Roger Troutman and Zapp Live in Concert at BET 1989


We found this INCREDIBLE footage of the amazing Roger Troutman and Zapp from 1989. It features the full band performing many of their greatest hits including “More Bounce”,”Do It Roger”, “So Ruff” and more. If you have never seen a real funk show, this is a must watch.  Armed with a machine gun shaped guitar and vocoder, Roger revolutionized the sound of soul and funk music forever and this performance displays his significant gifts and virtuosity.

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Roger Troutman (November 29, 1951 — April 25, 1999) was the lead singer of the band Zapp who helped spearhead the Funk movement and heavily influenced West Coast hip hop due to the scene’s heavy sampling of his music over the years. Troutman was well known for his use of the talkbox, a device that is connected to an instrument (frequently a keyboard) to create different vocal effects. Roger used a custom-made talkbox—the Electro Harmonix “Golden Throat,” as well as a Yamaha DX100 FM synthesizer. As both lead singer of Zapp and in his subsequent solo releases, he scored a bevy of funk and R&B hits throughout the 1980s. In his later years, he was mostly known for singing the chorus to the hip-hop classic, “California Love“.

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