Got the idea from my other thread, and the P-Fun/Isleys thread.


So, who are the 30 Greatest Funk Bands to ever do it? Maybe this one will be more successful than my last?

http://prince.org/msg/8/315446

Considering the choices:

(in no particular order)
1.) Sly & the Family Stone
2.) The Isley Brothers
3.) Parliament-Funkadelic
4.) The JB's
5.) Bootsy's Rubber Band
6.) The Ohio Players
7.) Zapp
8.) The Gap Band
9.) The Funk Brothers
10.) The Meters
11.) Slave
12.) One Way
13.) Skyy
14.) Klymaxx
15.) Labelle
16.) Kool & the Gang
17.) Rufus and Chaka Khan
18.) Graham Central Station
19.) Mother's Finest
20.) The Dap Kings
21.) Fishbone
22.) The Brothers Johnson
23.) Cameo
24.) Con Funk Shun
25.) Lakeside
26.) The Time
27.) The Family Stand
28.) Mandrill
29.) Fatback
30.) The Jacksons (post-Motown/Philly Soul)
[Edited 8/6/09 21:20pm]

Timmy84 said:

Nice, also, can't forget Bar-Kays, Charles Wrights's 103 Band, Dyke and the Blazers, Bloodstone, The Stairsteps/Invisible Man Band, Midnight Star. What about the SOS Band, The Deele?

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Yeah put them in there too... don't know why I forgot them. But yeah definitely those guys too.

Oh hell, I wouldn't even know where to begin and I sure as hell could not put them in order of which ones are the best. I'll just list some though. I know you said bands but the first two are my alltime favorites and they are solo artists....well, I will turn them into bands.

Prince and his backing bands (pre-Revolution)
Rick James and The Stone City Band
The Barkays
Cameo
Lakeside
Roger and Zapp
The Gap Band
Brick
Skyy
One Way
The Brothers Johnson
The Isley Brothers
Parliament/Funkadelic
Slave
Bill Summers and Summers Heat
Ebonee Webb
Kwick
BT Express
Fatback
Kool and The Gang
The Time
War
The SOS Band
Midnight Star
Instant Funk
Con Funk Shun
The Dazz Band

There are more but I just can't think of them right now.
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[Edited 8/6/09 21:15pm]

@ BT Express, War and The Stone City Band. Oh but of course.

Might as well add in James Brown's funk bands (JBs and James Brown Orchestra).

Dammitt, I forgot Brass Construction and T Connection. See, I told you this is too hard because there are always some that you will forget to list.

I see you listed Rufus so you could sneak Chaka Khan in there.

vainandy said:

Yeah I did.


[Edited 8/6/09 21:24pm]

Wait just a damn minute....how in the hell did I forget The Commodores? I guess I forgot them because Lionel Richie lost his damn mind and stopped making funk.

Not "should", you "did". Go back and look at your number 17. You little sneak.

vainandy said:

You can always put in quotations (pre-cheese Lionel Richie).

vainandy said:

That's because I'm fast.

Can we all agree that JB is the greatest, or is the debate up for discussion? P-Funk, Sly or another band? Who.s number 1?

LittleBLUECorvette said:

James Brown's the illest, baddest, greatest, funkiest, etc., etc.

P-Funk and Sly are his little brothers and the Isleys distant cousins.

Can't believe you guys forgot about Earth Wind and Fire and Tower of Power. Boy don't let Prince read this, you know these are two of his favorite groups

candy2277 said:

Tower of Power is a good one but people are still questionable about Earth, Wind & Fire.

I think "Mighty Mighty" is very funky but I'm not going to list Earth, Wind, and Fire because I don't want Greycap to come in here and beat my ass.

Timmy84 said:

EWF are Funk. They don't Funk all the time (just like Isley, ect) but they Funk.

Timmy84 said:

Why do you consider EWF questionable? Just curious. I always considered them funk.

AWB in the house.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

That's true, I guess you can call them jazz-funk.

candy2277 said:

No I don't, I said other people did. I definitely think they're in the FUNK category.

vainandy said:

Graycap will get mad if he sees someone listing EWF! I don't know why tho.

Timmy84 said:

Speaking of Jazz-Funk, what about some Blackbyrds and Headhunters.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Oh yeah.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

I agree. People need to check out their early albums (cds now LOL). My father has a 3 album set that was released as one album in the early 70s. I used to play it on our family record player. It is so funky. Two funk jams from that album are "Fan the Fire" and "Help Somebody". It also has a great slow jam "Think About Lovin You". There are other great songs as well. Most people tend to associate them with their late 70s and early 80s disco period but they did and can funk.

All that soapy soul and disco stuff tends to make people (incl. me) forget how sick some of those were back in the early 70s. EWF released some rock hard funk classics, just like the Commodores for example. Speaking of the Commodores, Machine Gun is my cut, one of the nastiest funk jams ever recorded IMO.

vainandy said:

Boy i slap you for forgettin bout Brass Construction.

They had a nasty ass brass section. Randy Muller was the man.

FunkyDissCo said:

Its really sad that a lot of those groups watered their sound down. The worst IMO was Kool and the Gang.