![]() Chorus-Only Song: "More Bounce to the Ounce" is one of the most famous examples, mainly just being Roger singing the chorus and ad-libbing throughout."Could it be your tropes I see on my computer screen?" Zapp VII: Roger & Friends (2018 Posthumous Collaboration with Roger).The Compilation: Greatest Hits II and More (1996 credited as Zapp & Roger).All the Greatest Hits (1993 credited as Zapp & Roger).Bobby Glover: lead and background vocals.Gregory Jackson: keyboards, lead and background vocals.Terry "Zapp" Troutman: bass, keyboards, background vocals.Roger Troutman: lead and background vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, harmonica, vibraphone, percussion, talk box - deceased. ![]() By 2003, Zapp regrouped, and released a brand new album, Back By Popular Demand, and continue to tour frequently with the surviving lineup, and various members of the Troutman family. eventually dropped them from their label. Without Roger, who was the band's central creative source, Zapp disbanded right then and there, and Warner Bros. Roger was rushed to a hospital, but died shorty after arrival. In response Larry shot Roger several times as he was leaving a recording studio, before killing himself in his car a short distance away. Roger had fired Larry as his manager after finding out the latter was mishandling the family's finances and business, and allegedly abusing drugs which Roger didn't tolerate. Zapp's resurgence came to an abrupt halt in mid-1999, with the deaths of Roger and Larry Troutman. The band, now officially known as "Zapp & Roger", quickly capitalized on this resurgence by releasing two compilation albums, the most popular of which, All the Greatest Hits, became their best selling album, earning Platnium certification, and spinning off their most successful pop hit "Slow And Easy", which reached #43 on the Hot 100. Roger, who had dabbled in rapping on some of Zapp's material, embraced hip-hop, New Jack Swing, and Hip Hop Soul, and began collaborating with several popular rap and R&B acts of time, including Tupac Shakur, Keith Sweat, Eazy-E, and Johnny Gill. ![]() By the late 80's, the band would become frequently sampled by hip-hop artists especially those based in the West Coast, giving Zapp and many other Midwestern funk bands a new lease on life. Roger's move cost Clinton over $5 million dollars, and sent both him and Funkadellic into hiatus.īoth Zapp and Roger would continue to see commercial success with their respective sophomore releases, but as the 80's rolled on, their sound slowly fell out of favour in the mainstream, and subsequent releases would gradually slide down the charts. Clinton's financial troubles, personal issues, and label problems with Warner prompted Roger to sign both Zapp and himself directly with Warner for more money, instead of releasing it through Clinton's Uncle Jam Records as planned. However, both releases came at the cost of the group's relationship with George Clinton. On July 28, 1980, Zapp released their self-titled debut to great success and acclaim, and Roger would subsequently release his debut solo LP The Many Facets of Roger on Warner to similar success. P-Funk leader George Clinton liked the song, and encouraged Roger to send the demo to Warner (Bros.) Records, who signed Zapp the very next year. The next year, Roger wrote and recorded the demo for "More Bounce to the Ounce". Bootsy subsequently invited them to record at United Sound Studios in Detroit, which was frequently used by the P-Funk collective. Bootsy Collins and Phelps "Catfish" Collins, friends of the Troutman family, and members of Parliament-Funkadelic, saw Zapp performing at a small venue in 1977, and were impressed by the band's talent. During that time, the band was known as Roger & The Human Body, before Roger adopted Terry's nickname, Zapp, as the band name. Originally compromised of the Troutman brothers (Roger, Larry, Lester, and Terry), and friends Gregory Jackson and Bobby Glover, frontman Roger initially attempted a solo career during the 60's, before the band started out on the independent funk scene throughout the 70's. Highly influential on Hip-Hop and R&B music, Zapp is best known for hits like "More Bounce to the Ounce", "Dance Floor" and "Computer Love", frontman Roger's innovative use of the talkbox, and for being a major backbone of west coast Gangsta Rap and G-Funk. Zapp (also known as "Zapp & Roger") is an American electro- funk band, hailing from Dayton, Ohio, USA.
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