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The Zapp Band: Under The Bridge, London 3/11/2018

B&S; Online 05 Nov 2018
Mothership funkateers, long before Daft Punk there was one anointed band Zapp,electro funk pioneers who put the talk box into dance music and were catalysts for the 90's west coast hip hop movement.From Dayton Ohio,the Troutman brothers,Roger, Larry, Terry & Lester found ...
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The Zapp Band : Under The Bridge London 3/11/2018

B&S; Online 04 Nov 2018
Mothership funkateers, long before Daft Punk there was one anointed band Zapp,electro funk pioneers who put the talk box into dance music and were catalysts for the 90's west coast hip hop movement.From Dayton Ohio,the Troutman brothers,Roger, Larry, Terry & Lester found ...
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Mark Ronson sued for copyright infringement for Uptown Funk over alleged similarities to 1980 Zapp hit

This is Money 13 Sep 2017
... 42, previously has cited Roger and Zapp as influences. Roger, real name Roger Troutman, was a founding member of the funk band Zapp along with his brothers Larry, Lester and Terry.
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Zapp: Zapp I / ZAPP II / Zapp III (3 classic albums on 2 CDs) ...

B&S; Online 26 Sep 2016
Zapp was brothers Roger, Lester, Larry & Tony Troutman, plus Greg Jackson and Bobby Glover. Roger Troutman also recorded several successful solo albums of his own, all featuring “the Talk Box,” which made Zapp so distinctive ... brother Larry, who then turned the gun on himself.
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Soul Food Festival brings unity, harmony and love to Charlotte

The Examiner 07 Jul 2012
ZAPP, Dayton, Ohio, 1978, founded by many brothers, Roger, Larry, Lester, Terry Troutman with Bobby Glover and Gregory Jackson , known for their robot-like sound that many danced to tunes like More Bounce to the Ounce, Computer Love and Dance Floor. April 25, 1999, Larry killed Roger before killing himself.
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Zapp is on an honor roll

The News & Observer 29 Oct 2010
Along with his brothers Roger, Larry and Terry (aka Zapp), Troutman formed Zapp in the late '70s ... These days, it's the remaining Troutman brothers, Lester (on drums) and Terry (taking over for Roger on keyboards and talkbox), leading the Zapp band charge.
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The Zapp band, Shirley Murdock highlight concert

Dayton Daily News 15 Aug 2008
Formed in 1978 by the Troutman family - brothers Roger, Larry, Tony, Lester and Terry - The Zapp Band took its moniker from brother Terry's nickname, "Zapp." ... With Roger, Terry and Lester at its core, while Larry and Tony left the stage for other musical and business pursuits, the group remained a popular performing act throughout the 1990s.
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The funk lives on

Clarion Ledger 30 Aug 2007
The group consisted of brothers Roger, Lester, Larry and Terry Troutman, with Roger serving as front man and de facto leader, and having a hitmaking solo career of his own. The group met with tragedy in 1999, when Roger Troutman was shot to death by his brother and manager Larry, who then turned the gun on himself.
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Jim Beal Jr.: Summer means blues under the stars, Juneteenth

Express News 14 Jun 2007
This time around, it's all about homecomings, a reunion and Juneteenth events. Seth Walker's blues ... Gates open at 6 p.m. Showtime is 7 ... All others pay $5 ... ... Whoa!" ... ... ... Zapp, formed in the late '70s by Roger Troutman and his brothers Larry, Lester and Tony, played trailblazing funk that fused hot vocals with what would today be described as electronica ... ... ... .
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Best Of '99: Jay-Z Arrested In Stabbing Of Record Executive

SonicNet 04 Dec 1999
In an apparent murder-suicide that has baffled family, friends and investigators, Roger Troutman, leader of the funk band Zapp, was shot to death Sunday morning by his brother ... Zapp included Roger, Larry, their brothers Terry and Lester Troutman, and the group's M.C., Bigg Robb.
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