The mutant history of 80's FUNK!
Funk is hybrid. In the 60s it evolved from mambo, funky soul, psychedelic rock, free jazz, protest poetry. In the 70's it permeated fusion jazz, afrobeat, chicano rock, film scores, TV themes, N'awlins gumbo, german electronica, eurodisco, reggae dub, postpunk. Into the 80's it mutated through many more changes...
//Groove Funk: A TASTE OF HONEY; INSTANT FUNK; BRIDES OF FUNKENSTEIN and PARLET; JUNIE MORRISON; RICK JAMES and TEENA MARIE; MARY JANE GIRLS; SLAVE; ZAPP and ROGER; XAVIER; GAP BAND; KLYMAXX; //PostPunk Funk: GANG OF FOUR; 23 SKIDOO; A CERTAIN RATIO; MEDIUM MEDIUM; TALKING HEADS, BRIAN ENO & DAVID BYRNE, The TOM TOM CLUB, and JERRY HARRISON; JAMES CHANCE & The CONTORTIONS; DEFUNKT; KONK; MAXIMUM JOY; WAS (NOT WAS); GRACE JONES; LIQUID LIQUID; E.S.G.; //HIP HOP: AFRIKA BAMBAATAA & The SOULSONIC FORCE; GRANDMASTER FLASH & The FURIOUS 5; POSITIVE FORCE; FUNKY 4 + 1; US GIRLS; //AVANT FUNK: RONALD SHANNON JACKSON; MATERIAL and BILL LASWELL; HERBIE HANCOCK and GRANDMIXER D.ST.; TIME ZONE (Afrika Bambaataa & John Lydon); SHANGO; SLY & ROBBIE; //PURPLE FUNK: PRINCE, VANITY 6, THE TIME, APOLLONIA 6, WENDY & LISA, THE FAMILY, SHEILA E(scovedo), and JESSE JOHNSON & SLY STONE; /Our heroine, NONA HENDRYX; //P-FUNK Redux: GEORGE CLINTON, THOMAS DOLBY, SLY FOX, JIMMY G. & The TACKHEADS, MICO WAVE, GENERAL KANE, MENACE, BOOTSY COLLINS, and INC. THANG BAND; //GO-GO FUNK: CHUCK BROWN & The SOUL SEARCHERS, TROUBLE FUNK, E.U. (Experience Unlimited), MASS EXTENSION, and the film "GOOD TO GO"; //AVANT FUNK II: Adrian Sherwood with KEITH LEBLANC, TACKHEAD/ Gary Clail, FATS COMET/ Doug Wimbish, and MAFFIA/ Mark Stewart; PETER GABRIEL; JEAN PAUL BOURELLY; RYUICHI SAKAMOTO; //GROOVE FUNK Redux: CAMEO; MADAME X; TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY; JANE CHILD; //PUNK FUNK: The BIG BOYS; RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS; FISHBONE; ROYAL CRESCENT MOB; LIVING COLOUR; fIREHOSE; BIG CHIEF; URBAN DANCE SQUAD; 24-7 SPYZ; LENNY KRAVITZ; //RAP Redux: PUBLIC ENEMY; SALT & PEPA; ERIC B. & RAKIM; M.C. LYTE; GETTOVETTS with Rammellzee; MS. MELODIE; The BEASTIE BOYS; MONIE LOVE; DIGITAL UNDERGROUND; MAMADO & SHE; NENEH CHERRY; and The BOO-YAA TRIBE.
These acts led to Jungle Brothers/De La Soul/Tribe Called Quest, Meshell Ndegeocello, Primus, Luscious Jackson, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Infectious Grooves, Dag, Jamiroquai, Fatboy Slim, DJ Shadow, Moby, Black Star, Outkast, Gnarls Barkely, Nikka Costa, Yohimbe Brothers, Medeski Martin & Wood, Galactic, Soulive, Mofro, Antibalas, and Robert Randolph.
NONA HENDRYX followed her success with Labelle by exploring funk-rock styles with the Talking Heads, Material, and her own albums. The new Labelle reunion album will be produced by Lenny Kravitz.
http://www.nonahendryx.com/main.html
70s FUNK: BETTY DAVIS -"F.U.N.K. (2.0)" (1975)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=oNcohPUr1PI&feature=related
More 70s FUNK: YVONNE FAIR-"FUNKY MUSIC SHO' NUFF TURNS ME ON" (1975)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8PjbLgIJZho&feature=related
80s Alternative Dance: THE DANCE -"Do-DaDa" (1980)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=PLbkQQvS_08
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tym stevens
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