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Discoteca Básica Bizz#187: The Meters - The Meters (1969)
(Emerson Gasperin, Bizz#187, fevereiro de 2001) Pergunte aos Red Hot Chili Peppers. A Public Enemy
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Biography The Meters
The Meters were an American funk band based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The
Meters performed and recorded their music from the late 1960s until 1977.
While the band never enjoyed huge popular success, they are considered one
of the progenitors of funk.
History
The 70's Art Neville, the group's frontman, launched a solo career around
the New Orleans area in the mid-1950s, while still in high school. The
Meters formed in 1965, with a line-up that included keyboardist and
vocalist Aaron Neville, guitarist Leo Nocentelli, bassist George Porter Jr.
and drummer Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste later joined by
percussionist/vocalist Cyril Neville. They became the house band for Allen
Toussaint and his record label, Sansu Enterprises.
In 1969, the Meters released "Sophisticated Cissy" and "Cissy Strut", both
major R&B chart hits. "Look-Ka Py Py" and "Chicken Strut" were also hits
the following year. After a label shift in 19
