Weapon of Choice basically used to open for RHCP and Fishbone. I saw them once and was blown away and they were almost better than Fishbone. Check them out here if interested. Or if you ever get to see them live they are great. They were Snoop's band when he was on Jay Leno.

http://www.weaponofchoice.net/

3121Addict said:

I checked them out on allmusic.com and saw that their debut came out in 1994.
I'm not very much into modern funk so I guess I'll pass for now. Might be that I'll learn to appreciate contemporary funk someday but for now Imma stick with my 70's stuff

Is Funk able to funk anybody?

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Paradigm by GC and Prince is some funky shit!

The guitar work on that is pure funk!

What do you Think of Chromeo.

Do you agree that Fancy Footwork is the funkiest album released since Andre's Livin' in The New Wave.

who played bass on lilo thomas - sexy girl?

What do you think about these relatively obscure funk bands
brass construction and mass production?
What do you think about brass construction's horn section?
What do you think about some of mass production's cheesy album
covers?

This is a great thread. I tried to see if anyone mentioned these bands, I hope I didn't overlook...

What do you think about B.T. Express,One Way featuring Al Hudson, Bloodstone, New Birth, Johnny Guitar Watson and Fatback Band? Are they funky or just.... something else?

I have a Minimoog and I don't use it for anything, really. Should I be shot?

Romeoblu said:

I've heard a couple of their tracks. Wasn't impressed.

phunkdaddy said:

I dig Brass Construction. I have their debut, it's pretty hot
I dig their horns too, that's what the band was about
I've yet to get into Mass Production, so I can't tell ya what I think of them or their covers at this point

speciallove said:

The ones in bold are the ones I'm familiar with/I have listened to.

B.T. Express has some badd jams on their debut, especially the title track (Do It 'Til You're Satisfied). I frequently play along to that song with my bass

Johnny 'Guitar' Watson is definitely an underrated brotha when it comes to funk. He is one badd motha, no doubt. Ain't That A Bitch is a great album, check it out.

Fatback Band are sho nuff funky. They have some really cool stuff, like People Music. The album is full of cool basslines and some real fonk

novabrkr said:

Nah... but you should donate it to me

Pretty please

speciallove said:

Thanks

FuNkeNsteiN said:

You are still too young and inexperienced, young jedi warrior. Such unfathomable powers could lure you too easily to the dark side.

FuNkeNsteiN said:

I can only remember one song by Mass Production - 'Firecraker' it was bad back in the day, I don't remember what album it was on, but I still play that cut from time to time

They had a really great jam in 1981 called "Turn Up The Music".

what is soul?

vainandy said:

okay - I will have to look into that

speciallove said:

Firecracker was taken from their 1979 album In the purist form.
Turn up the music was a great jam. I can't think of the album it was on at
this time. One of their most underrated albums was 1978's three miles high.
The radio singles from that album were Just wanna make a dream come true and
Groove Me. The title track was good too. Right now all the group has is a greatest cd compilation from Rhino which is weak because they left off some of
mass production's best work. Nothing from three miles high is on the compilation which is a travesty. I have seen on spun.com where the group has a double disc coming out with in the purist form/believe on it. I think wine flow disco is on the believe album.

had to bring this thread back

Idk if this was asked, but how funky was Graham Central Station?

MajesticOne89 said:

Ooh, they were funky as hell, sho nuff
Listen to 'Release Yourself', 'The Jam', 'Now Do-You-Wanta Dance', 'Pow', 'Hair' & 'Earthquake'. That's some real fonk for ya

FuNkeNsteiN said:

I asked cuz everybody in the Prince forum bashes larry, but when i saw this
http://www.youtube.com/wa...1IuD6F3R5I
I was like WOOOOAAHHHHH!!!!!

MajesticOne89 said:

That's because approximately 95% of the people in Prince: Music & More are morons who don't know shit about music 'n' are here just cause they want to get into P's pants...

Larry ain't no joke

Are there any funky bars or clubs in Helsinki?

Finnish funk, does it exist?

mistymeadows said:

I don't think there are any clubs or bars entirely devoted to funk. There are places where one can hear funk occasionally, though. There's a cool jazz club downtown that sometimes has funky acts playing there.
Finnish funk does exist, but it is by no means a huge genre