Funk Metal

This was a big thing when I was in Highschool about 20 years ago. Some of the bands that were doing it are still together and some that aren't have members that are in major acts right now. Here are a handfull to get started:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAe...F56E6020&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Cx4Wq_pgt8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho6pZqUNtko
You might recognize drummer Mike Bordin from Ozzy Osbournes band. As a matter of fact Courtney Love was kicked out of their original line up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfTg4Fcza58

Probably one of the first Rap Metal tracks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f7XwCsx4fs

Hey kids that's Robert Trujillo from Metallica on bass and Psycho Miko Muir from Suicidal Tendancies on Vox.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJGFQ7O9h-M&feature=channel

Just because I love the title.

Peace Out,
Rev J

 

Thanks for the links, I know all these bands (8 years older brother) but I got some songs to download now =D

 

Here are some more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byfEFAzl2Cw&feature=related"]YouTube- L.A.P.D. / KORN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHf7IVTZMm0&feature=related"]YouTube- L.A.P.D. - P.M.S.

These guys eventually got a different lead singer and a second guitarist. They started playing detuned 7 string guitars and called themselves Korn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiQG59_Jkws&feature=related"]YouTube- Lock Up (Tom Morello) - Maniac

Their guitarist is a Mulatto who got his bachelors degree in political science from Harvard and went on to start Rage Against the Machine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea7hhybMQxE"]YouTube- Limbomaniacs - Porno

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UBNro8IkGw"]YouTube- Praxis - Dead Man Walking - Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis)

Both of these groups share drummer Brian "Brain" Mantia who briefly replaced Tim "Herb" Alexander in Primus. If you switch out bass Bootsy Collins for Les Claypool in Praxis you get:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjOM5YjMZ8w"]YouTube- Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains opening jam

Peace Out,
Rev J

 

check out this band haha


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiseUswNEo8"]YouTube- Gloominous Doom - Portal Pottty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z5sIFmKG4s&feature=related"]YouTube- Gloominous Doom - The Night of the Scrappelizer

 

^ I think you're missing the funk..

 

when i hear funk i think of them. duck they are from reading, you should go see their show ... Their vocalist has a prosthetic leg and drinks beers out of it if you're lucky and give him one. he also plays the cowbell on it.

 

^ I mean, that'd be cool and all if they didn't suck.

I'll stick to free shows by The Clarks =P

 

It's interesting. I hear more Reggae, and Ska than Funk. Still kinda cool I also hear bits of Celtic music too. From what I can get beyond the Cookie Monster vocals they at least have a sense of humor.

Today's example's are proof that funk metal wasn't solely the domain of white people:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdQtYfURhTM"]YouTube- Funny Vibe - Living Colour

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMprpu0et9M

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYKxa_22BVk

It takes serious balls for a black rock band to write a song about skinheads in the first person.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8MN3XcJf_k"]YouTube- Hard Left Video (Tackhead featuring Gary Clail)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFmZsHLC1Wk"]YouTube- tackhead - mind and movement control

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvXNuFhUWDo"]YouTube- TACKHEAD "Airborne Rangerl"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3I3CpB45Vc"]YouTube- TACK HEAD - What's My Mission Now? - 1985

Back in the day Tackhead were the house band at Sugar Hill Records (Grand Master Flash, the SUgar Hill Gang etc.) after being replaced by machines they hooked up with British producer Adrian Sherwood and mixed elemements of Funk, Metal, Dub, Reggae, and Industrial musics for Sherwoods On-U Sound label.

Peace Out,
Rev J

 

If you don't like
What you see here
Get the FUNK out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqP76XWHQI0"]YouTube- Extreme - Get The Funk Out

 

HOly shit! I Found this CD at the thrift store and I love it because it is so awesome and obscure at the same time!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHTs0xC5AV8&feature=channel"]YouTube- King of the Hill - Party in My Pocket
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUrjiu7t1O8&feature=channel"]YouTube- King of the Hill - Electric Riot

also cannot forget I mother Earth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVW6bYZyHA4"]YouTube- Levitate

This thread is rad!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TnL-LJKWE0"]YouTube- Rocket Queen Appetite For Destruction Guns 'N' Roses

Although I wouldn't call it funk metal per se I read an interview where the bass player said this was influenced by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Peace Out,
Rev J

 

The heart eyes smiley is gone, so just imagine it =D

I've never heard funk metal quite like this

 

you might have heard the other two songs on that album, hole hearted, and more than words.
THose songs are the only two hits, but they are powerballads. They suck ass. the rest of the album is awesome.

 

Lets get a little more obscure:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpbQomOGKU0&feature=related"]YouTube- 24-7 Spyz - Jungle Boogie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkMBo6HOH_4&feature=related"]YouTube- 24-7 Spyz - Ballots Not Bullets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XavY5L7-9Ls"]YouTube- Orange 9mm - When You Lie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh5zhAaRP3g"]YouTube- Orange 9mm - Alien

And now a word from the Suburban White Boy Contingent:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWafQuMIo-M&feature=related"]YouTube- Mr johnson and the juice crew

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSZHE-ls6_w&feature=related"]YouTube- Scatterbrain Tastes Just Like Chicken

And although not a funk metal track this still is a groundbreaking track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfQUuYY87fA"]YouTube- Anthrax- I'm The Man

I'm pretty sure Anthrax were one of the first Metal bands to embrace rap even though this track is a little goofy.

Peace Out,
Rev J

 

does this fit?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRXnoFTdlOE"]YouTube- Ugly Kid Joe - Madman

 

That was definately funky so is the end of this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byEGjLU2egA"]YouTube- Ugly Kid Joe - Everything About You

I allways thought that sounded like cheesy Motley Crue turning into The Red Hot Chili Peppers. It wouldn't surprise me if the original arrangement was completely like the end but it got changed in the studio at the record companies urging.

Now just to cleanse the palate a little:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FOfSQFQCDc"]YouTube- SUICIDAL TENDENCIES - SEND ME YOUR MONEY

It's too bad Metallica will never let Robert Trujillo cut loose like that.

Peace Out,
Rev J

 

you're probably right. after all, they needed at least 1 radio friendly original hit.

When I heard they picked him up I almost cried. I wasn't even aware that he was a free agent at the time.

 

Yeah it's funny he left Ozzy's band to join Metalica. Then Jason Newstead joined Ozzys band briefly. I honestly don't think Newstead is performing anymore. I know he has some serious back and neck issues form heavy basses and headbanging all of those years.

Peace Out,
Rev J

 

You beat me to it

 

One of the 1st and most famous forefathers of all funk rock have gotta be.....MOTHERS FINEST...."Baby" sure kicks ass!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi41K4zY8O4"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi41K4zY8O4

....or even Jingo de Lunch....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8weAnkaF8vw"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8weAnkaF8vw