Funk metal
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| Funk metal | |
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| Stylistic origins | Alternative rock Funk Heavy metal Hip hop Punk |
| Cultural origins | Mid-to-late 1980s, United States |
| Typical instruments | Bass guitar - Electric guitar - Drums - Keyboard - Rapping - Vocals |
| Derivative forms | Nu metal |
| Regional scenes | |
| California | |
| Other topics | |
| Timeline of hip hop - Timeline of heavy metal | |
Funk metal (sometimes typeset differently such as funk-metal) is a fusion genre of music which emerged in the 1980s. It typically incorporates hard-driving heavy metal guitar riffs, the pounding bass rhythms characteristic of funk, and sometimes hip hop-style rhymes into an alternative rock approach to songwriting.
Characteristics
Funk metal incorporates elements of both heavy metal and funk. Typically, the hard-driving heavy metal riffs and guitar solos are withheld, but they never overpower the bass, which is heavy and driving. Often times, slap bass is used to add more of a funk groove. The drumming is reminiscent to funk, but with heavy metal-styled pounding. Rapping is a prominent vocal style, but some bands have used other vocal styles.
Genre history
The earliest forms of funk/metal fusion date to the 1970s, when pioneering metal bands such as Aerosmith ("Last Child"), Deep Purple (Burn, Stormbringer, Come Taste the Band) and Kiss ("New York Groove," "I Was Made for Lovin' You") added funk elements to at least one of their songs.
However, it was not until the 1980s that funk metal emerged as a genre of its own. It came largely from the alternative rock scene, especially the Los Angeles scene, but important groups also emerged from other Californian cities such as San Francisco and El Sobrante. The style emerged in the mid-to-late '80s, pioneered (and exemplified) by Red Hot Chili Peppers.[1] and Faith No More.
These bands usually came from an alternative rock background, but were characterised by their adoption of various other genres. The definitive influences were strong elements of funk and heavy metal, normally evident in the bass and guitar respectively, but bands were more than often also informed by punk rock and hip hop. Some groups came from a funkcore background, and rapping is a prominent vocal style, even in groups with experienced singers as vocalists.
In the late 1980s, funk metal bands Bang Tango and Extreme, both of which were influenced by the era's focus on glam metal, had brief success, but lost popularity when public focus changed to grittier music and appearance. The genre had greater mainstream success in the early '90s alongside other forms of alternative metal and grunge, when Red Hot Chili Peppers, Faith No More, Jane's Addiction, Primus, Rage Against the Machine and others gathered large dedicated followings and commercial success. By the end of the '90s, however, only a few bands retained their popularity, and the genre went underground again.
Notable funk metal artists
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See also
Footnotes and citations
- ^ a b Red Hot Chili Peppers are described as "funk-metal kingpins." August 2006 edition of Q, pg. 51
Sources
- "Funk Metal" on All Music Guide
- Christe, Ian (2003). Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-380-81127-8.