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THE METERS
New Orleans, USA
* 1966

Line-Up (2017):

Leo Nocentelli - g
George Porter Jr - bg
Art Neville - kb,voc
Joe Modeliste - ds

Former Members:

Aaron Neville (voc, 1976)
Charles Neville (voc, 1976)
Cyril Neville (perc,voc, cca 8/75-cca 5/76)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	The Meters	5/1969	Josie
2.	Look-ka Py Py	12/1969	Josie
3.	Struttin'	5/1970	Josie
4.	Cabbage Alley	1972	Reprise
5.	Cissy Strut produced by: Allen Toussaint / Marshall Sehorn	25.04.1974	Island
6.	Rejuvenation	9/1974	Reprise
7.	Fire On The Bayou produced by: Allen Toussaint	15.08.1975	Reprise
8.	Best Of The Meters	21.05.1976	Reprise
9.	Trick Bag	7/1976	Reprise
10.	New Directions	10.06.1977	Warner Bros
11.	Good Old Funky Music	5/1979	Pye
12.	Second Line Strut	2/1981	Charly
13.	Here Comes The Metermen	4/1986	Charly
14.	Funky Miracle	3/1991	Charly
15.	The Meters Jam	5/1992	Rounder
16.	Original Funkmasters	11/1992	Instant
17.	Uptown Rules: The Meters Live On The Queen Mary	12/1992	Rhino
18.	Fundamentally Funky	8/1994	Charly
19.	Funkify Your Life	1995	Rhino
20.	Very Best Of The Meters	05.10.1998
21.	Essentials	20.08.2002	Warner Strategic
22.	Fiyo at the Fillmore, Vol. 1	25.02.2003	Varese
23.	Zony Mash	23.09.2003	Sundazed
24.	Message from the Meters	13.07.2004
25.	Very Best of the Meters	29.08.2006	Snapper
26.	Live At Rozy's	21.10.2009
27.	Here Comes the Meter Man: The Complete Josie Recordings, 1968-1970	17.05.2011	Snapper
28.	People Say	27.08.2013	Music On Vinyl
29.	A Message from the Meters: The Complete Josie, Reprise & Warner Bros. Singles 1968-1977	02.09.2016	Real Gone Music

Leo Nocentelli:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Another Side	19.11.2021	Light In The Attick

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Sophisticated Cissy / Sehorns Farm	1/1969	Josie		34
2.	Cissy Strut / Here Comes The Meter Man	4/1969	Josie		23
3.	Ease Back	7/1969	Josie		61
4.	Look Ka-Py-Py / Dry Spell	10/1969	Josie		56
5.	Look Ka-Py-Py / This Is My Last Affair (v GB)	12/1969	Direction
6.	Chicken Strut / Hey! Last Minute	3/1970	Josie		50
7.	Handclapping Song / Joog	6/1970	Josie		79
8.	A Message From The Meters / Zony Mash	9/1970	Josie
9.	Groovy Lady / Stretch Your Rubber Band	2/1971	Josie
10.	I Need More Time / Double Oop	4/1971	Josie
11.	Sassy Lady / Good Old Funky Music	7/1971	Josie
12.	Do The Dirt / Smiling	1972	Reprise
13.	Cabbage Alley / The Flower Song	1972	Reprise
14.	Chug Chug Chug-A-Lug / (part 2)	1973	Reprise
15.	Africa / Hey Rock-A-Way	6/1974	Reprise
16.	People Say / Loving You Is On My Mind	8/1974	Reprise
17.	People Say / Africa	04.10.1974	Reprise
18.	Hey Puk Away	1/1975	Reprise
19.	Fire On The Bayou / They All Asked For You	28.11.1975	Reprise
20.	Disco Is The Thing Today / Mister Moon	9/1976	Reprise
21.	Trick Bag / Find Yourself	11/1976	Reprise
22.	Be My Lady / No More Okey Doke	9/1977	Warner Bros		78
23.	Look Ka-Py-Py / Tippi Toes / Cissy Strut	7/1980	Charly
24.	Just Kissed My Baby / Groovy Lady / People Say (reissue)	17.11.2003	Josie
25.	Just Kissed My Baby / Africa / People Say (reissue)	09.08.2004	Warner Bros
26.	Big Bootys EP (Signs (Sam Young groove mix) / Without You (Sam Young Summer funk mix) / Candy Funk / This Love Is A Bitch) & DJ Sam Young & El Presidente & 50	08.08.2005	Nod Factor
27.	People Say / Funky Meters' Soul (reissue)	27.08.2013	Music On Vinyl
28.	Same Old Thing / Good Life & Pete Rock & CL Smooth	27.01.2014	Originals

Leo Nocentelli:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Thinking Of A Day	04.10.2021

Awards:

2011 Grammy Hall Of Fame (SP "Cissy Strut", 1969)
2018 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Various:

see also Wild Tchoupitoulas
see also The Neville Brothers

appeared on the LP:

Robert Palmer: Sneaking Sally Through The Alley (9/74, Island)

Joe Modeliste:

appeared on the LP:

Allen Toussaint: Southern Night (11.4.75, Reprise)
Ian McNabb: Head Like A Rock (1994, This Way Up)

Leo Nocentelli:

appeared on the LP:

Allen Toussaint: Southern Night (11.4.75, Reprise)
Neville Brothers: Fi Yo On Bayou (1980, A&M)

George Porter Jr:

appeared on the LP:

Allen Toussaint: Southern Night (11.4.75, Reprise)
Voices From the Past, Grooves for the Future (24.2.04, Zoe/Rounder)
Warren Haynes: Man In Motion (10.5.11, Stax)

Press References:

Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1973	27	07.07.1973	8		gig review
1974	49	07.12.1974	42	Albums	album review
1975	33	16.08.1975	42	Albums	album review
1975	49	06.12.1975	16	Singles	single review
1976	33	14.08.1976	27	New Albums	album review
1977	30	23.07.1977	17	Albums	album review
1981	9	28.02.1981	22	Albums	album review
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1974	0	01.06.1974	18	Albums	album review
1974	0	26.10.1974	44	Soul
1975	0	18.01.1975	19	Platters	album review
1976	0	29.05.1976	17	Platters	album review, single review
1976	0	05.06.1976	26		profile
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1997	4		31	Co víme povíme	discography
1999	2		62	Tajný svatý	profile