Prog and Funk
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Topic: Prog and Funk
Posted By: Aaron
Subject: Prog and Funk
Date Posted: May 28 2006 at 19:25
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any good bands that combine these two styles
Aaron
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Posted By: FragileDT
Date Posted: May 28 2006 at 19:42
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I would like to know that too. My band that I'm in right now is a prog funk type bands but we havent recorded anything yet.
If you like any newer experimental bands I would highly recommend Incubus' "S.C.I.E.N.C.E." My favorite CD with the name "funk" incorporated in it (other than John Scofield), very thoughtful, strange, and very experimental. ------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless Compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity |
Posted By: erlenst
Date Posted: May 28 2006 at 19:44
| I'd recommend Eela Craig - One Niter. Amazing symphonic progressive rock with some quite funky passages. A true masterpiece !! |
Posted By: Rorro
Date Posted: May 28 2006 at 19:49
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A pretty good band that mixes Fusion with Funk is Herbie Hancock, i reccomend the album Head Hunters. |
Posted By: alan_pfeifer
Date Posted: May 28 2006 at 22:56
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Primus is a good choice.
I'd go with Sailing the Seas of Cheese for them. 2nd to the Incubus mention.
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Posted By: Rashikal
Date Posted: May 28 2006 at 23:20
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Can has some funk influences from james brown
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listen to Hella |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: May 28 2006 at 23:24
Mr. Bungle's debut! Excellent Prog-funk-metal... Mr. Patton can do no wrong  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: iguana
Date Posted: May 29 2006 at 05:07
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frog and punk ... let's see ...
SAGA has a lot of funky moments. other than that, listen to GEORGE CLINTON and PARLIAMENT / FUNKADELIC for some proggy funk stuff --- ------------- progressive rock and rural tranquility don't match. true or false? |
Posted By: crucify_the_ego
Date Posted: May 29 2006 at 05:46
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Deloused by TMV has Flea on bass, I think. Not massively funky, but considerably more so than most prog. |
Posted By: eddietrooper
Date Posted: May 29 2006 at 05:57
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Faith No More mixed metal / funk with some prog influences. Patton was the singer too. |
Posted By: pero
Date Posted: May 29 2006 at 06:56
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Hebie hancock - Headhunters
- Man child
as Rorro said are exellent examples of jazz-rock / funk
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Posted By: heyitsthatguy
Date Posted: May 29 2006 at 09:12
Yes! I thought Incubus would never get mention here! Wouldn't exactly call them prog...but a hell of a band nonetheless. And hey, they did do a 20 something minute epic (the odyssey) for the halo 2 soundtrack, which is pretty good. But prog funk.....hmm....well, Primus is prog related, and they can be really funky. ------------- 
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FragileDT wrote:Posted By: SaintVitus
Date Posted: May 29 2006 at 09:32
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Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
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Posted By: arnold stirrup
Date Posted: May 29 2006 at 09:58
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In a jazz-related vein:
Miles Davis - On The Corner
Weather Report - Sweetnighter
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Posted By: Cheesecakemouse
Date Posted: May 29 2006 at 10:04
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Magma - especially Attahk Can- Tago Mago-the song Halleluwah Miles Davis- Bitches Brew to On the Corner A lot of Fusion groups, Mahavishnu etc.
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: May 29 2006 at 10:07
Some of Frank Zappa's stuff can actually be called funk. 
Some of CAN's stuff is inspired by funk, but don't know if you sould call it funk, really...
 George Clinton is a great "funk-grandpa", but it cannot be called prog.
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Posted By: Aaron
Date Posted: May 29 2006 at 10:25
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to give an example in my own thread, Mahavishnu's Visions of the Emerald Beyond
although, i guess i am not really looking for the jazz/fusion stuff
Eela Craig was a good suggestion, I was think of picking something up by them, thanks broham
Aaron
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Posted By: BePinkTheater
Date Posted: May 29 2006 at 10:54
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Early Jameroqui has some proggy elements. ------------- I can strangle a canary in a tin can and it would be really original, but that wouldn't save it from sounding like utter sh*t. -Stone Beard |
Posted By: Tasartir
Date Posted: May 29 2006 at 12:56
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The Mars Volta, Primus, Mr.Bungle's debut album, Dixie Dregs, I could go on forever. Most prog bands have a funky riff or two somewhere in their carreers. ------------- ...Histoires Sans Paroles... |
Posted By: Harry Hood
Date Posted: May 29 2006 at 14:01
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Primus and Les Claypool's Frog Brigade.
(why haven't the Frog Brigade been added yet? They're more prog than Primus) ------------- 
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Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: May 29 2006 at 14:24
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"Goldball" by the German jazz rockers of EXMAGMA is really groovy and funky (an outstanding rythmical section) ------------- 
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Posted By: DallasBryan
Date Posted: May 29 2006 at 14:44
| Exmagma is a band I havent heard, looking forward to a listen, they sound interesting, thanks philippe! |
Posted By: Chicapah
Date Posted: May 29 2006 at 14:53
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A lot of the bands being mentioned are a lot more jazz than funk related. I would suggest trying Little Feat for a true progressive funk experience. I would recommend their album "Feats Don't Fail Me Now" as an introduction. Their song progressions and arrangements were far from ordinary and they were apt to expand a few of their jams into what some might consider "prog." Their later stuff after Lowell George passed on was high quality but a lot more mainstream, as well. Give them a shot. ------------- "Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain |
Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: May 29 2006 at 15:09
| Babe Ruth are an obvious example. Check out tracks like 'Wells Fargo' and 'The Mexican' for evidence, both on their excellent debut 'First Base'. |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: May 30 2006 at 07:49
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Massacre, the power trio featuring Fred Frith, Bill Laswell and Fred Maher, got funky at times - just listen to 'Legs' on Killing Time to hear some honest to goodness RIO funk. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: May 30 2006 at 12:16
Surely trumpet
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: May 30 2006 at 12:20
| Flea surely plays trumpet on "Frances the Mute", while on "Deloused..." he is just credited among the musicians, though without any indication of the instrument he plays. |
Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: May 30 2006 at 18:53
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I'm surprised no one else has mentioned it, but what about Jane's Addiction? I know they're not prog, but there were some other bands mentioned that aren't in PA. They actually get pretty proggy at times. Check out "Three Days" on "Ritual de lo Habitual." ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: Nipsey88
Date Posted: May 30 2006 at 23:44
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Someone mentioned Little Feat. The Time Loves A Hero album is way funky
and has moments of pure prog in songs like Red Streamliner and Day at
the Dog Races. Much of the Funkadelic (and some Parliament) stuff has occasional prog elements and is so funky it hurts. The 2 Phish albums Picture of Nectar and Rift have both funk and prog elements mixed together nicely. Several mentioned late 60's early 70's Miles. True, true. Utopia has some really funky moments, especially on the first two albums. (also true with much solo Rundgren) Zappa? Yup. I always thought the middle breakdown in the Floyd song Echoes was kinda funky. That'll do fer now. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Nipsey88/?chartstyle=myspace02" rel="nofollow"> 
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