Funkyard7 have been playing together in some form or other forever. We hang loose on the groove, so loose it really moves. The experience of years and great musicianship puts us where it’s funkiest, where it matters and where you can’t help but smile and move. We’re funky on the feet, rare n’ groovin’ in the soul!
Where did we come from?
We’ve all sprouted from somewhere around Kingston Upon Thames, Surbiton, Teddington & Twickenham with a rich history of playing in so many of the bands many will recognise from recently and times gone by. We have an eclectic mix of band history – several of us are the original founding members of ‘BoB’, the original 11 piece band which later became ‘Big Rubber Groove’ which grew into the old ‘Groovemanoova’ of a couple of years ago. Also from the acid Jazz based local groovy dudes ‘The Hipjoints’ and the bluesy, funky ‘Honky Sausage’; punky, edgy ‘Ack Ack’ and funky, rocky, singy ‘The Supersize’. We reckon between us we’ve played every venue South London and beyond has to offer and a fair chunk of well known venues in Europe too… and between us with most of the great musicians who populate the London music scene. (Perhaps we are some of those musicians!) Finally we have come together through every musical genre you can imagine (almost) to be Funkyard 7. The melting pot of all our desires!
Personnel
Funkyard7 have been playing together in some form or other forever. We hang loose on the groove, so loose it really moves. The experience of years and great musicianship puts us where it’s funkiest, where it matters and where you can’t help but smile and move. We’re funky on the feet, rare n’ groovin’ in the soul!
Where did we come from?
We’ve all sprouted from somewhere around Kingston Upon Thames, Surbiton, Teddington & Twickenham with a rich history of playing in so many of the bands many will recognise from recently and times gone by. We have an eclectic mix of band history – several of us are the original founding members of ‘BoB’, the original 11 piece band which later became ‘Big Rubber Groove’ which grew into the old ‘Groovemanoova’ of a couple of years ago. Also from the acid Jazz based local groovy dudes ‘The Hipjoints’ and the bluesy, funky ‘Honky Sausage’; punky, edgy ‘Ack Ack’ and funky, rocky, singy ‘The Supersize’. We reckon between us we’ve played every venue South London and beyond has to offer and a fair chunk of well known venues in Europe too… and between us with most of the great musicians who populate the London music scene. (Perhaps we are some of those musicians!) Finally we have come together through every musical genre you can imagine (almost) to be Funkyard 7. The melting pot of all our desires!
Personnel
