Totally agree with you on AXIOM FUNK. I must say that many of the bands posted as funky bands are in reality only disco bands.....disco has NOTHING to do with funky music
Maybe disco doesn't have anything to do with funk but disco can be R&B at times as well as soulful. The thread is titled 70s Soul/Funk/R&B.
For example, George McCrae'***** Rock Your Baby is/was considered a disco song when it was released. Listen to the vocals, it he's not soulful on this song, I'll eat my hat. There were actually some disco songs that were good. I would never have admitted that in the 70s but I can now.
Back in the 70's most dancing type music was called "SOUL MUSIC".. I think Disco was the first term to change the genre of soul music to another name.. I'm not quite certain about this but the genre Rhythm and Blues (R&B) came right after that.. Then MTV came along and started screwing up music genre's all together..