Clip
Payne's
420 FUNK MOB
"a band determined to build on the George Clinton
legacy if not the full blown return to the Pedro Bell era of Funkadelic
glory" Dennis Cook for Jambase.com
Don't miss this Wefunk release, 420 Funk Mob: Live
On the Off Days. A two disc set featuring the Best of the 420FM
with performances by special guests George Clinton, Toshi Reagon,
Stanley Jordan, members of P-Funk and friends.
Arranged with filtered vocals, psychedelic melodies, gut-wrenching
rhythms, wah-wah pedals, thick bass lines, and Clip's coarse, dense
tone...the 420FM sound like a medley between some spunky Grateful
Dead and a Jimi Hendrix-style jam session Buy
the album here
available exclusivley on iTUNES
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.
In order to claim to be
a mob, you have to have a crew. The more diverse and widespread
the better. 420 has crew that is just like air. They 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 and Danny Bedrosian to
name just a few.. They are frequently joined by members of WEFUNK's
Woodstock posse; Zach Alford (B52s, Gwen Stefani), Adam Widoff (x-Lenny
Kravitz), Chicken Burke (Big Lovely), Peter Keys (MuzikMafia, SeepeopleS),
Joey Eppard (3), Avalon (Mechanical Bull) The LAW (Planet 12, Amy
Winehouse), Ted Orr (Blob) and the Wefunk Horns, Dean Jones, Shane
Kirsch, Paul Henderson and Dave CasT.
Toss in special guests like
George Clinton, Fred Wesley from the JB's, Jazzman Stanley Jordan,
the Bad Brains founders Dr. Know and Daryl Jenifer, French Pop Star
Matthew"M" Chedid, Super Discounts Alex Gopher, Stokholm
Syndrome's Eric McFadden, Violinist Lili Haydn, DJ Logic, or the
MuzikMafia's Jon Nicholson, James Otto,Shannon Lawson and Jerry
Navarro, you have a mob. Mixing and matching, forming a
band by handpicking the best crew from a gang of musicians.
Thats the power of the Mob...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.
In 2000 the 420FM were one of the early pioneers of broadband internet
web casting. Streaming both the audio and video from the weeks rehearsals
leading up to the first 420FM Super Meltdown TripFest. Live in real
time. Turning the whole thing into a live interactive event with
fans from all around the world picking the songs and make requests
via email. The
420FM was the official ESPN/NFL Tailgate Party Band at Superbowl
39 where they appeared under the politically correct banner “Wefunk
FM” on a stage set up in the stadium parking lot.
Their European concert
debut at the Chillen Drone Festival was simulcast on Radio and Television
in Spain. In Germany the 420FM with special guests George Clinton,
Fred Wesley and DRUGS headlined the Audiosoul Festival. A music
and media festival that took place in the courtyard of the famed
Heidelberg Schloss. The 1200 year old Castle ruins that during the
day are Europe’s third largest tourist attraction. The
Funk Mob have also been showcased at the legendary CMJ Conference
in New York and were the first band to perform live on Sirius Satellite
Radio’s first day of world wide internet broadcasting on Halloween
in 2006.
Legendary Funk pioneer George Clinton had his first 420 experience
in 2001 at New York’s historic club Wetlands, followed it
up with 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.
420FM has released two critically
acclaimed albums from the WEFUNK Ad2K Live Concert archives. The
first “Live on the Off Days” features performances from
the bands very first show at Tramps in 1997 thru their sold out
shows at Welands in 2001. The double cd showcases the bands revolving
line up featuring apparances by Bad Brains Dr. Know and Daryl Jennifer,
Jazzman Stanley Jordan, and Pfunk’s Mike Kidd Funkadelic Hampton,
Shelia “Amuka” Horn and Andre Foxxe.
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!
420 Funk Mob Pacific Northwest Meltdown
Jazzbones Tacoma & Oak Harbor Washington
featuring Jen Leigh, Greg Thomas, Mike Kidd Funkadelic Hampton
Garry Shider, Lige Curry, Chicken Burke, Adam WIdoff,
Star Cullers, Stefanie Keys, the Funkscribe
and special guest George Clinton
Tacoma Washington
At 12 Galaxies the 420FM was joined by the Bay Area's own Eric McFadden
BEARSVILLE THEATER 4/14/07
Thanks Tacoma for
another sold out show!
420FM at Sirius Satellite Radio on Halloween, the Stations first
day of World Wide Internet Broadcasting! 10/31/07 "The
fans, mostly below 30, went fully into ecstasy. Everyone in the
Castle Courtyard was dancing.People were jumping up and down, throwing
thier hands in the air with the funk sign salute.The
driving sound of the Funk Mob with special guest Fred Wesley, had
the entire crowd swaying to the Seductive Psychedelic Funky Rhythms."
..... Heidelberg Press . 420
Funk Mob AudioSoul Festival Heidelberg Germany 8/20/05 Press
Photos by Friederike-hentschel
Super Bowl 39 "WEFUNK FM" ESPN TAILGATE PARTY BAND Scenes from the Chillin' Drone Festival in Zaragoza
Spain
