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Rehearsing with Fred Wesley, Kidd Funkadelic, Garry Shider Kendra Foster &
DRUGS: The Mis-Americans



420 Funk Mob AudioSoul Festival Heidelberg Germany 8/20/05

"420 Funk Mob"

The 420 Funk Mob a.k.a. WEFUNK FM started off the year with an appearance at the 2005 Super bowl. They had the notable distinction of being the ONLY UNSIGNED band to appear as part of the Official Super Bowl Sunday entertainment extravagance that included Alicia Keys, Gretchen Wilson, and Paul McCartney. 420FM was the ESPN/NFL Tailgate Party Band performing at the ESPN House in the stadiums parking lot..

420FM is led by Mike “Clip" Payne featuring Gabe Gonzalez , Lige Curry and special guest Mike "Kidd Funkadelic" Hampton with a revolving cast of current and former members of the legendary Parliament/Funkadelic in addition to All-Star musicians from across the globe. Past Guests have included; George Clinton, Amp Fiddler, Billy Bass Nelson, Skeet Curtis, Garry Shider and Boogie Mosson from P-funk. Punk's Dr. Know and Daryl Jenifer. Jazzman Stanley Jordan, Bluegrass virtuoso Eric McFadden and members of Country music's hottest posse, the MuzikMafia's Jon Nicholson and Jerry Navarro.


"Arranged with filtered vocals, psychedelic melodies, gut-wrenching rhythms, wah-wah pedals, thick bass lines, and Clip’s coarse, dense tone...the 420FM/DRUGS sound like a medley between some spunky Grateful Dead and a Jimi Hendrix-style jam session” raved the University of Miami Hurricane. “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.

Assaulting a crowd with a night of music that crosses all musical boundaries. Funk, Soul, Hip Hop and Rock n Roll are just part of the journey fans take at a 420 Funk Mob show. Their debut performance before a sold out crowd at New York City’s legendary TRAMPS in 1997 began an annual “Off Days” party for the East Coast members of P-Funk that soon took on an underground life of its own. Selling out clubs and colleges on the down low, while doing special appearances at festivals in Europe and the United States. In November 2004 the bands second concert album “Alive in Spain” a 3 cd set recorded at the Chillin’ Drone Festival in Zaragoza Spain was released critics hailed them as " a band determined to build on the legacy of George Clinton, and a return to the Pedro Bell era of Funkadelic Glory!".
In 2005 the 420 Funk Mob returned to the Church of Universal Love & Music's Freedom Festival on July 3th in Acme, Pennsylvania The band ventured to .Europe for the Audiosoul Festival in Heidelberg Germany. 4000 people packed themselves into the courtyard of the 1200 year old castle to catch the 420 Funk with their special guests DRUGS:The Mis-Americans,
Fred Wesley and George Clinton.
"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
Press Photos by Friederike-hentschel

Jambase Review of 420FM "Alive in Spain"

Universal Church of Love and Music July 3 2004
The Freedom Festival in Acme Pennsylvania. Three of P-Funks legendary Bass players on one show, Skeet Curtis, Billy Bass Nelson and Boogie Mosson, hit it along with Garry Shider and George Clinton for this Independence Day Celebration

Freebird Cafe, Jacksonville Florida 4/20/04
The band flew down to Jacksonville Florida to celebrate 4/20 with some old friends.This SOLD OUT show featured Mike "Kidd Funkadelic" Hampton and very special guest George Clinton. Everybody was surprised when Cordell "Boogie" Mosson showed along with long time GC manager Archie Ivy. Hitting with the band for the first time was P-Funk keyboard tech Danny Bedrosian.

Church of Love and Music October FunkFest October 3&4 2003
The 420FM Super Meltdown TRIPFEST touched down for two days at the seasons final event of this amazing outdoor venue in the hills of Pennsylvania. A cross between a concert venue and a drive in movie, fans pulled their cars right up to the soundboard and the party was on! The light show was amazing and you could hear the band clear as a bell more than a quarter mile away from the stage.

