current_members years_active label article_title instruments past_members background genre origin name
timothius `` tee-bone '' david big tony fisher others 1978 & ndash ; present sugar hill island infinite zero/american recordings trouble funk
 guitar , drums , keyboards , bass , trombone , trumpet , saxophone emmett `` tee-bone '' david chester `` boogie '' davis big `` tony fisher james `` doc '' avery gerald reed robert ej `` syke dyke '' reed taylor `` monster baby '' roxx reed david rudd '' nixon mack carey timothius group_or_band funk , hip hop , go-go washington d.c. , united states trouble funk
trouble funk

trouble funk is an american r&b and funk band from washington , dc .
it helped to popularize that area 's local funk subgenre known as go-go .
among the band 's well-known songs are the go-go anthem `` hey , fellas . ''
they released several studio albums including `` drop the bomb '' , `` in times of trouble '' , `` live '' , and `` trouble over here , trouble over there '' -lrb- uk # 54 -rrb- , and two live albums , `` trouble funk - straight up go-go style '' and `` saturday night live '' .
in 1982 , they released a single `` so early in the morning '' on d.e.t.t records , later reissued on diverse labels as 2.13.61 & tuff city .
trouble funk sometimes shared the stage with hardcore punk bands of the day such as minor threat and the big boys .
trouble funk 's song `` pump me up '' was sampled by many other artists , for example in dimple d 's one-hit wonder `` sucker dj , '' which went to # 1 in australia .
the song is also featured in the film `` style wars '' and on the fictional r&b radio station wild style in the game '' '' .
keyboard player robert `` syke dyke '' reed died at the age of 50 on april 13 , 2008 , from pancreatic cancer .
trouble funk continues to remain a figure on the washington , dc , area live-music scene .
