frankiebones
frankiebones
Frankie Bones: The Godfather of American Rave CultureFrankie Bones, born Frank Mitchell, is an American DJ and record producer whose career was central to the emergence of rave culture in the United States during the late 1980s and early 1990s. A Brooklyn native, Bones became known for connecting New York's underground dance-music traditions with the rapidly developing rave culture of the United Kingdom. Through his DJ sets, record labels, productions, and legendary Storm Rave parties, he helped establish the foundations of the American rave scene.He is widely associated with the "Godfather of American Rave Culture" title and is particularly linked to the development and popularization of the PLUR philosophy—Peace, Love, Unity, Respect—which became one of the defining ideals of rave and electronic dance-music communities.Early LifeBrooklyn RootsFrank Mitchell was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1966 and grew up during a period when disco, early hip-hop, funk, and emerging street cu