These shows were part of a feature segment on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart the week he got nominated for the Emmy's. Joining the band on these dates was Nowell Haskins, LAW, and ELI (Bassist for Kidd Funkdelic Experience). Right after this GC flew in and the band returned to the Haunt in Ithaca for another special show.

Woodstock Tattoo Festival September 5 & 6 2003
420FM meets DRUGS: The Prescription for Mis-America.
The 420 Funk Mob and DRUGS hit the Stage together as one super group at the First Annual Woodstock Tattoo and Body Arts Festival. Fans got to see something special as the combined band tore through a rousing set that includes songs from both bands. First at a private party on Friday night then again at the Festivals main event on Saturday.

Nobody was disappointed as Mike Hampton, Ted Orr, Adam Widoff, Jeremy Bernstein, Nowell Haskins, Peter Keys, Otto Control, Derrick Davis, Chicken Burke and Mike Clip Payne took it to the stage. A video tape of the show has been running non stop on the Woodstock Public Access television.

The State Theatre, Falls Church Virginia July 17, 2003
On this run Blackbyrd McKnight made his Debut with the 420 Funk Mob. He became an honorary member of the West Woody Posse after staying in Woodstock for the Week and blowing away the locals when the band played Legends, adding his name to the list of Guitar Hero's who have played in town. Here are some photo's to go with the show that fans on ONE NATION, P-Funks quasi-official site went nutz over. On the bill that night was The Sativa Diva, Shonda Clinton and Half A Bag A Nutz, the West Woody Posse with Garry Shider.

It was Funkadelic for real for a minute,after Garry Shider made this appearance in Virginia, Original Parliaments Ray Davis, Fuzzy Haskins and Grady Thomas surprised the band at its New York City show at CODA. Sadly the video tapes of the performance disappeared that night.

10th Annual Marley Fest Bayfront Park Amphitheater Feb. 8 2003

The 420 Funk Mob made the Trip down to Miami Beach to co-headline this years Marley Fest. Also on the bill was Inner Circle, Bunny Wailer, Steel Pulse, Damien, Julien and Steven Marley. The band flew down on Friday and kicked off the weekend celebrating Lige Currys birthday.

Our special guests for the show, George Clinton, Kendra Foster, and Detroit's Ras Kente.

Wetlands 2001, Two sold-out shows at New York's historic Wetlands.

420 FM special guest, Dr. Funkenstein aka George Clinton made a historic small club appearance at the legendary NYC club months before it closed. Two sold out nights, the second added after the ad went to press sold out by word of mouth. It was the 420FM in full effect those nights when Sheila Brody Stanley Jordan, Toshi Reagon and Angela Workman all showed up to surprise the band.

Tramps 97

The debut of the 420 Funk Mob at the legendary Tramps in New York City, opening for Cameo. Joining the band was the real OG, BIlly Bass Nelson the Original Funkadelic Bass Player and singer, and p-funk artist Ron "Stozo" Edwards on keys. Mike Hampton also sang for the first time on stage that night, Jimi Hendrix's Freedom. It was also the only 420FM performance that we did the double bass.

Quick Time for Web:
Getting Naked with the 420 Funk Mob

Links

www.wefunkrecords.com - The official site of WEFUNK records

420FM at Tramps 1/15/99 -A review of the 2nd 420FM Show

www.GeorgeClinton.com - The official site of the biggest dog in the game George Clinton.

.The Real OG - Original Funkadelic's Billie Bass Nelson Site

The E*Squad Joint - Gabe Gonzalez's E-Squad on the Web

CitraFunk -Citrus's P-Funk Photo Album

Is Bootsy with Y'all? - No. He's here. The official Bootsy Collins site

Overvision - Overton Lloyd's Site

Stozoland - Stozo's official Site

www.thefunkstore.com - The place to buy the entire Wefunk Catalogue.

Cousin Freddy's Collectibles - One of Kind Artwork for fans of Cacophonic FM, The BAND, and Allman Brothers.