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Roger Troutman

Roger Troutman

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Roger Troutman (1986)

Interview by Simon Witter, Rock's Backpages audio, 30 June 1986

He disapproves of drugs! He digs Yes! From being pushed by his father as a kid, via the P-Funk connection and the Ohio funk scene to his mad recording methods, Zapp frontman Roger Troutman tells all.

File format: mp3; file size: 56.5mb, interview length: 1h 01' 41" sound quality: ***

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Roger... The Keeper Of The P-Funk!

Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 19 October 1982

From out of the P-Funk cauldron, the Troutman brothers have emerged supreme. In this exclusive and revealing interview, Roger Troutman explains the thinking behind the ...

The House Of Zapp

Interview by Simon Witter, New Musical Express, 6 September 1986

Ohio is a soul city, home of Bootsy, the Ohio Players and now the Troutman family alia the Human Body alias ZAPP. Mainman Roger tells ...

Roger Troutman: Unlimited! (Reprise)

Review by Don Snowden, The Boston Phoenix, 18 December 1987

THE DAYTON, Ohio-based Troutman clan that has given us Zapp and now Roger has developed perhaps the most schizoid personality in black music. ...

Roger Troutman: Empires & Dance

Interview by Simon Reynolds, Melody Maker, 14 May 1988

SIMON REYNOLDS WAGS CHINS WITH ROGER TROUTMAN, THE MANDARIN OF SURREAL FUNKSTERS ZAPP, AND DISCOVERS WHY SCRITTI'S GREEN WAS SO DESPERATE TO RECORD WITH THE ...

Shirley Murdock: Sheer Murdock

Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 2 August 1988

Sheer ability, sheer quality and sheer hard work has seen Shirley Murdock move up from the ranks of backing singer to the edge of major ...

Roger Troutman: Building Bridges

Interview by Jeff Lorez, Blues & Soul, 24 December 1991

Roger Troutman gets to grips with the young hip hop hopefuls who have long acknowledged the master's touch ...

see also Zapp

see also Roger & The Human Body

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