Five Alarm Funk
The west coast has always been fertile ground for the genre-blending of musics many sounds and cultures, but nothing has come out of the area as powerful, explosive, driving and FUN as the mighty FIVE ALARM FUNK. For over a decade, Five Alarm Funk has been setting dancefloors on fire and assaulting audiences with their relentless grooves, driving percussion, soaring horns and undeniable energy. The band has a consistently great catalogue of albums – like Sweat (2017) and Big Smoke (2020) – but it is the live Five Alarm Funk experience that has given the band near-mythic status from the Pacific to the Atlantic. There is nothing like the experience of seeing Five Alarm Funk spread across the whole stage – a living wall pulsating with groove, passion, fun and the talent to back it up. It has been scientifically proven impossible to stay still at a Five Alarm Funk show. Such is the unique power of this band that all who witness their rhythmic glory will be given to movement, compelled to dance by forces they can't even be begin to understand. On any given night Five Alarm Funk could blast you into the atmosphere on a weightless whirlwind of musical wonderment or drag you deep into the sexy, sweaty centre of the Earth – but no matter where they lead, you will be safe alongside these Titans of Groove, Monsters of Funk. None mightier in the land than FIVE ALARM FUNK.
