Line #5 Main/FunkRock


1	The rhythm-oriented grooves of {{funk}} plus the {{Epic Riff}}s of rock. Due to this simple combination, it was the first fusion genre to appear, way back in TheSeventies.
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3	Examples:
4	[[index]]
5	* Music/ThreeEleven
6	* Music/IVOfSpades
7	* Band of Gypsys
8	** 1970 - ''Music/BandOfGypsys''
9	* Music/BigAudioDynamite
10	* Music/DavidBowie - On ''Music/YoungAmericans'', ''Music/StationToStation'', ''Music/ScaryMonstersAndSuperCreeps'' and ''Music/LetsDance'', most notably.
11	* Eric Burdon
12	* Music/{{CAKE}}
13	* [[Music/ChicoScienceENacaoZumbi Chico Science e Nação Zumbi]]
14	* Music/GeorgeClinton - Especially early on. Parliament tended to be pure {{Funk}}, however. Also, unlike many of the other bands listed here, they were a funk band who embraced a rock influence, rather than vice versa.
15	** ''Music/MaggotBrain'' (1971) (with Funkadelic)
16	** ''Music/OneNationUnderAGroove'' (1978) (with Funkadelic)
17	* Music/DaveMatthewsBand
18	* Betty Davis
19	* Music/ElectricSix
20	* Music/{{Fishbone}}
21	* Music/GilbertoGil
22	* Music/TheHeavy
23	* Music/JimiHendrix - The {{Trope Maker\|s}}. "Little Miss Lover" is arguably the UrExample of funk rock.
24	** ''Music/AreYouExperienced'' (1967)
25	** ''Music/AxisBoldAsLove'' (1967)
26	** ''Music/ElectricLadyland'' (1968)
27	* Music/TheIsleyBrothers - Some would argue that the Isleys are the UrExample.
28	* Music/RickJames: Combined the driving, fast tempo and in-your-face attitude of Punk music and the funkiest of, well, Funk music. Considered to be the originator of Punk-Funk.
29	* Music/JorgeBenJor
30	** 1975 - ''Music/OgumXango'' (with Gilberto Gil)
31	** 1976 - ''Music/AfricaBrasil''
32	* Music/{{Labelle}}
33	* Music/LennyKravitz (at times).
34	* Level 42
35	* Music/{{Maneskin}}
36	* Music/MothersFinest
37	* [[Music/PharrellWilliams NER*D]]
38	* Music/OhioPlayers had a few songs that edged into funk rock territory.
39	* Music/{{Phish}} - One of the [[GenreBusting many styles of music]] they play, and was fairly prominent in their sound during 1997 and 1998.
40	* Music/{{Prince}} & the Revolution
41	** ''[[Music/PrinceAlbum Prince]]'' (1979)
42	** ''[[Music/NineteenNinetyNineAlbum 1999]]'' (1982)
43	** ''Music/{{Purple Rain\|Album}}'' (1984)
44	** ''Music/AroundTheWorldInADay'' (1985)
45	** ''Music/SignOTheTimes'' (1987)
46	** ''Music/Batman1989'' (1989)
47	** Several of [[Music/PrincesAssociates his associate bands]] like Mazarati.
48	* Rare Earth (and they were even signed to Motown to boot!)
49	* Music/{{Redbone}}
50	* Music/RedHotChiliPeppers: Especially so in their earlier days, until their 1999 album ''Californication''. Since then, they've focused more on AlternativeRock with vague [[CallBack callbacks]] to their funky roots.
51	** ''Music/BloodSugarSexMagik'' (1991)
52	** ''Music/{{Californication}}'' (1999) [[labelnote:note]]not to be confused with the [[Series/{{Californication}} unassociated TV show of the same name]][[/labelnote]]
53	** ''Music/ByTheWay'' (2002)
54	** ''Music/StadiumArcadium'' (2006)
55	* Music/TheReignOfKindo
56	* Music/SpinDoctors
57	* Music/TheTime: Prince's secondary band that continued using the "Minneapolis Sound" after the Purple One began moving towards psychedelic rock with the Revolution.
58	* Music/{{Trapeze}}
59	* Music/TalkingHeads - They comparatively leaned towards a pure {{Funk}} sound with NewWaveMusic and {{Afrobeat}} influences, but they still count.
60	* Music/TupperWareRemixParty
61	* Music/TVOnTheRadio
62	* Ike & Music/TinaTurner - Their work as a duo in the 70s falls under this category, being more Rock-oriented than their earlier work and much of their solo material.
63	* Music/WarBand
64	* Music/WendyAndLisa
65	* Wild Cherry (a.k.a the "Play That Funky Music" band)
66	* Yolk
67	[[/index]]
68
69	'''Punk Funk'''
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71	Appeared in the late 1970s in the UK, can frequently overlap with PostPunk. Much less funk-oriented than either funk-rock or -metal, more experimental/dissonant/noisy. Arguably mutated into what we now know as dance-punk.
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73	Examples:
74	[[index]]
75	* Music/ACertainRatio
76	* Music/BigBoys (who mixed this with HardcorePunk)
77	* Music/BushTetra
78	* Music/TheContortions
79	* Music/GangOfFour
80	* Music/{{Minutemen}} (much like Big Boys above, they combined this style with HardcorePunk, though there were {{Jazz}} and {{Folk}} influences, too)
81	* Music/OrangeJuice
82	* Music/ThePopGroup
83	* Music/{{Pylon}}
84	[[/index]]

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