Funkenstein

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There are at least three groups having the name Funkenstein one of them singing in german, one a techno/electronica/dance group, and one of them you see in the picture. www.FunkenStein.net Funkenstein is a Polish thrash funk band from Czestochowa a town in south central Poland. It has been formed at the turn of the millennium by the famous guitarist Lukas “Viku” Rawicki. At first the band was called Dr Funkenstein and took its name from George Clinton’s song of the same name. A versatile guitarist invited two of his friends to play the bass Maciek Janicki and the drums Marcin “szancer” Szarek. Janicki was under the great influence of funk clang and slapping bass technique which made the band sound really funky. The drummer Szancer liked the hard beat almost metal brand sound. The leader guitarist was greatly influenced by such artist as Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Metallica and other various jazz and rock metal guitarists. After some time the trio joined a brilliant vocalist Peter Karski who got into the band after performing a radical Red Hot Chili Peppers hit “Give it Away”. Besides that, the band played a few more cover songs, however only in concerts just to amuse the public and to lure them to their gigs. The lyrics are a mixture of Karski’s fun personality and English or Polish slang lingo. They are to amuse the audience with its melody, not the message so much. To be Continued... User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional ter