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
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"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
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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!
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.
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!
"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)
Their debut album, The Prescription for Mis-America was praised for
"reviving the psychedelic sound of the 60's
but mixing it with a touch of Sly Stone and Curtis Mayfield to create
their own sound, not a parody of those who came before."
ushering in the Psychedelic Soul Revolution. P funk fan mags have described
it as "take[ing] up where the 1972 Funkadelic
classic America Eats Its Young leaves off."
The bands live performances are legendary. They debuted in Europe at
the worlds largest new music festival, the Transmusicales and are the
only band in the festivals thirty year history to be asked to play past
their 45 minute time slot. Closing the first night with a 90 minute
set that the international journal Le Monde called "the festivals
highlight!"
DRUGS has toured with Parliament/Funkadelic in the United States and
Europe. The band made an appearance at Super Bowl 39 in Jacksonville
Florida on Super Sunday as part of the Offical ESPN/NFL Tailgate Party
Band. Joining with the 420 Funk Mob and performing under the politically
correct banner WEFUNK FM on a st age set up in the stadiums parking
lot.
DRUGS traveled to Heidelberg Germany as part of the WEFUNK Entertainment
showcase event at the Audiosoul Festival. The 420 Funk Mob with special
guests DRUGS, George Clinton and Fred Wesley were joined by 6000 fan
for a very special show set in the courtyard of the 1200 year old ruins
of the famed Heidelberg Castle
In 2006 the band took part in a special Halloween concert at Sirius Satellite Radio They were the first band to perform live on the stations first day of WORLD WIDE INTER NET BROADCASTING and finished out the week with a CMJ Showcase at New York City's Crash Mansion.
DRUGS turned out Midem 2008. Over twelve hundred people jammed into the new muic tent causing officials at the Music Industries annual International conference to turn people away at the gate. The show was such a hit the band was yet again given permission to play past the curfew
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.
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
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Photos by Friederike-hentschel
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never now what's Gonna Happen or Who's Gonna Show Up!
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