Black Nasty
Formed in 1971 in Detroit, Michigan, Black Nasty was a funk rock band inspired
by the futuristic sounds of Funkadelic and Parliament. The band was mentored by
musician, singer, songwriter and independent record executive Johnnie Mae
Mathews, who supported and encouraged her son, drummer Artwell Matthews, when he
formed a band with his bass-playing cousin Mark Patterson in the mid-1960s. The
band was originally called Raw Integrated Funk and was more focused on rock – an
early incarnation of the band featured Ted Nugent – but Matthews encouraged them
to pursue a style that embrace...
