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There is nothing quite like the 420 Funk Mob, Mike Clip Payne's "Off Days" project that features a revolving cast of current and former members of Parliament/Funkadelic along with an all star squad of musician friends that reads like a Whose Who list of legendary performers and up and coming artists. The result is a band that cuts across all musical boundaries with a blistering attack of Funk, Soul, straight up Jammin and smokin' Rock N Roll. A true mob of musicians, from different genres, places and times united by their dedication to groove.You never know what may happen at a 420FM show. Who may show up as part of the band. What songs are they going to play? Who might be the nights special guests? Even the make up of the band can change. The 420FM has been everything from a striped down 6 piece Psychedelic Funk Rock Band to an 18 piece Funkestra with horns, strings, four or five guitar players and assorted background singers.The 420FM crew is just like air. We are everywhere. 420FM has featured P-Funks; Lige Curry, Mike Kidd Funkadelic Hampton, Garry Starchild Shider, Gabe Gonzalez, Billy Bass Nelson, Boogie Mosson, Rodney Skeet Curtis, Greg Thomas, RIckey Rouse, and Danny Bedrosian. They are frequently joined by members of WEFUNK's Woodstock posse; Jen Leigh (Merle Saunders) Zach Alford (B52s, Gwen Stefani), Adam Widoff (DRUGS), Chicken Burke (Duke & the King), Peter Keys (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Joey Eppard (3), The LAW (Planet 12, Amy Winehouse), Ted Orr (Blob),Avalon, and the Wefunk Horns, Dean Jones, Shane Kirsch, Paul Henderson and Dave CasT. Someties the 420 Funk Mob brings in some Outside talent from all across the musical spectrum for special "Hits." Icons like George Clinton, Fred Wesley from the JB's, Jazzman Stanley Jordan, and the Bad Brains founders Dr. Know and Daryl Jenifer. Internation artists like French Pop Star Matthew"M" Chedid, Super Discounts Alex Gopher and Etienne DeCrecy. Virtuoso musicians Stokholm Syndrome's Eric McFadden, Violinist Lili Haydn. Diverse artists like DJ Logic, or the MuzikMafia's Jon Nicholson, James Otto, Shannon Lawson and Jerry Navarro all have Mobbed Up. The 420FM A handpicked crew from an international gang of musicians....The 420 Funk Mob. The 420 FM began making
history right from the start. The bands first and second shows sold
out New York City's TRAMPS in a matter of hours. The 420FM International
crew were the featured musical guests on the Canal + celebration
of France’s World Cup victory. A cable and satellite TV special
that was viewed by over ten million people across Europe. Legendary Funk pioneer George Clinton had his first 420 experience in 2001 at New York’s historic club Wetlands,. He came back to join the band for sold out shows at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park and the Haunt in Ithaca, a two show day at Bard and Vasser colleges in upstate New York. Then finished off the weekend with an appearance at the High Times Stoney Awards in New York City. Clip and George sat in with the High Times Band and in the main event of the evening George presented rapper Snoop Dog with the Stoner of the Year Award. When the Press asked George about his first appearance with the 420 Funk Mob all he could do was smile. “It was like 1969 all over again.” Since that day 420FM became George’s “Other Band” that he sits in with regularly where he gets to just let it all go, be one of the band and have some straight up fun. “The 420 FM quickly created a deeply woven fabric of funk layers that brought the audience into frenzied dance late into the night,” stated a review in the Times. The 420 Funk Mob was chosen to be the official ESPN/NFL Tailgate Party Band at Super Bowl Thirty Nine. Being the first Super Bowl after the Janet Jackson and Justin TImberlake "incident" the band appeared under the politically correct banner “Wefunk
FM” on a stage set up in the stadium parking lot. The band was joined by special guests George Clinton, Sativa, and the MuzikMafia's Jon "King" Nicholson and Jerry Navarro. The band had the honor of sharing the Entertainment duties that night with Gretchen Wilson, Alicia Keys and Paul McCartney. The release of their second
album "Alive in Spain" prompted Jambase.com to call the
420FM “a band determined to build on the legacy of George
Clinton... if not the full blown return to the Pedro Bell era of
Funkadelic glory". The three cd set features the band as a 21 piece
Funkestra that included special guests George Clinton, Garry Starchild
Shider, Violinist Lili Hayden (Herbie Hancock), Drummer Zach Alford
(B52's, Gwen Stefani) the Wefunk Horns Shane Kirsch and Dean Jones. The 420 Funk Mob. Whatever it takes, Whatever the party calls for. A Mob of world class musicians dedicated to the preservation and the motivation of the motion of hips!
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