back Electric Boogaloos (USA) The Electric Boogaloos are the group responsible for the creation of the styles known worldwide as 'popping' and 'boogaloo'. After seeing the legendary group The Lockers perform on television in 1975, Boogaloo Sam, the group's founder, was inspired to create his own dance style with a whole new set of movements. The name of the group was inspired by James Brown's song 'Do the Boogaloo' . The name emphasises the funk roots of popping, locking and boogaloo - moves that developed on the West Coast during the funk era - and their difference from the B-boying style of the East Coast-born Hip Hop era. Boogaloo is a fluid style that uses the whole body. It incorporates angles and rolling movements of the hips, knees and head. Popping, also created by Sam, involves snapping the legs back and flexing muscles continuously to the beat to give a jerky, snappy effect. Other group members include Sam's little brother Popin Pete, who first inspired Jonzi D to embark upon his own dance career at a Covent Garden street performance twenty years ago. www.electricboogaloos.com