Funk Metal

So, let's say you've got two genres that are great on their own, namely Funk and Heavy Metal. What happens when you put them together? Exactly What It Says on the Tin: Take Funk Rock, replace the rock with Heavy Metal, turn up the amps and rock out. Emerged in The Eighties and became really popular in The Nineties. Can frequently overlap with Rap Metal, Rap Rock or Alternative Metal.


 * Living Colour
 * Faith No More
 * Mr. Bungle
 * Fishbone
 * Incubus
 * Jane's Addiction
 * Porno For Pyros
 * Limp Bizkit
 * Korn
 * Maximum the Hormone
 * Red Hot Chili Peppers
 * Rage Against the Machine
 * Audioslave
 * Street Sweeper Social Club
 * Primus
 * Snot
 * Suicidal Tendencies
 * Also Infectious Grooves
 * Urban Dance Squad
 * Extreme (no matter what their Black Sheep Hit may lead you to believe)
 * Bang Tango
 * Ugly Kid Joe
 * The Rollins Band
 * 24-7 Spyz
 * The Dan Reed Network
 * I Mother Earth
 * Shootyz Groove
 * Sugar Ray (mostly early on)
 * Orange 9mm
 * Mind Funk
 * Royal Cresecent Mob
 * Jimmie's Chicken Shack
 * Mind Heavy Mustard
 * Zebrahead (though they also border on Pop-Punk)
 * Finger 11 (on some of their later albums at least)
 * Alien Ant Farm
 * Lucy Brown
 * Follow For Now
 * Uncle Mingo
 * Yolk
 * Chronic Future
 * Chucklehead
 * 311
 * Phunk Junkeez
 * Royal Jelly