The end result is something he says he is proud to share. I had to listen to what somebody else said,вЂќ he said. вЂњIt took me six months to digest that, to not be able to play what I wanted to play, say what I wanted to say, mix it the way I wanted to mix it. вЂњI canвЂ™t even imagine life without doing this.вЂќДЇunk legends ZAPP performed to a large crowd at the Broad Street End of Summer Bash Saturday, Aug.

вЂњI would be lying to you and the fans if I said вЂwell, we never had problemsвЂ™ or вЂwe never tried to do other things.вЂ™ But theД«ond is what kept us together,вЂќ he said. Lester says love has kept the music alive in the nearly 20 years since his familyвЂ™s tragedy. The band returned to the stage for the first time following RogerвЂ™s death during two sold-out shows in August 1999 at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. вЂњThe question they kept asking was, вЂWhen are you guys coming to the city?вЂ™ вЂWhen are you coming to LA?вЂ™ вЂWhen are you coming to Phoenix?вЂ™ вЂWhen are you going to come to Chicago?вЂ™ вЂWhen are you coming to New York?вЂ™ When are you coming to Paris?вЂ™вЂќ Lester said.

The groupвЂ™s music has been sampled on dozens of hit rap singles.ДЇollowing Larry and RogerвЂ™s death, Terry and Lester say they received an outpouring of love from fans through calls, mail and fax. The band was probably best known for its use of the vocoder or talkbox, a device that makes vocals sound robotic. He was a renowned funk-music innovator who recorded with his brothers in the band Zapp in the early 80s. > Icons lost in one of DaytonвЂ™s most gut-wrenching murders In his early 40s when the apparent murder-suicide claimed his brothersвЂ™ lives, Lester Troutman said he thought all was lost. Other bands include The Ohio Players, Steve ArringtonвЂ™s Hall of Fame, Faze-O, Heatwave, Sun, Slave and Lakeside. Roger Troutman, who also had a solo career, died at an area hospital.ДЇollowing the lead of the Ohio Players, Zapp was among the bands that helped Dayton earn DaytonвЂ™s Land of Funk nickname in the 1970s and вЂ™80s. 26, 2018.ДЄfter shooting his brother, Larry Troutman was later found dead in his car from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. We had a chance to catch up with Lester and Terry last fall just before Zapp celebrated the release of its latest album,В 'Zapp VII: Roger & Friends,'with a show at Dayton's Schuster Center on Oct. The music did not stop on that tragic day for the band that Roger Troutman founded with his brothers, Lester, Larry and Terry. Troutman, a musician and leader of the band Zapp, was shot and killed by his brother, Larry Troutman, on April 25, 1999. Roger Troutman in an undated publicity photo probably from the early 1980s.

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