Lafayette Afro Rock Band
| Lafayette Afro Rock Band | ||
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Lafayette Afro Rock Band in 1978
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| Also known as | Bobby Boyd Congress Soul Congress Ice Captain Dax Crispy and Co. Krispie and Co. Les Atlantes Wall of Steel Sweet Excorcist |
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| Origin | Paris, France | |
| Genres | Funk rock, Afro beat, funk | |
| Years active | 1970–1978 | |
| Labels | America (1972) Musidisc (1973) Makossa (1974–1977) Superclasse (1978) |
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| Associated acts |
Mal Waldron Sunnyland Slim |
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| Past members |
Bobby Boyd (vocals) |
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Bobby Boyd (vocals)
Larry Jones (acoustic guitar)
Michael McEwan (Electric Guitar)
Lafayette Hudson (bass guitar)
Frank Abel (keyboard)
Ronnie James Buttacavoli (horns)
Ernest "Donny" Donable (drums)
Keno Speller (percussion)
Arthur Young (horns, percussion)
Lafayette Afro Rock Band was an American funk rock band formed in Roosevelt, Long Island, New York that relocated to France in 1970. Though almost unknown in their native United States, they are now universally celebrated as one of the standout funk bands of the 1970s and admired for their use of break beats. The band also recorded as Ice and as Krispie and Company (or Crispy and Company).
Upon their relocation to Paris, the local music scene influenced the group's work, and they adopted the name Lafayette Afro Rock Band after releasing their debut LP. The band's next two LPs, Soul Makossa and Malik, respectively included the songs "Hihache"and "Darkest Light," which would be sampled in numerous culturally significant hip-hop compositions. Following collaborations with Mal Waldron and Sunnyland Slim, the band's popularity waned, leading to their breakup in 1978.
The Lafayette Afro Rock Band was formed as the Bobby Boyd Congress in 1970, in homage to their original vocalist Bobby Boyd. Upon deciding that the funk scene in the United States was too saturated for them to viably compete in, they relocated to France in 1971; with Bobby Boyd splitting from the group to pursue a musical career in America, they renamed themselves 'Soul Congress', then 'Ice'. After regular performances in Paris' Barbès district—an area made up primarily of North African immigrants—they caught the eye of producer Pierre Jaubert and became the house session band at his Parisound studio. The influence of their surroundings led Ice to increasingly weave African rhyme schemes, textures, and beat tendencies in their original funk style, and as such they changed their name to Lafayette Afro Rock Band following the 1972 release of the poorly produced Each Man Makes His Own Destiny.
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