The band regrouped and delivered Zapp VI: Back By Popular Demand in 2001 and subsequently returned to active duty on the international touring scene. Tragedy struck in 1999 with the untimely deaths of Zapp’s principal creative force, Roger, and his older brother Larry. The band of brothers continued to hit gold on 1983’s Zapp III and 1985’s Zapp IV, then delivered Zapp V: Zapp Vibe in 1989. Roger Troutman, the gifted multi-instrumentalist-singer-arranger for the group, would go on to score similar success with the equally infectious single “Dance Floor” from Zapp’s 1982 followup gold album, Zapp II. It almost got to the point where if you wanted some kind of commercial success, you had to get a Zapp-Roger sample.”
It was up there with some of James Brown’s catalog. “I’m sure that song has over 600 cleared samples now,” says Lester Troutman Jr., who manages business affairs for the Dayton-based band. Their 1980 self-titled debut, produced by Bootsy Collins and with input from P-Funk founder George Clinton, went gold on the strength of their influential hit single, “More Bounce to the Ounce,” which would later be sampled by the next generation of rappers and hip-hop stars, including EPMD, The Notorious B.I.G., Public Enemy, Ice Cube, Easy-E, Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg, among many others. New album continues the band’s 40-year legacy of funk with special guest appearances by Bootsy Collins, Frankie J., Tuxedo, Kurupt and Snoop Doggīack in 1978, four brothers out of Dayton, Ohio - Roger, Larry, Lester and Terry Troutman - formed the electro-funk band Zapp with the single-minded purpose of getting people out on the dance floor. ZAPP Salutes The Late Roger Troutman on Zapp VII: Roger & Friends
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