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Clubs
“The
420 FM quickly created a deeply woven fabric of funk layers that
brought the audience into frenzied dance late into the night.”
New York Times
Special Events
"ESPN's determined to kick-off Superbowl Sunday
2005 in style naming WEFUNK FM as the Official Tailgate Party Band
for Superbowl 38 in Jacksonville Florida. WEFUNK features Mike Clip
Payne and fellow members of the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame's Parliament/Funkadelic
and thier special guests the Godfather of Funk George Clinton and
the Muzik Mafia's Jon Nicholson. The band will hit the stage set
up at the ESPN House on the grounds of the stadium at 3pm on Super
Sunday!ESPN
Magazine
or
Festivals World Wide "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 Audiosoul Festival crowd swaying to the Seductive Psychedelic
Funky Rhythms." Heidelberg Daily Press
Ain't
No Party Like a 420 Party!
WEFUNK Ad2k Records
& Filmworks Present's
420
Funk Mob 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.
“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.
"I've
caught many shows over the past 5-10 years involving various PFunk
inspired bands and 420FM may have been the ultimate bomb!"
Groove Maneuver Archives
"DRUGS"
What do you
get when the worlds greatest funk band collides head on with the
Woodstock Nation?
Drugs: The
Mis-Americans,(Rx) a band with a critically acclaimed debut album
and an underground reputation for a live show that rivals the best
on the jam band circuit.
Rx sprung from P Funk's frontman Mike Clip Payne's collaboration
with Woodstock's Robert Chicken Burke and Adam Widoff (Toshi Reagon's
Big Lovely), that grew to include an all-star cast of musicians.
Joe Eppard of 3, Jeremy Bernstein of Stoney Clove Lane, Stephanie
McKay ( Mos Def,) and Parliament Funkadelic's Lige Curry and Garry
"Starchild" Shider (R n R Hall of Fame 97)
The new DRUGS craze sweeping across
Europe and the United States is heading for your neighborhood!
The Ultimate Club Festival
420FM Super Meltdown TripFest The
420FM Super Meltdown TripFest was the brainchild of Funkadelic Mike
"Clipadelic" Payne who wanted to create a scene where
musicians from different styles and disciplines could get together
and play some of the music they love.
The TripFest started to take shape at the when Clip began incorprating
members of West Woody Posse, his friends from his new home into
the mix. Then
what began as an annual party mushroomed into the
A Festival that
brings funkateers, jam band, hip/hop and rock-n-roll fans together.
A musical journey that touches everything from funk to hip/hop to
Rock-n-Roll. Where everything and anything is possible. Performances
include; originals, solo material, seldom played Parliament/Funkadelic
rarities, and odd covers like Black Sabbath's Sweet Leaf, and Hendrix's
Freedom.
A Haze of smoke filled the club as fans packed into Woodstock's
Joyous Lake to catch the 420 Funk Mob and their special guests Belita
Woods, Shonda Clinton, Dr. Know and Daryl Jenifer from Bad Brains
and Zach Alford from B-52's take it to the stage. That was just
the beginning. The TRIPFEST scene began to grow. Crowds packed into
New Yorks WETLANDS, the Knitting Factory and Jersey's Stone Pony
to be part of the scene. Word spread quickly and it was on to colleges
in the Northeast and Festival crowds across the United States and
Europe.
Throughout their 25 year musical carrer these musicians have
amassed an army of friends who show up and jam with the band. You
just never know who may show up. Past Special Guests have included:
George Clinton, Fred Wesley, Billy Bass Nelson, Cordell "Boogie"
Mosson, Belita Woods, Rodney "Skeet" Curtis, Shonda Clinton,
Shelia Horn, Mike "Kidd Funkadelic" Hampton, Stozo, Dr
Know, Daryl Jenifer, Zack Alford, Lige Curry, Toshi Reagon, The
Flash, Stanley Jordan, Garry Shider, Eric McFadden, Star Cullars,
Funkin, Enemy Squad, Rock Attack -10, Amp Fiddler, Angela Workman,
Ras T, Chuck Treace, Andre Foxxe, DRUGS, Blak Neks, Defiant Ones,
Cacophonic FM,Ted Orr, Ron Priest Smith, Chicken Burke, Adam Widoff,
Stephanie Mckay, Jen Leigh, Joe Eppard, Scott Taylor, Dave CasT,
Mike Birnbaum, Matthew Chedid, Mudbone Cooper, Gael Barbieiri, Nowell
Haskins, Wooden, 3, Kidd Funkadelic Experience, Peter Keys, G. Pace,
Lonnie Motley and a host of others.
