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The Meters were a band that performed and recorded from the late 1960s until 1977. They were based in New Orleans. While the band never enjoyed huge popular success, it was nonetheless greatly admired by cognoscenti and is considered one of progenitors of funk in the 1970s. The Meters formed in 1965, with a line up of keyboardist and vocalist Art Neville, guitarist Leo Nocentelli, bassist George Porter Jr. and drummer Zigaboo Modeliste, and became the house band for Sansu Enterprises, an Allen Toussaint-owned label. In 1969, the Meters released "Sophisticated Cissy" and "Cissy Strut", both major R&B chart hits;...
The Centimeters are an eccentric band from LA, sometimes described as The Addams family meets Kurt Weil. The Centimeters started their metric rise to infamy in 1996, when Max Gomberg and Nora Keyes of The Parkas began to collaborate on material in an effort to produce a more refined sound; they met punk pioneer Don Bolles of The Germs and Transparency label owner Michael Shepard in 1997. The Centimeters gained an influential new fan in David J of Bauhaus, who had them open for Love And Rockets' last shows at the Roxy. In 1998 The Centimeters met Charles Schneider who...
Like so many others the Killermeters started life as a punk band the Killer Meters as they were then, split in 1978, reforming in the October as the mod band The Killermeters, kicking back into life with a new song that said it all: Back In Business. They were the best and most energetic band in the industrial Yorkshire town of Huddersfield and played all the club and pub venues in the North. During their time they were warned by John Peel that the Mod image would lead them down a blind alley but they were also raved about in...
A four piece combo from Queensferry/SCO with their lone release on their own "Fokker Records" label. .
The Funky Meters are give or take the same group as "The Meters", an American funk band based out of New Orleans, Louisiana. They were active between the late 60s until their breakup in 1977. They reunited later on, and went through a few new members, which resulted in the name change to "The Funky Meters". They were never extremely popular, and didn't receive much airtime on the radio, but are considered one of the leading funk predecessors. .
Found 188 songs, duration: 12:20:46
The Meters - Funky Miracle
Dance Move Shake!
struttin
Tippi-Toes
Sassy Lady
Funky Miracle
Ain't No Use (live)
Here Come The Meter Maid
Cissy Strut(1969)
Dry Spell
Chicken Strut
Keep On Marching
The Meter
Message From The Meters
Look-Ka Py-Py
Sehorn's Farm
Liver Splash
Cardova
Live Wire
Cissy Strut
Message from the Meters
Here Comes The Meter Man
Grass (Bonus)
Sing A Simple Song
Funky Miracles
Borro (Bonus)
HANDCLAPPING SONG (Tropkillaz Edit) #BDKMV
Cissy Strut
Good old funky music
People Say
Rigor Mortis (1970)
Here Comes The Meter Man
Oh Calcutta!
Look-Ka-Py-Py
Heartache
Ease Back
Do The Dirt
Funky Miracle (1969)
Off The Meter