13 Facts About Funk metal

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Funk metal is a subgenre of funk rock and alternative metal that infuses heavy metal music with elements of funk and punk rock.

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Funk metal was part of the alternative metal movement, and has been described as a "brief but extremely media-hyped stylistic fad".

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Funk metal scene formed in California during the mid-1980s with a group of bands who were initially playing a mix of funk, hard rock, hip hop and punk, and it quickly evolved to include elements of thrash metal.

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Funk metal gained mainstream attention in the late 1980s, when Living Colour and Faith No More experienced chart success with their songs.

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Funk metal paved the way for the nu metal movement of the late 1990s-early 2000s, and was influential to acts such as Korn and Limp Bizkit.

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Funk metal has been called thrash-funk or punk-funk and was most prevalent in the American state of California, particularly in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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Roots of funk metal can be traced back to the Atlanta band Mother's Finest.

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The decision to take that direction towards heavy Funk metal had some consequences, such as the departure of keyboardist Michael Keck, who could not find a place in that new sound.

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Funk metal band Living Colour achieved mainstream success with their song "Cult of Personality", which was a very popular hit and frequently played on MTV, helping the band's album Vivid go double-platinum.

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Funk metal bands formed in the San Francisco Bay Area were influenced by the earlier, punk-oriented Los Angeles bands such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Fishbone, and there would be interaction between bands from both cities.

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Funk metal said Primus and Faith No More "came in and shut down the metal scene single handedly", and that bands such as these attracted a large female demographic that had previously followed thrash metal.

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Nu Funk metal is generally considered to have entered the mainstream with Korn's 1998 album Follow the Leader, and the label was being used by the early 2000s.

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Bands formed in the 2000s and 2010s that have been described as funk metal include Psychostick, Twelve Foot Ninja and Prophets of Rage.

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