The rhythm-oriented grooves of funk plus the Epic Riffs of rock. Due to this simple combination, it was the first fusion genre to appear, way back in The '70s.
Examples:
- 311
- IV of Spades
- Band of Gypsys
- 1970 - Band of Gypsys
- Big Audio Dynamite
- David Bowie - On Young Americans, Station to Station, Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) and Let's Dance, most notably.
- Eric Burdon
- Cake
- Chico Science e Nação Zumbi
- George Clinton - 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.
- Maggot Brain (1971) (with Funkadelic)
- One Nation Under a Groove (1978) (with Funkadelic)
- Dave Matthews Band
- Betty Davis
- Electric Six
- Fishbone
- Gilberto Gil
- The Heavy
- Jimi Hendrix - The Trope Maker. "Little Miss Lover" is arguably the Ur-Example of funk rock.
- Are You Experienced (1967)
- Axis: Bold As Love (1967)
- Electric Ladyland (1968)
- The Isley Brothers - Some would argue that the Isleys are the Ur-Example.
- Rick James: 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.
- Jorge Ben Jor
- 1975 - Ogum, Xangô (with Gilberto Gil)
- 1976 - África Brasil
- Labelle
- Lenny Kravitz (at times).
- Level 42
- Måneskin
- Mothers Finest
- N*E*R*D
- Ohio Players had a few songs that edged into funk rock territory.
- Phish - One of the many styles of music they play, and was fairly prominent in their sound during 1997 and 1998.
- Prince & the Revolution
- Prince (1979)
- 1999 (1982)
- Purple Rain (1984)
- Around the World in a Day (1985)
- Sign o' the Times (1987)
- Batman (1989) (1989)
- Several of his associate bands like Mazarati.
- Rare Earth (and they were even signed to Motown to boot!)
- Redbone
- Red Hot Chili Peppers: Especially so in their earlier days, until their 1999 album Californication. Since then, they've focused more on Alternative Rock with vague callbacks to their funky roots.
- Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
- Californication (1999) note
- By the Way (2002)
- Stadium Arcadium (2006)
- The Reign of Kindo
- Spin Doctors
- The Time: Prince's secondary band that continued using the "Minneapolis Sound" after the Purple One began moving towards psychedelic rock with the Revolution.
- Trapeze
- Talking Heads - They comparatively leaned towards a pure Funk sound with New Wave Music and Afrobeat influences, but they still count.
- Tupper Ware Remix Party
- TV on the Radio
- Ike & Tina Turner - 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.
- War (Band)
- Wendy & Lisa
- Wild Cherry (a.k.a the "Play That Funky Music" band)
- Yolk
Punk Funk
Appeared in the late 1970s in the UK, can frequently overlap with Post-Punk. Much less funk-oriented than either funk-rock or -metal, more experimental/dissonant/noisy. Arguably mutated into what we now know as dance-punk.
Examples:
- A Certain Ratio
- Big Boys (who mixed this with Hardcore Punk)
- Bush Tetra
- The Contortions
- Gang of Four
- Minutemen (much like Big Boys above, they combined this style with Hardcore Punk, though there were Jazz and Folk influences, too)
- Orange Juice
- The Pop Group
- Pylon
