Funk metal

Heavy metal music
Stylistic origins:	Psychedelic rock, European classical music and British blues
Cultural origins:	Late 1960s United Kingdom
Typical instruments:	Guitar - Bass - Drums - Keyboards
Mainstream popularity:	Extensively followed by dedicated fans throughout the world.
Derivative forms:
Subgenres
Avant garde metal - Black metal - Celtic metal - Classic metal - Death metal - Doom metal - Folk metal - Gothic metal - Groove metal - Hair metal - Neo-classical metal - NSBM - Oriental metal - Power metal - Progressive metal - Speed metal - Symphonic Metal - Thrash metal - Viking metal
Fusion genres
Alternative metal - Blackened death metal - Christian metal - Funk metal - Grindcore - Industrial metal - Melodic death metal - Metalcore - Nu metal - Rap metal - Sludge metal - Stoner metal - Thrashcore
Regional scenes
Gothenburg metal - New Wave of British Heavy Metal - Bay Area thrash metal
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Funk
Stylistic origins:	Soul music with a more pronounced beat and influences from R&B, rock and roll and psychedelic music
Cultural origins:	mid to late 1960s US
Typical instruments:	Guitar - prominent Bass - Drums - Horns
Mainstream popularity:	High in the 1970s, later revival of funk beats in metal and hip hop
Derivative forms:
Subgenres
Go go - P-Funk
Fusion genres
Afrobeat - Funkcore - Funk metal - G-Funk
Regional scenes

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Funk metal is a type of music that incorporates hard-driving heavy metal guitar riffs and the pounding bass rhythms characteristic of funk. The style emerged in the mid-1980s pioneered by early Red Hot Chili Peppers and Faith No More, although it did not become popular until the '90s, then led by the aforementioned bands, Primus, and Rage Against the Machine, among others.