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Funk Metal

 
 

Description of Funk Metal

 
Inspired by the more Hard Rock edges of Parliament/Funkadelic, the Red Hot Chili Peppers -- who remained a Los Angeles anomaly for years -- gave Funk an even harder edge, giving rise to Funk Metal. Combining bassist Flea's hard funk lines with the intense, Heavy Metal and psychedelic guitar of Hillel Slovek, the Red Hots set the standard that many other bands would follow. Living Color and Primus were popular proponents of the style, with strong musicianship focusing equal attention on the guitar and bass. The sound continues to fuel contemporary musicians -- Thrash Metal acts like Korn and Limp Bizkit owe obvious debts to the Red Hots -- while Funk Metal acts regularly pop up on the regional level.
 

Funk Metal Key Tracks

 
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1. Turtle Wax (Funkaholics Anonymous) Infectious Grooves
2. Calm Like A Bomb Rage Against the Machine
3. Down 311
4. High Speed Changer Orange 9mm
5. Ashes To Ashes Faith No More
 

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Rock/Pop  >  Metal  >  Funk Metal
 

Funk Metal Key Artists

 
24-7 Spyz

Long before Funk Metal
became popular through
bands such as Rage Against
the Machine, there was
New York's 24-7 Spyz. For...

Bloodhound Gang

The Bloodhound gang hail
from Philly, and released
their debut EP, "Dingleberry
Haze," in 1994. These guys
throw everything into the...

Faith No More

Using funk or rap metal to
describe this influential
band doesn't do it justice;
FNM were better than those
terms suggest. Faith No Mo...

Infectious Grooves

Infectious Grooves' mix of
brow-beating funk and
party metal features
members of Suicidal
Tendencies and Jane's A...

Living Colour

Influential late '80s group
whose mix of
message-prone rock and
funk made way for the
multicultural funk metal o...

Mr. Bungle

Impossible to pigeonhole for
more than a minute, Mr.
Bungle have marched an
inspired path of lunacy for
the past 15 years. Death m...

Orange 9mm

Revved-up Rap-Metal act
heavy on distorted guitars,
overdriven, screaming
vocals and linear, funky
rhythms.

Phunk Junkeez

Hip-hop lovin' hard rock
fans who, with DJ in tow,
added major pop gloss in
search of success in the
mid '90s.

Primus

Primus plays bass-heavy
rock often described as a
cross between the Red Chili
Peppers and Rush. Primus
formed in San Francisco i...

Rage Against the Machine

Rage Against the Machine
are most noted for their
explosive combination of
aggressive riffs and
politically-charged lyrics....

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Alongside fellow L.A. band
Jane's Addiction, the Chili
Peppers proved influential
among modern rock and
metal groups. Original me...

Sausage

Les Claypool eases off on
the bass pyrotechnics to
record an album's worth of
more band-centric art/funk.
The trio Sausage is actuall...

Snot

California group whose love
of hip-hop has inspired
them to put some bounce
into their thrashing Metal
and Punk tunes.

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