Trouble Funk

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Trouble Funk
Background information
Origin	Washington DC
Genre(s)	Go-go Funk
Years active	1978–1994
Label(s)	Sugar Hill Island
Former members
Emmett "EJ Roxx" Nixon Mack Carey Timothius "Tee-Bone" David Chester "Boogie" Davis Big Tony Fisher James "Doc" Avery Gerald Reed Robert "Syke Dyke" Reed Taylor "Monster Baby" Reed David Rudd

Trouble Funk was an influential and successful R&B band from Washington DC. They helped to popularise the Washington, D.C. funk subgenre go-go. Among their well-known songs is the go-go anthem "Hey Fellas". They released several studio albums including, Drop the Bomb, In Times of Trouble, and Trouble Over Here, Trouble Over There, and two live albums, Trouble Funk - Straight Up Go-Go Style and Saturday Night Live. They sometimes shared the stage with hardcore punk bands of the day such as Minor Threat and the Big Boys.

Their song "Pump Me Up" has been sampled by many other artists and is featured on the fictional R&B radio station Wildstyle in the game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.