Back روجير تروتمان ARZ کورنبرق تروتمن AZB Roger Troutman German Roger Troutman Spanish کورنبرگ تروتمن Persian Roger Troutman French Roger Troutman Italian ロジャー・トラウトマン Japanese Roger Troutman Portuguese Roger Troutman Swedish
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Roger Troutman | |
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 Troutman in 1981 | |
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| Also known as | Roger |
| Born | November 29, 1951[1] Hamilton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | April 25, 1999 (aged 47)[1] Dayton, Ohio, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1975–1999 |
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Roger Troutman (November 29, 1951 – April 25, 1999)[1][2] was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer.
Troutman frequently used the talk box, a device that is connected to an instrument (frequently a keyboard, but most commonly a guitar) to create different vocal effects. Troutman used a custom-made talkbox—the Electro Harmonix "Golden Throat"—through a Moog Minimoog and later in his career a Yamaha DX100 FM synthesizer.
As both band leader of Zapp and in his subsequent solo releases, he scored a bevy of funk and R&B hits throughout the 1980s and regularly collaborated with hip hop artists in the 1990s.