The Meters

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The Meters are a pioneering New Orleans funk band widely credited with shaping the sound of funk and influencing countless R&B, soul, and rock artists.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf funk band
activeYearsEnd late 1970s
activeYearsStart 1965
album Cabbage Alley NERFINISHED
Fire on the Bayou NERFINISHED
Look-Ka Py Py NERFINISHED
New Directions NERFINISHED
Rejuvenation NERFINISHED
Struttin' NERFINISHED
The Meters NERFINISHED
Trick Bag NERFINISHED
associatedAct Art Neville NERFINISHED
The Neville Brothers NERFINISHED
basedIn New Orleans, Louisiana NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
founder Art Neville NERFINISHED
genre New Orleans funk
R&B
funk
soul
hasInfluenceOn New Orleans music scene
inception 1965
influenced R&B artists
funk artists
rock artists
soul artists
instrumentation bass guitar
drums
guitar
keyboards
member Art Neville NERFINISHED
Cyril Neville NERFINISHED
George Porter Jr. NERFINISHED
Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste NERFINISHED
Leo Nocentelli NERFINISHED
musicBrainzID b3b7f4a0-3a4b-4a3a-9f0b-4f0b0f0f0f0f
notableRecognition widely credited with shaping the sound of funk
notableSongCharacteristic minimalist funk arrangements
syncopated drum grooves
tight rhythm section
notableWork Cissy Strut NERFINISHED
Hey Pocky A-Way NERFINISHED
Look-Ka Py Py NERFINISHED
People Say NERFINISHED
Sophisticated Cissy NERFINISHED
placeOfOrigin New Orleans, Louisiana NERFINISHED
recordLabel Josie Records NERFINISHED
Reprise Records
Warner Bros. Records

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Reprise hasArtist The Meters
subject surface form: Reprise Records
The New Barbarians associatedAct The Meters