Funk rock is a fusion genre that mixes elements of funk and rock. James Brown and others declared that Little Richard and his mid-1950s road band, the...
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Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through...
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Funk metal (also known as thrash-funk or punk-funk) is a subgenre of funk rock and alternative metal that infuses heavy metal music (often thrash metal)...
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the funk rock genre, as well as bands which have played within its subgenre, funk metal. It also includes bands described as metal funk, thrash funk or...
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Parliament-Funkadelic (redirect from P-Funk)
(abbreviated as P-Funk) is an American music collective of rotating musicians headed by George Clinton, primarily consisting of the funk bands Parliament...
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Grand Funk Railroad (often shortened to Grand Funk) is an American rock band formed in Flint, Michigan, in 1969 by Mark Farner (vocals, guitar, keyboards...
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Rock Candy Funk Party is an American jazz-funk band from Los Angeles, California. It was formed in 2009 by drummer Tal Bergman and guitarist Ron DeJesus...
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G-funk. Inspired by Jimi Hendrix and psychedelic culture, the psychedelic soul group Sly and the Family Stone borrowed techniques from psychedelic rock...
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"Funk #49" is a song written by Joe Walsh, Jim Fox, and Dale Peters, and recorded by American hard rock band James Gang. The song featured as the first...
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Funk carioca (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈfɐ̃k(i) kɐɾiˈɔkɐ, - kaɾ-]), also known as favela funk, in other parts of the world as baile funk and...
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List of music genres and styles (section Rock)
Dance-rock Gothic rock No wave Noise rock Post-rock Post-metal Folk rock British folk rock Celtic rock Medieval folk rock Funk rock Garage rock Proto-punk...
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Psychedelic soul (redirect from Black rock (music))
Psychedelic soul (originally called black rock or conflated with psychedelic funk) is a form of soul music which emerged in the United States in the late...
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Mark Farner (redirect from Mark Farner (of Grand Funk Railroad))
American musician. He was the original singer and guitarist of the rock band Grand Funk Railroad, which he co-founded in 1969, and later as a contemporary...
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1990 song "Flovilla Thatch vs. The Virile Garbageman" by American ska-funk rock band the Cherry Poppin' Daddies. This was an intentional homage to Parliament...
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Punk funk (also typeset punk-funk) is a genre of music that typically combine punk rock and funk influences. It gave way to and is closely associated...
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Electrified Funk is the second studio album by the funk rock band Wild Cherry, released in 1977. It contains the track "Baby Don't You Know", which roughly...
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violence Folk metal Folk punk Folk rock Funk metal Funk rock Garage punk Garage rock Geek rock Glam metal Glam punk Glam rock Goregrind Gothabilly Gothic country...
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G-funk. Clinton is regarded, along with James Brown and Sly Stone, as one of the foremost innovators of funk music. He was inducted into the Rock and...
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Red Hot Chili Peppers (category American funk rock musical groups)
rock, funk, punk rock, hard rock, hip hop, and psychedelic rock. Their eclectic range has influenced genres such as funk metal, rap metal, rap rock,...
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One Nation Under a Groove (redirect from Cholly (Funk Gettin' Ready To Roll))
One Nation Under a Groove is the tenth studio album by American funk rock band Funkadelic, released on September 22, 1978, on Warner Bros. Records. Recording...
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Shay Haley (category American rock drummers)
rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is a member of the funk rock band N*E*R*D, alongside fellow Virginia musicians Pharrell Williams and...
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Funkadelic (category American funk rock musical groups)
American funk rock band formed in Plainfield, New Jersey in 1968 and active until 1982. As one of the two flagship groups of George Clinton's P-Funk collective...
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Talking Heads (category American funk rock musical groups)
Heads helped to pioneer new wave music by combining elements of punk, art rock, funk, and world music with "an anxious yet clean-cut image". Byrne, Frantz...
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Wild Cherry (band) (redirect from Play the Funk)
Wild Cherry was an American funk rock band formed in Mingo Junction, Ohio, in 1970 that was best known for its song "Play That Funky Music". Rob Parissi...
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Swamp rock is a genre of rock music that originated in the mid-1960s as a fusion of rockabilly and soul music with swamp blues, country music and funk. The...
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Jackson Rathbone (category American rock singers)
vocalist and occasional guitarist, bassist, drummer, and keyboardist of the funk rock band 100 Monkeys. Monroe Jackson Rathbone V was born in Singapore on December...
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Sly and the Family Stone (category American funk rock musical groups)
American funk band formed in San Francisco, California in 1966 and active until 1983. They are considered to be pivotal in the development of funk, soul...
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Here Come the Mummies (category American funk rock musical groups)
Here Come the Mummies (HCTM) is an American funk rock band best known for its live performances and anonymous band members. The band consists of various...
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Mother's Milk (album) (redirect from Punk Rock Classic)
EMI Records in 1983, the group established themselves as a prominent funk rock band with their 1984 debut album The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Disappointed...
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War (band) (category American funk rock musical groups)
War (originally called Eric Burdon and War) is an American funk/rock/soul/Latin band from Long Beach, California, known for several hit songs (including...
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