alternative metal > mid-1980s > funk metal
funk metal:
stylistic origins: heavy metal / funk rock / alternative metal / dance-punk / funk / thrash metal
cultural origins: mid-1980s, United States
Allmusic: “Funk Metal bands takes the loud guitars and riffs of heavy metal and melds them to the popping bass lines and syncopated rhythms of funk. Funk metal evolved in the mid-’80s when alternative bands like the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Fishbone began playing the hybrid with a stronger funk underpinning than metal. The bands that followed relied more on metal than funk, though they retained the wild bass lines. Like heavy metal, the genre became a way to showcase instrumental prowess.”
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
notable funk metal bands list:
24-7 Spyz
alternative metal, hard rock, hardcore punk, funk metal, experimental rock, rap rock
Atom Seed
hard rock, funk metal
Audioslave (Revelations album -2006)
hard rock, alternative rock, post-grunge, alternative metal, funk metal
Clutch
hard rock, funk metal, alternative metal, blues rock, stoner rock, psychedelic rock, hardcore punk (early)
Extreme
glam metal, funk metal, hard rock
Faith No More
alternative metal, experimental rock, funk metal
Fishbone
alternative rock, funk rock, funk metal, ska punk
Heads Up!
funk metal
Incubus
alternative rock, alternative metal, funk rock, funk metal, nu metal
Infectious Grooves
alternative metal, funk Metal, hard rock, heavy metal
Jane’s Addiction
funk metal, alternative rock, alternative metal, psychedelic rock
Living Colour
funk metal, hard rock, alternative metal
Mr. Bungle
alternative metal, experimental, funk metal, ska punk
Mordred
funk metal, thrash metal
Orange 9mm
alternative metal, funk metal, post-hardcore, punk revival, rap metal
The Pimps
alternative metal, funk metal
Primus
alternative metal, funk metal, progressive rock, experimental rock
Red Hot Chili Peppers
funk rock, alternative rock, funk metal, rap rock, college rock
Rollins Band
alternative metal, hard rock, post-hardcore, funk metal
Snot
hardcore punk, funk metal, nu metal
Suicidal Tendencies (Robert Trujillo era)
crossover thrash, thrash metal, hardcore punk, funk metal, skate punk
Stone Antica
indie rock, funk metal, college rock, dance-rock
L.A.P.D.
funk metal
Sugar Ray
alternative rock, pop rock, funk metal, hardcore punk, nu metal, punk rock, skate punk
Buckethead
heavy metal, progressive metal, funk metal, avant-garde metal, instrumental rock, experimental rock, ambient
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