Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Electro (occasionally referred to as electro funk) is an electronic style of hip hop especially influenced by Kraftwerk and funk records (unlike earlier rap records that were closer to disco, musically speaking). Afrika Bambaataa's Planet Rock (1982) is generally considered the first electro record, it mixed Kraftwerk and Captain Sky, or was at least influenced by the latter. Electro also flourished on the west coast, where Egyptian Lover and Arabian Prince gave birth to Bass music (also known as Miami bass) as well as influencing House music, Techno, Ghettotech and other electronic styles of dance music. Electro is the name of a fictional supervillain in the Spider-Man comic book. He is extremely powerful, but like the Rhino, is usually outwitted by the wall-crawler, so despite his great power, Electro is not the most threatening villain. Vital statistics Name: Maxwell Dillon Height: 5'11 Weight: 165 lbs. Eyes: Blue Hair: Red Intelligence: Normal Strength: (unenhanced) Normal, (charged) Superhuman Class 10 Speed: (unenhanced) Normal, (charged) Metahuman Stamina: (unenhanced) Normal, (charged) Metahuman Durability: (unenhanced) Normal, (charged) Metahuman Agility: (unenhanced) Normal, (charged) Metahuman Reflexes: (unenhanced) Normal, (charged) Superhuman Origin of Superhuman Powers: Freak lightning accident at an electrical facility which resulted in a body-wide mutagenic change in his nervous system. This change transformed him into a living, electrical capacitator. Essentially, he can shoot electricity at people and kill them. When his body is charged with immense levels of electricity he becomes superhumanly strong as well. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.