Psychefunkapus was a funk metal band from the San Francisco Bay Area that released two albums for Atlantic Records in the early nineties.
They got their name from their love of psychedelic music and a reference to a P-Funk song warning the coming of the "Funkapus".
Psychefunkapus in turn has opened for Pearl Jam, The Sugarcubes, Was Not Was, Steel Pole Bathtub, The Beatnigs, The Charlatans, and The Vandals.
[2] Their first, self-titled album featured a dual vocal lineup consisting of Gene Genie and Manny Martinez.
[2] Psychefunkapus reunited to raise funds for Los Angeles' City of Hope Cancer Center January 2, 2010 at Slim's in San Francisco.