Funk metal
Funk metal is a subgenre of funk rock that fuses elements of heavy metal and funk. AllMusic has said that "Funk metal evolved in the mid-'80s when alternative bands like the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Faith No More, Infectious Grooves, Mordred and Fishbone began playing the hybrid with a stronger funk underpinning than metal". Faith No More have also been described as funk metal that dabbled in rap-metal. Rage Against the Machine's mix of funk and metal not only included rap, but also elements of punk rock. Primus, a band that has never had a clear genre, have been called things such as "thrash metal-funk meets Don Knotts, Jr." Living Colour have been cited by Rolling Stone as "Black-funk-metal pioneers."
Certain bands not from an alternative background, such as Bang Tango and Extreme, have also put funk into their musical style many times.
Notable funk metal artists
- 24-7 Spyz
- Bang Tango
- Bootsauce
- Buckethead
- Clutch
- Electric Boys
- Extreme
- Fishbone
- Faith No More
- Family Force 5
- Follow for Now
- Gargamel!
- Hoobustank
- I Mother Earth
- Incubus
- Infectious Grooves
- Jimmie's Chicken Shack
- Kid Rock (Early)
- King's X
- LAPD
- Limp Bizkit
- Living Colour
- Lucy Brown
- Maximum the Hormone
- Mind Funk
- Mr. Bungle (early)
- Mordred
- Nuclear Rabbit
- Primus
- Psychefunkapus
- Rage Against the Machine
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Royal Crescent Mob
- Siam Shade
- Stevie Salas
- Suicidal Tendencies
- T.M. Stevens
- Urban Dance Squad
Funk Metal Media
Funk metal band Faith No More