(L.A. Crews)-what u write???. <br><br>
***********SPIC ONE<br><br>


   (L.A. Crews)-what crews r u from???.<br><br>
***********S.O.A. Stoned Once Again
***********H.L.C. High Life Crew



       .(L.A. Crews)-how did your crew(s) get
 started???.<br><br>
***********Young Intelligent Hoodlums itching for
something more than your typical High School crap in
the Alhambra/San Gabriel Valley area.
     (L.A. Crews)-how did u get your nickname????.<br><br>
***********My cousin D-GR8 from the infamous Cause Of
Insanity crew suggested it. At first I was naive to
the meaning of the derogatory word considering it's
widely used on the east coast. Once I realized what it
meant I embraced it and flipped the script you can
say.

     .(L.A. Crews)- what year did u begin to
 write?????.<br><br>
***********I started writing in '92, but had names
that I wrote on my and others folders since about '89
    (L.A. Crews)- How did u get started in
 graff????.<br><br>
**********Through my cousin, I had been exposed to
early graff stuff like subway art and early Hip Hop.
He was from a great mostly "piecing" crew known as
C.O.I. it was made up of real artists like MAN one,
VYAL one, & SACRED to name a few I would go out with
them to yards both legal (permit required, like
huntington beach back in the day) and illegal. So I
guess it became me eventually and I went with it
 with?????.
*********Mostly bus writing utensils, sandpaper,
arrowhead and pinpoint scribers. But I was known to
rock a can when it came down to it.
     .(L.A. Crews)- who did u see up back in the
 oldschool days???.<br><br>
*********OILER/SAHL/D-CLINE>C.O.I.:I.F.K., 125 &
ROC>B.L.A.,
CHAKA/SLEEZ/NACHO>L.O.D.,CEIS/ATLAS/SOBER>TCD:DKS,and
a whole of other crews like
NASA,SH,STK,CFK,CBS,NHD,SKA,and so on and so on.
    .


(L.A. Crews)- whats your favorite colors to do
pieces with or bomb with????.<br><br>
**********Flat black, silver, forest green, I don't
know man I just used what I can afford, jack, or had
at the time.
     .(L.A. Crews)- do u still write????.<br><br>
**********I catch mostly landmarks  now, I'll bomb
some freights now and then. Buswriting for me started
going downhill when the MTA started using those
plastic screens on the windows to prevent mofo's like
me from getting to the real one.


    .(L.A. Crews)- Did u ever hit buses ?what lines
did/do u kill???.<br><br>
**********Yup!!!!!!!!!!!, any bus my fake bus pass got
me on. I/we would make fieldtrips out of it, like that
saying goes "from the mountains to the sea".


     .(L.A. Crews)- any beef with anyone or any
 crews?????.<br><br>
**********Personally, no. We used to have a friendly
hatred for T.H.C.,C.F.K.(the pasadena chapter), and
that's about it as far as I can remember.

    .(L.A. Crews)- do u have any graffiti stories u
 would like to
     share????.<br><br>
**********Nah not really, I'm sure you've heard lot of
  version of the same story.



     .(L.A. Crews)- did u ever get caught????.<br><br>
**********Yeah. Twice on the bus, after the driver
would get sick and tired of us nonshalantly
terrorizing their bus on a daily basis,they would tip
off the MTA. A group of undercovers would soon be
assigned to that line. Most of the time we were able
to tell when they were on there and we wouldn't do
anything. And once on the street.
>     .(L.A. Crews)- how has L.A. graf fiti changed
> from the oldschool days till nowadays???.
**********Well from what I see all the new cats are
trying too hard, they try start off from the top
(style wise), instead of gradually progressing and
mastering the skill. The heads that have been around
are taking it that next level, some beyond. What I
don't see is that state of mind that makes people
wonder how the hell the writer got to that spot and
how the hell he/she did it.


     .(L.A. Crews)- Have u ever battled anyone in
 graffiti?????if so who won????.<br><br>
***********We (S.O.A.) battled THC. a few of the cats
from DKS CBS played the role of judges. It lasted a
week, and we were bombing everything everywhere. On
the last day, THC bombed the 10 freeway metrolink
tracks, which we didn't do 'cause it was played out,
that was where rookies would go to get a little fame.
Needless to say, the judges(which had ties to THC)
judged in favor of them. We didn't care though because
we knew we rocked it.

    .

    .(L.A. Crews)- Did u ever hit freeways?????.<br><br>
***********Yeah, that's was like one of my biggest
fears though. But once youre risking your life on an
overhang or in a zone where gangs are known to claim,
you kind of forget that initial "man I'm on a freeway"
fear.

    .(L.A. Crews)- any last words or shout
 outs?????.
************PEACE!