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.
Rock style leadguitars, funky bass and complex drumrhythms and percussions of funk.

Genre history

Jimi Hendrix started to combine the rhythms and riffs of early funk to his rock band’s sound. Perhaps the earliest example is his song “Little Miss Lover” (1967). His live album Band of Gypsys features funky riffs and rhythms throughout (especially the song “Power of Soul”) and his unfinished album also included a couple of funk-rock songs such as “Freedom”, “Izabella” and “Straight Ahead”. Other pioneers of funk-rock evolved in the 1970s in the form of the British rock-band Trapeze, Frank Zappa and the American band Funkadelic. The Big Boys created their own sound with Hardcore Funk Punk in the early 1980s. The most famous funk rock song was Another One Bites the Dust by Queen

Style’s representators in the 1980s through to the modern day include Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane’s Addiction, Fishbone, Primus, Living Colour, Spin Doctors, 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.

A major form of Funk-rock is Minneapolis sound.

See also

• Rap rock
• Jazz fusion
• Big Boys
• Funkcore

References

• Top 200 Hits of the 80's[www.pirateuropa.com] : Music > Other Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me (4:26) Lipps Inc - Funky Town (3:58) 107. Loverboy - Working for the Weekend (3:41)
• Discographie Pepperienne - Singles Behind The Sun; Higher Ground (pearly 12"); If You Want Me To Stay (Pink If You Have To Ask (Album Version); Give It Away (Live from Funky Monks video)
• GameSpot Forums - The Guitar Hero Union Board - Challenge Your Also, my mom's band is the Funky Punks. I was disappointed that my band's . Jun 17, 2007 3:16 pm PT. Anyone want to challenge me to any song? PLEASE?
• Myspace.com Blogs - boyfriend and girlfriend application Why do you want me? cos your funky Do you love me? as a mate . Posted by Kitty on Monday, August 29, 2005 at 3:16 PM [Reply to this]
• Funky Monkey Man: 09/09/07 - 16/09/07 Funky Monkey Man. Like life just in text format About Me. My Photo. FunkyMonkeyMan: I come from the planet earth, I mean you no harm.
• #1: http://epidem.ru/2007/04/24 Tiga - You Gonna Want Me (Tocadisco Remix) 06:08 03. Dave Spoon Feat. 11 Sarah Connor - I've got to use my Imagination [3:16]
• 50th Anniversary Collection by James Brown mp3 at Music Archive I Don’t Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door I’ll Get It Myself) Pt.1 Make It Funky Pt.1, 3:16 Funky President (People It’s Bad), 3:55
• hello 2003 It was loud, it was funky, and the band looked to be enjoying themselves, .. 1981 hit album DARE,which contained their big hit single Don't You Want Me.