Flip the Disco-fueled Soul from the 70s 'Band of Thieves'

"What's the bad, bad, BADDEST band around? Band of Thieves, of course. The Thieves feature a super funky disco sound that originates from lead singer and keyboard artist Napoleon Crayton. Put that together with Herb Philhofer's arrangements and the thieves are up for business."

—Back sleeve of their first and only record (S/T, 1976)

"It was Band of Thieves and such contemporaries as the Valdons that went on to influence the likes of Prince and Morris Day who introduced the Minneapolis funk and soul scene to a world-wide audience a decade later."

—The Music's Over