Despite this, punk funk has been occasionally used in more recent years to describe bands such as CSS and their 2005 album Cansei de Ser Sexy.
Their track "Psycho Killer" opens with a funky bassline,[8] and following this, they brought in Bernie Worrell from Funkadelic into their live band.
Almost all punk funk bands were swept up into these new genres, Gang of Four has been described as dance-punk.
[12] In the 1980s, Rick James would break through with his biggest commercial success in "Super Freak".
[15] In 2005, CSS released Cansei de Ser Sexy, which has been described as punk funk by Australian newspaper The Age.