#PRINCE AND ROGER TROUTMAN FREE#

Roger Troutman eventually went solo, recording under the name 'Roger.' He hit No. Roger & Zapp, artists with Warner Brothers, were known for the 1980 hit 'More Bounce To The Ounce.' The song was part of the band's self-titled debut album that hit the pop top 20 in 1980. Zapp, whose membership evolved during the 1980s from the original all-Troutman-brother lineup, released its last album of new material in 1989. The brothers, natives of Hamilton, were part of the Troutman family of performers that formed the 1970s band Zapp and helped pioneer the rock-funk 'Dayton sound.' They can offer no reason or motive for this double shooting,' White said. White said investigators could know by Tuesday whether the gun was used in both shootings. 'Detectives are investigating it as an apparent murder-suicide,' city police Sgt.

A handgun was found inside the car, which matched the description of a car leaving the scene of Roger Troutman's shooting, White said. His brother, Larry Troutman, 54, was found dead in a car a few blocks away with a gunshot wound to the head, police said. The 47-year-old Dayton resident had been shot several times in the torso and died while in surgery at Good Samaritan Hospital and Health Center, police Sgt. Troutman, of the rock-funk group Roger & Zapp, was found outside his northwest Dayton recording studio around 7 a.m. Ap- R&B recording artist musician Roger Troutman was shot to death this weekend, possibly by his brother, in an apparent murder-suicide, police said. The Ohio Musician Had Several Hits Including 'More Bounce To The Ounce'ĭAYTON, Ohio, Posted 6:45 a.m. Dre for their 1996 award-winning collaboration 'California Love.' ~Jazzbo Most recently, Roger Troutman was used by 2Pac and Dr. Later in the decade, Roger went solo and earned a crossover hit with the record 'I Want To Be Your Man.' He later rejoined the family group under the moniker Zapp & Roger.Īfter depleting a finite reserve of James Brown and George Clinton samples, hip-hop artists also took a liking to Zapp.

The group's future-funk vibe provided the transition between the sloppy grooves of Parliament in the late '70s and the early electro foundations of hip-hop in the early '80s. Roger, lead singer and guitarist for the group, frequently used a vocoder voice- distortion box for his lead vocals. The group became an important part of the funk scene in the early '80s with such hit records as 'More Bounce to the Ounce,' 'Dance Floor,' and 'Doo Wa Ditty.' Roger and Larry Troutman founded Zapp in 1975, along with their brothers Lester and Terry Troutman. Investigators believe the wound was self-inflicted, but won't know for a few days whether a handgun found in the vehicle was the same as that responsible for Roger's death. Roger's brother Larry was found dead in a car a few blocks away with a single gunshot wound to the head.

He died while in surgery at the Good Samaritan Hospital and Health Center. Roger Troutman, 47, was found just outside the studio with several gunshots to his torso, according to the Associated Press. I had just seen the brother in concert 5 months earlier in Memphis.īrothers Roger and Larry Troutman, founding members of seminal '80s funk outfit Zapp, were found dead Sunday (April 25) morning near their Dayton, Ohio recording studio in an apparent murder-suicide. And that tube that I'm using is a piece that goes to the keyboard which Roger Troutman was known for.Apwas the day. What I did was I played the notes through the talkbox, that's why I have the tube in there. His is Auto-Tune, which is you sing and then they make your voice sound right in the computer. I actually showed the talkbox because what T-Pain is doing is not talkbox. So this video is just showing love to them and what they done. So what better way than to have a video where I could reflect back on some of the guys I was inspired by - Roger Troutman, Prince, Rick James. I wanted to do something that was sorta kinda like throwbackish to where it wasn't the same girls, the same cars, the same look, the same everything in the videos that I'm so used to seeing right now, and we're so used to seeing.

#PRINCE AND ROGER TROUTMAN FREE#

Snoop Dogg spoke to MTV's Sucker Free about the song and its 1980s old-school-styled video: 'The song and the video is just the way I'm feeling right now.

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