Grand Funk Railroad is an American rock band formed in Flint, Michigan, in 1969 by Mark Farner, Don Brewer, and Mel Schacher (bass). The band achieved peak popularity and success during the 1970s with hit songs such as "We're an American Band", "I'm Your Captain ", "Some Kind of Wonderful", "Walk Like a Man", "The Loco-Motion", "Bad Time" and "Inside Looking Out". Grand Funk released six platinum and seven gold-certified albums between their recording debut in 1969 and their first disbandment in 1976.
Go-go is a subgenre of funk music with an emphasis on specific rhythmic patterns, and live audience call and response.
Robert Allen Palmer was an English singer and songwriter. He was known for his powerful, soulful voice and sartorial elegance, and for his stylistic explorations, combining soul, funk, jazz, rock, pop, reggae, and blues. While his "four-decade career incorporated every genre of music", Palmer is best known "for the pounding rock-soul classic, 'Addicted to Love', and its accompanying video, which came to epitomise the glamour and excesses of the 1980s."
The Gap Band was an American R&B and funk band that rose to fame during the 1970s and 1980s. The band consisted of three brothers: Charlie, Ronnie, and Robert Wilson, along with other members; it was named after streets in the historic Greenwood neighborhood in the brothers' hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Freeez were an English electronic music group, initially known as one of the UK's main jazz-funk bands of the early 1980s before transitioning to an electro style. Initiated by John Rocca, Freeez consisted of various musicians, originally with Rocca and others such as Andy Stennett (keyboards), Peter Maas and Paul Morgan or Everton McCalla (drums). They had an international hit with "IOU", and a UK top 10 with "Southern Freeez".
Mummer is the sixth studio album by the English rock band XTC, released on 30 August 1983 on Virgin Records. It was the first XTC album to be recorded following the band's retirement from live performance in 1982. The album's title and artwork refers to a Mummers' play, in which the identity of the players is hidden. A working title considered for the album was Fruits Fallen From God's Garden.
Dan Reed Network is an American funk rock band formed in 1984 by Dan Reed in Portland, Oregon. They released several albums during the mid-to late 1980s and scored a top 40's hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1988.
Live at Breeze's Metro Club is a live album recorded and released in 1986 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Rare Essence. The album was recorded at the now defunct Breeze's Metro Club, a music venue formerly located on Bladensburg Road in the Gateway neighborhood of Northeast, Washington, D.C. The album is also referred to as The Album That Kept the Whole Neighborhood Rockin'.
Drop the Bomb is a studio album released in 1982 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Trouble Funk. The album included the songs "Drop the Bomb" and "Pump Me Up" which have been sampled numerous times by many hip hop artists.
Trouble Over Here is a studio album by American go-go band Trouble Funk, released in 1987 by Island Records.
Live is a live album recorded and released in 1981 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Trouble Funk. This was the group's debut album, and consist of four approximately 15-minute jam sessions. The album was remastered and reissued in 1996.
Saturday Night Live is a live album released in 1983 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Trouble Funk.
In Times of Trouble is a studio album released in 1983 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Trouble Funk. It was packaged with a live disc.
Say What! is a live album released in 1986 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Trouble Funk. The album was recorded live in London, England during the summer of 1986.
Early Singles is a compilation album released on March 11, 1997 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Trouble Funk. The album consists of a compilations of the band earlier singles from the late-70s to the early-80s.
Droppin' Bombs is a double-compilation album released on August 25, 1998 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Trouble Funk.
E Flat Boogie is a compilation album released in 2000 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Trouble Funk. The album consists of a compilations of the band earlier singles from the late-70s to the early-80s.
Live & Early Singles is a compilation album released on February 17, 2004, by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Trouble Funk. The album consists of a compilation of the band's earlier singles from the late-1970s to the early-1980s.
The Complete Collection of Trouble Funk is a double-compilation album release in 2015 by the American go-go band Trouble Funk. The album was dedicated to the memories of Robert Reed, Mac Cary, Lonnie Duckett, and Herbert Hicks.
All the Way Live is a compilation album released on June 21, 2000, by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Trouble Funk.
