Zapp

American funk band from Dayton, Ohio

Musical groupmusical groupQ644975

Also known as Zapp Band · Zapp & Roger

Members / parts: Roger Troutman
, Larry Troutman
, Shirley Murdock
+2 more
Genre: funk
, electro
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Country of origin: United States
Formed in: Hamilton

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Zapp is an American funk band that emerged from Dayton, Ohio, United States, in 1977. Particularly influential in the electro subgenre of funk, Zapp were known for their trademark use of the talk-box effect. The original line-up consisted of four Troutman brothers—frontman Roger, Larry, Lester and Terry—first cousin, Sherman Fleetwood—and non-Troutman family members Bobby Glover, Gregory Jackson, Jerome Derrickson, Eddie Barber, Jannetta Boyce and Shirley Murdock. Zapp also worked closely with George Clinton and Bootsy Collins of Parliament-Funkadelic during its early stages, their support being a factor in the group gaining a record deal with Warner Bros. Records in 1979.

Overview

Discography

26 linked to Zapp in Wikidata

Show all 26

Members

5 linked to Zapp in Wikidata

All data

48 statements · 38% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Discography: Zapp discography
Start of work period: 1977
Official name: Zapp
Different from: Zapp criterion used: brand, trademark, band name or organization name refers to multiple entities
Social media followers: 1,279(January 5, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 805496041
1,258(April 24, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 805496041

On other databases

27 identifiers linking Zapp across the web's reference databases

Data quality

statements

38%

externally sourced

Source last edited May 1, 2026. AIDB refreshes this page daily.

Suggest a fact or correction

Links

Use this data

curl https://aidb.si/api/v1/entities/Q644975

API docs, limits & keys

Cite this page

AIDB. (2026). Zapp (Q644975). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/zapp-Q644975