Funk-rock

Funk-rock is a music genre that fuses funk and rock elements. It can incorporate a wide range of instruments, but tends to have a definite bass

Funk-rock is a music genre that fuses funk and rock elements. It can incorporate a wide range of instruments, but tends to have a definite bass or drum beat and electric guitars.

The first incarnations of funk-rock evolve in the 1970s in the form of the British rock-band Trapeze and the American band Funkadelic. The Big Boys created their own sound with Hardcore Funk Punk in the early 1980s. Its origins in the 1980s through to the modern day lie with Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane's Addiction, Faith No More, Fishbone, Primus and Prince who have created, expanded and defined its style. In the early 1990s, several bands combined funky rhythms with heavy guitar sounds referred to as Funk metal.