1999–2005: Formation & ''Who's Your Step Daddy'' Originating from Adelaide, South Australia, Funkoars was formed in Adelaide in 1999, and consisted of MC and producer Daniel Rankine (a.k.a. Mr Trials or
Trials), MCs Adam Baker (a.k.a. Uncle Sesta or simply Sesta) and Matthew Honson (a.k.a. Sketchy Hons or Hons), and DJ Daniel Yates (a.k.a. Reflux). Funkoars' debut album, ''
Who's Your Step Daddy'', was released by Peepshow Entertainment in September 2003. Following its release Funkoars toured Australia extensively.
2006–2012: The Greatest Hits, The Hangover & The Quickening Funkoars released its second studio album,
The Greatest Hits, in September 2006 on
Obese Records, an Australian hip-hop label. The production on the second album is mostly credited to Sesta and Trials, both of whom have also produced for the Hilltop Hoods.
The Greatest Hits featured guest appearances, such as the Hilltop Hoods ("What I Want"),
Vents ("The Symphony") and
Pegz ("Meet The Family"). Following the release of
The Greatest Hits, Funkoars embarked on a national tour, between July 2006 and August 2006, supported by Awbs & Maundz and Cross Bred Mongrels. In 2007, Funkoars performed at the Adelaide
Big Day Out, as well as the 2009 Big Day Out in
Sydney, Australia. In 2008, Funkoars left Obese Records and returned to the Peepshow label for the release of the third album,
The Hangover. The album's first single "Black Sally", features samples from single, of the same name, by
Human Instinct, a
psych-rock band from
New Zealand—Human Instinct's vocalist/drummer, Maurice Greer, appeared in the music video for the single. In September 2011, the band released
The Quickening, which peaked at number 11 on the ARIA Charts. At the
AIR Awards of 2012, it was nominated for Best Independent Hip Hop/Urban album. "Larry Emdur" was a single released in early 2013 and included on the 2013 Golden Era mixtape, and was a parody of the Australian television personality
Larry Emdur, using a sample from the
Larry David cable television program,
Curb Your Enthusiasm (
HBO). The music video for the single featured clips of Emdur from TV shows including
The Price is Right. On occasion, Emdur joined the band during live performances of the song. On 9 June 2013, the band announced that DJ Reflux was leaving the group to move onto other projects. Golden Era Records producer and DJ Adfu has performed with the Funkoars emcees in subsequent live shows. The Funkoars were part of the Big Pineapple Music Festival that occurred in May 2014 on the
Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. In regard to touring in 2014, Sesta explained: "We (kinda) drink a lot less on the road these days, which means people don't avoid us nearly as much, so yes, anything's possible. What we can guarantee is you'll see four humans go from ice cube casual to monster mash in 30 seconds or less for the duration of our set, fun for the whole family."
Side projects In June 2005, Trials released his debut solo
EP,
For the Ladies, distributed via Obese Records. Trials has also undertaken production for other Australian hip-hop recordings, such as Vents'
Hard to Kill, a remix of the Hilltop Hoods single, "
Clown Prince", and
Drapht's albums,
Brothers Grimm and
Life of Riley. In relation to
Life of Riley, reviewer, Shane Scott, proclaimed, "If you don't recognise Trials as one of Australia's finest producers by now you are a sleeping motherfucker, but in the end it's you who loses." ==Awards and nominations==