Artist description An eclectic mixture of improvised, funk music (with a dash of hardcore punk).

Music Style Funk

Musical Influences p-funk, frank zappa, james brown

Similar Artists frank zappa, p-funk, james brown, maceo parker

Artist History Shafto Funkenstein formed in the spring of 1998, when Brian and Gordon conceived the name "Shafto Funkenstein's Pimp Militia and Sounds of the Seventies Supa~Symphony." After mobilizing the jazz/funk forces of Cornell College, this funk machine made its debut at Cornell's Summer Slam. Over the course of the next year, the band played shows from Cedar Rapids to St. Louis, MO, wowing crowds and spreading the funk.

Group Members Brian Burke, bass/guitar; Erik Bauer, bass; Anom Lane, drums; Dan Bales, drums; Grahm Pumpfrey, guitar; Adam Hale, vocals; Boone Gorges, keyboards/vocals; Brian Shipkin, keyboards; Nick Braden, trumpet; Karen Sprafke, trombone; Gordon Wyant, bass trombone/vocals; Jeff Ksiazek, alto/tenor saxophones; Jon Ramey, alto saxophone.

Instruments guitar, piano, bass, drums, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, vocals

Location Mount Vernon, Iowa - USA

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