Funk Rock

The rhythm-oriented grooves of Funk plus the Epic Riffs of rock. Due to this simple combination, it was the first fusion genre to appear, way back in The Seventies.

Examples:

• Jimi Hendrix - The Trope Maker. "Little Miss Lover" is arguably the Ur Example of funk rock.
• Parliament-Funkadelic
• Trapeze
• Mother's Finest
• Talking Heads - They comparatively leaned towards a pure Funk sound with New Wave and Afrobeat influences, but they still count.
• Prince & the Revolution
  • Several of his associate bands like The Time and Mazarati.
• Rick James
• Lenny Kravitz (possibly).
• The Isley Brothers - Some would argue that the Isley's are the Ur Example.

Punk Funk

Appeared in the late 1970s in the UK, can frequently overlap with Post Punk. Much less funk-oriented than either funk-rock or -metal, more experimental/dissonant/noisy. Arguably mutated into what we now know as dance-punk.

Examples:

• Gang Of Four
• A Certain Ratio
• Orange Juice
• The Pop Group
• The Contortions