420
FM Live on the Off Days was the first release from the Wefunk Ad2k
Live Entertainment Archives. This two disc set contains material
from the very first 420 Funk Mob show in 1997 through 2001's two
sold out 420FM Tripfests at New York City's Wetlands. Rare Funkadelic
and Parliament tracks, many performed, recorded and released LIVE
for the first time anywhere! Performaces by: George Clinton, Drugs,
Cacophonic FM, Flash & the Blak Neks w/ Rock Attack Ten, Toshi
Reagan, Stanley Jordan and of course the 420 Funk Mob .
JUST
RELEASED the 420 Funk Mob's second concert recording"Alive
in Spain", a 3 cd set from the bands headline event at the
Chillin' Drone Festival. The 25th Anniversary of Spanish National
Radio 3. 6500 people jamed the Zaragoza Symphony Hall for a show
fans have hailed as "classic funkadelic....off the hook....a
funk fans dream" Also included is the bands first DVD release,
WHAT TIME IS IT? Which includes the bands historic 4/20/04 Performance
at the FREEBIRD CAFE in Jacksonville Florida, and The Universal
Church of Love & Music's Freedom Fest July 3 2004! Don't miss
this chance to own the 3cd/ and bonus dvd package critics call "an
essential for any true funk fan, and some of the best live music
of the year," jambase called it, "a return to the Pedro
Bell era of Funkadelic glory..a band determined to carry on the
legacy of George Clinton."
In
Feb 2005 the TRIPFEST made a stealth appearance at Super Bowl 38
in Jacksonville. Under the banner WEFUNK FM we took our pary to
worlds biggest party as the ESPN/NFL TAILGATE PARTY. 420 Funk Mob
and DRUGS combined to form one SUPERGROUP, and brought George CLinton,
Sativa, Kendra Foster, Kidd Funkadelic and the Muszik Mafia's Jon
Nicholson & Jerry Navarro. Anyone entering the stadium had to
past the stage that the bands performed on. 420FM and DRUGS are
the only unsigned bands to ever take part in a Superbowl event.
On the bill with them was Alicia Keys, Gretchen Wilson with Charlie
Daniels and Paul McCartney.
July the TRIPFEST returned to Pennsylvannia as DRUGS: The Mis-Americans
and the 420 Funk Mob with Special Guests headlined the Church of
Universal Love and Musics Freedom Fest July 3rd. The posse then
ventured overseas to Heidelberg Germany to bring the TRIPFEST to
the AUDIOSOUL FESTIVAL. A new music and media festival held in the
ruins of a 1200 year old castle. 420 Funk Mob, Drugs, Kidd Funkadelic
Kendra Foster and special guests Fred Wesley and George Clinton
and our guest Internatinal Pony took over a stage build in the courtyard
of the famed Heidelberg Schlos the third largest tourist attraction
in Europe. Seven thousand fans came from across Europe to catch
this very special TRIPFEST event.
The Heidelberg Press stated "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
www.kraked.com
- The site for Kracked, the bands European BMG affiliated label.
Check out the French take on D.R.U.G.S. The Prescription for Mis-America
George Clinton, Fred Wesley, Billy Bass Nelson, Cordell "Boogie"
Mosson, Belita Woods, Rodney "Skeet" Curtis, Shonda Clinton,
Shelia Horn, Mike "Kidd Funkadelic" Hampton, Stozo, Dr
Know, Daryl Jenifer, Zack Alford, Lige Curry, Toshi Reagon, The
Flash, Stanley Jordan, Garry Shider, Eric McFadden, Star Cullars,
Funkin, Enemy Squad, Rock Attack -10, Amp Fiddler, Angela Workman,
Ras T, Chuck Treace, Andre Foxxe, DRUGS, Blak Neks, Defiant Ones,
Cacophonic FM,Ted Orr, Ron Priest Smith, Chicken Burke, Adam Widoff,
Stephanie Mckay, Jen Leigh, Joe Eppard, Scott Taylor, Dave CasT,
Mike Birnbaum, Matthew Chedid, Mudbone Cooper, Gael Barbieiri, Nowell
Haskins, Wooden, 3, Kidd Funkadelic Experience, Peter Keys, G. Pace,
Lonnie Motley and a host of others.
