Trouble Funk
| Trouble Funk | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Washington D.C., United States |
| Genres |
Go-go Funk |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Labels |
Sugar Hill Island Infinite Zero/American Recordings |
| Members |
Timothius "Tee-Bone" David Big Tony Fisher others |
| Past 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 is an American R&B and funk band from Washington, DC. It helped to popularize that area's local funk subgenre known as go-go. Among the band's well-known songs are the go-go anthem "Hey, Fellas." They released several studio albums including Drop the Bomb, In Times of Trouble, Live, and Trouble Over Here, Trouble Over There (UK #54[1]), and two live albums, Trouble Funk - Straight Up Go-Go Style and Saturday Night Live. In 1982, they released a single "So Early In The Morning" on D.E.T.T Records, later reissued on diverse labels as 2.13.61 & Tuff City. Trouble Funk sometimes shared the stage with hardcore punk bands of the day such as Minor Threat and the Big Boys.
Its song "Pump Me Up" was sampled by many other artists and was featured in the film Style Wars and the fictional R&B radio station Wild Style in the game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
"Pump Me Up" was sampled in Dimple D's one-hit wonder "Sucker DJ," which went to #1 in Australia.
Keyboard player Robert "Syke Dyke" Reed died at the age of 50 on April 13, 2008, from pancreatic cancer.[2]
Trouble Funk continues to remain a figure on the Washington, DC, area live-music scene.
Discography
- Straight Up Funk Go Go Style (Jamtu Records, 1981)
- Drop The Bomb (Sugar Hill, 1982)
- In Times Of Trouble (D.E.T.T. Records, 1983)
- Say What? (Island, 1986)
- Trouble Over Here Trouble Over There (Island, 1987)
References
- ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 567. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ↑ Sisario, Ben (April 23, 2008). "Robert Reed, Band Keyboard Player, Dies at 50". New York Times.