I'm surpised no one mentioned the Aural Exciters. I know..."not a funk band", but Bob Blank worked with bands like Instant Funk and James Chance and the Contortions etc. Not a bad party record.
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I did a Texas Punk Funk mix for the 2011 Waxidermy Mix Swap. If anyone would like a copy send me a PM.
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Not to split hairs but that's more funk than Rick James was punk...
And ill agree yet guys who were already doing the fusion like DeFunkt and the other bands doesnt really intrigue me in this instance.
I think I understand your angle but by the time punk came around there weren't too many funk bands still around and those who were were probably all well established and well... old. Why should they try and connect with a subculture that for the outsider must have looked threatening and aggressive. Once punk turned into a fashion, pink wigs and studded belts and leather jackets found their way into the disco but those were fashion statements nothing more.
This is also not what you're looking for but great music nevertheless:
this record confused the fusk out of me when it came out - bootsy in a weird arty hard rock bag with buckethead, and bill laswell on the boards. space bass kicks in at 4:30
A certain ratio is easily my favorite band discussed in this thread so far. I covered Do the du last Halloween.
Of course nobody knows or cares who they are in my city. My favorite part is when Ms. Liz gets mad at me at the end of the video cause I was making too many noises.
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For some reason the doctor bandmember w/shades & long hair is particularly menacing.
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Is that really ACR??? That's gnarly -- totally bizarre to see them doing something like that.
Tackhead - more new wave earty 80's funk with a punk esthetic
Defunkt
Devo
Tom Tom Club
Id say some Clash and B.A.D. also fits in the category wave-punk-funk
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I find Funk bands dabbling in New Wave more fascinating than Talking Heads gettin' funky.
This is a weird clip, it takes about 50 seconds in for the song to start. Killer track!
Funky Not Funk ??
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James White is rockin DB Cooper hair!!!
"Who Says a Wave Band Can't Play Funk?!"
Not to split hairs but that's more funk than Rick James was punk...
:shreddin_it:
And ill agree yet guys who were already doing the fusion like DeFunkt and the other bands doesnt really intrigue me in this instance.
This LP has a track called Punkathon Affair. Can't remember much about it though, apart from that it wasn't a keeper.
I think I understand your angle but by the time punk came around there weren't too many funk bands still around and those who were were probably all well established and well... old. Why should they try and connect with a subculture that for the outsider must have looked threatening and aggressive. Once punk turned into a fashion, pink wigs and studded belts and leather jackets found their way into the disco but those were fashion statements nothing more.
This is also not what you're looking for but great music nevertheless:
this record confused the fusk out of me when it came out - bootsy in a weird arty hard rock bag with buckethead, and bill laswell on the boards. space bass kicks in at 4:30
A certain ratio is easily my favorite band discussed in this thread so far. I covered Do the du last Halloween.
Of course nobody knows or cares who they are in my city. My favorite part is when Ms. Liz gets mad at me at the end of the video cause I was making too many noises.
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Rad!
Dopamine Flux should cover that