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DRUGS were the rage at Midem 2008, the international
music convention held in Cannes France this January. Twelve hundred
people jammed into the New Music tent to get their dose of the bands
unique brand of "psychedelic soul." 
Joe Eppard, Garry Shider, Clip Payne
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Clip Payne and Garry Mudbone Cooper (Bootsy' s Rubber Band)
Stephanie McKay and Clip
Chicken Burke, Garry Shider, Stephanie McKay, Mike Hampton and Lige Curry
WEFUNK Ad2k Records & Film works
Present's
 
"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!
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World-Wide
Links
Kraked
- The site for Kracked, the bands European label. Check out the
French take on D.R.U.G.S. The Prescription for Mis-America
The
French Prescription for America -Speak
French? Read This
French
Reviews -Articles from the French
Press
DRUGS
on myspace -The bands official myspace page
A
Video Trip to the Pharmacy -The
Secret Drug Lab
Joe
Eppard own his own -What Joey
does when he's not doing Drugs.
Amazon.Fr
-Purchase your French Prescription
here
www.GeorgeClinton.com
- The official site of the biggest dog in the game George Clinton.
www.thefunkstore.com
- The place to buy the entire Wefunk Catalogue.
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