What type of music should you use for locking?
Is locking used in music videos?
Why do people call popping 'popping and locking'?
When did locking become popular?
Many of the Lockers and associated dancers inluding Don Campbell, Tony Go Go & Skeeter Rabbit still conduct master classes and teach locking around the world.
The original Skeeter Rabbit is James Higgins. He is the influential locker with moves such as...you guessed it...the Skeeter Rabbit. He is often confused with the Skeeter Rabbit of the most recent incarnation of the Electric Boogaloos that passed away a few years ago.
The Go Go brothers you have probably seen videos of are the sons of Tony GoGo.
The Creative Generation were an early synchronized locking group that rarely get a mention but included many members of The Lockers group that formed later.
The Original Go-Go Brothers consisted of Tony Lewis and Edwin Lombard, also joined by Skeeter Rabbit to make a trio.
Maverick's Flat Nightclub in Crenshaw, south LA was a popular destination that Don Campbell and many other early lockers frequented to strut their stuff.
Locking is generally termed a funk style, though it is also considered one of hip hop's foundational styles along with popping and breaking.
Johnny "Sambo Lock" McCloud - another locking pioneer people often forget to mention.
The style started off quite accidentally when Don Campbell would hesitate when trying to do moves such as the funky chicken. People noticed this, and then he started experimenting with this and adding other steps and fad dances of the time to create the unique style of dancing.
Many of the lockers were part of the Soul Train Gang and can be seen freestyling in many videos.
The Lockers dance group was formed in 1973.
Locking is the first of the original hip hop styles of locking, popping and breaking to come into existence.
All professional street/ hip-hop dancers owe a debt to Don Campbell - he was the first to negotiate a salary for The Lockers. They were in essence the first professional street dance group.
"Stop and go's" - the locking step created by Greg Campbellock Jnr (RIP) are also known as "quickies."