MATERIAL & NONA HENDRYX -“Busting Out“ (1980)

The mutant history of 80’s FUNK! Funk is hybrid. In the 60s it evolved from mambo, funky soul, psychedelic rock, free jazz, protest poetry. In the 70’s it permeated fusion jazz, afrobeat, chicano rock, film scores, TV themes, N’awlins gumbo, german electronica, eurodisco, reggae dub, postpunk. Into the 80’s it mutated through many more changes... //Groove Funk: A TASTE OF HONEY; INSTANT FUNK; BRIDES OF FUNKENSTEIN and PARLET; JUNIE MORRISON; RICK JAMES and TEENA MARIE; MARY JANE GIRLS; SLAVE; ZAPP and ROGER; XAVIER; GAP BAND; KLYMAXX; //PostPunk Funk: GANG OF FOUR; 23 SKIDOO; A CERTAIN RATIO; MEDIUM MEDIUM; TALKING HEADS, BRIAN ENO & DAVID BYRNE, The TOM TOM CLUB, and JERRY HARRISON; JAMES CHANCE & The CONTORTIONS; DEFUNKT; KONK; MAXIMUM JOY; WAS (NOT WAS); GRACE JONES; LIQUID LIQUID; .; //HIP HOP: AFRIKA BAMBAATAA & The SOULSONIC FORCE; GRANDMASTER FLASH & The FURIOUS 5; POSITIVE FORCE; FUNKY 4 1; US GIRLS; //AVANT FUNK: RONALD SHANNON JACKSON;