MENACE / INTERNATIONAL RECORDING ARTIST
Menace
Producer / musician / songwriter / artist
A true gifted talent in many ways.
Menace was born in Detroit, Michigan from already a well-established family of musicians. His father Paul Weeden and mother Terry Pollard are better known as the musician's musician in the field of jazz music. The both of them are written about in the history books and encyclopedias of jazz music.
Menace's professional history dates back to when he was hired by top DJ and record producer Mark Kamins to play guitar for Madonna and recorded on her first album 'Everybody'. It is his guitar solo on 'Burning up' which he received notice in the recording industry. He also went on to play guitar in her band as well for a while under the direction of Steven Bray. Menace has also played on stage performances with Prince, Kid Creeo & the Coconuts, Lenny Kravitz, George Clinton and the P-funk all-stars, Nona Hendrix, Phyllis Hyman, Wyclef Jean and many others.
He has worked with Billy Joel and appeared in his video 'Keeping the Faith' and played bass guitar with Whitney Houston and appeared in her award winning video 'The Greatest Love of All'. His solo career began in 1990 with his first album produced by Bill Laswell entitled 'Doghouse' on the JumpStreet record label in the USA and Europe. His next two albums where released on the P-vine / Polygram record label in Japan. In 1994 'The Life and Times of One Chocolate Baby' and in 1998 'La Mancha Negra'.
In 2002 his fourth solo album, 'The Funkillium Trilogy' was released on the French record label New Power Soul Records and distributed in France and Europe.
Throughout the years in between solo album projects, Menace has worked for or with and produced many well established artist as Bill Laswell / Maceo Parker / George Clinton / Jill Jones / Doug Winbush / Marcus Miller / Amp Fiddler / Jerome Bailey / Don Blackman / Addie Brik / Vernon Reid / Steven Bray / Umar Bin Hassan / Bootsy Collins / Bernie Worwell / Mudbone Cooper / April Weeden / Africa Bambatta / Kenton Nix / Muzz Skillings / Baby Paul / Moni Love / Doug E Fresh / Crazylegs / Tanna Gardner / Phyllis Hyman / La Toya Jackson / Kym Mazelle / Noel Reading / Billy Cox / Keith La Blanc / Juliet Roberts / JC001 / Keizah Jones / Nia Monet / Lonnie Gordon / Dodge, K-tee, Arc and 7-11 / Malay / Sabina / Alexander O'Neil / Rebeka Dremelj / Select 3 / Eternal and Liberty X
Menace is currently working with and producing international new artist from the U.K. and Europe.
A true professional in all ways, in all areas, of all types of music.
CONTACT:
New York City Representitive
Funkillium Millennium Productions
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