Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Funk metal is a type of music that incorporates hard-driving heavy metal guitar riffs and the pounding bass rhythms characteristic of funk. The style emerged from Los Angeles in the mid-1980s, pioneered by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The number of performers multiplied in the later part of the decade as the sound reached its commercial peak with bands like Fishbone. Big Chief Catfish Chronic Future Dink Faith No More Fishbone I Mother Earth Infectious Grooves Jimmie's Chicken Shack Les Claypool's Flying Frogs Brigade Madball Mr. Bungle M.V.P New Kingdom Orance 9mm Primus Rage Against the Machine Red Hot Chili Peppers Sausage Shootyz Groove Skunk Anansie Smokin' Suckaz wit' Logic Snot Sublime Sugar Ray Zebrahead This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.