-funk".[6]
Funk rock is a fusion of funk music and rock music also from the point of view of instrumentation, in fact it incorporates that of both genres into itself, and the overall sound is shaped by a definitive bass or drum beat and by electric guitars.
History
1960s and 1970s
Sly and the Family Stone gained funk rock hits such as "Sing a Simple Song" and "Thank You".[7] Young Stevie Wonder, aged 17, and Jimi Hendrix recorded on "BBC Session" album include funk rock version of "I was Made to love Her" and "Jammin'". Jimi released album Electric Ladyland also included a couple of funk rock songs such as "Gypsy Eyes" and "Still Raining, Still Dreaming".
Other pioneers evolved in the 1970s are American artists
Funk rock acts were not favored by R&B recording companies. For example, guitarists of
When
1980s
The funk rock genre's representatives from the 1980s to present day include INXS, Tom Tom Club, Pigbag, Cameo, the Fine Young Cannibals, Fishbone, Billy Squier and Living Colour. From the start of the 1980s, funk musicians Ricky Sander, Ottenheim James, and Cameo as well as new wave band Blondie and post-punk band Talking Heads each created their own brand of funk rock. British rock group Queen had a major funk rock hit song of the period with "Another One Bites the Dust" (the beat was inspired by Chic's hit "Good Times").[11] Also in the 1980s, some synth-funk and synth-pop bands such as Thomas Dolby, Scritti Politti, Howard Jones (hit with Things Can Only Get Better) made the basic funk beats along with elements of new wave which makes this a basic synth-funk song.
Red Hot Chili Peppers's second and third albums (which were released 1985 and 1987. The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
1990s
Keziah Jones, Seal, and Stevie Salas released funk rock albums. And in the early 1990s, several bands combined funky rhythms with
In the late 1990s, Vermont-based jam band Phish began incorporating funk influences into their sound, creating a style dubbed "cow funk".[16] This style can be heard prominently on their 1998 release, The Story of the Ghost.[17]
Some Britpop bands also experimented with funk, mainly in terms of bass lines, including Blur's song "Girls & Boys", from the album Parklife (1994).
2000s–present
In 2005 Defiance Douglass, a vocalist, musician, songwriter and producer (commonly known as "The Dark Soul of Funk/Rock"), formed Exiles of the Nation (also known as EOTN) in Atlanta, Georgia, with a new brand of art/psychedelic Funk/Rock titled "ExileMusik", which incorporates elements of other genres as well. Beginning in 2006, Exiles of the Nation have released 19 albums, the latest being 2022's "The Obstacle Curse". Defiance Douglass/Exiles of the Nation are also a part of the P-Funk collective. Their 2nd album released in 2008, "Escape From Trap City", is usually regarded as their most infamous. Their 2021 album, "Liquidation", also made the Top 10 of several "Best of 2021 Funk Albums" lists.
The wave of Britpop/baggy revival bands in the 2010s, such as Peace, also experimented with funk. Peace's second album Happy People features numerous elements of funk, mainly in terms of bass lines.
In 2010, a group called I Set The Sea On Fire formed in Sheffield, incorporating elements of funk and other genres into their music.
In 2014, Prince formed a new backing band, 3rdeyegirl.[18] Their brand of funk rock was featured on their 2014 release, Plectrumelectrum.[19]
See also
Notes
- ISBN 0-415-96919-0.
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- ^ Palmer 2011, p. 139.
- ^ Sly and the Family Stone mix funk rock The guardian.com Retrieved 28 December 2023
- ^ Why aren't Isley houstonchronicle.com Retrieved 30 December 2023
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- ^ Sly Stone review The guardian.com Retrieved 30 December 2023
- ^ Red Hot Chili Peppers planetradio.co.uk Retrieved 27 December 2023
- ^ Elliott, Paul (June 2014). "One nation under a groove". Classic Rock #197. p. 63.
- ^ Various-Funk-Rock Retrieved 27 December 2023
- ^ Serpick, Evan. "Queen Biography". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 18, 2011. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
- ^ Prince and Minneapolis sound popmatters.com Retrieved 27 December 2023
- ^ "Fungus Amongus - Incubus - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ Hlavaty, Craig (August 21, 2009). "Incubus' Brandon Boyd: "The Shit We've Been Screwing Around With Has Been Really Exciting"".
- ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
- ^ "Remembering Phish's Island Tour 20 Years Later". JamBase. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
- ^ "THE ONE AFTER THE BIG ONE: Phish, THE STORY OF THE GHOST | Rhino". www.rhino.com. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
- ^ Johnson, Billy Jr. (October 2, 2014). "Meet Prince's New All-Female Band, 3RDEYEGIRL". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
- ^ Dolan, Jon (October 7, 2014). "Prince 'Plectrumelectrum' Album Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
Sources
- Palmer, Robert (2011). Blues & Chaos: The Music Writing of Robert Palmer. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4165-9974-6.