GRAFFITI LA

Gallery Page 2

October 20th, 2011 by steveWP

For ease of viewing, I’m going to create new pages periodically. This section continues from where Page 1 left off.

Tren, 9-91, Melrose:

Kyle, 9-91, Belmont:

Take, Melrose, 9-91:

LOD, Sanborn, 9-91:

“COI” by Sacred, Sanborn yard, 9-91:

Pen, Sanborn, 9-91:

Krenz (Yem), 9-91:

Modem, Sanborn, 9-91:

Phyn at Motor, 9-91:

Volt at Sanborn, 9-91:

TPS battle production Vs LTS, Commerce yard, 3-96:

Here is the LTS production, 3-96

Surf and Plast, I believe, Motor yard, 10-91:

Shivr, Motor yard, 10-91:

Clae, Motor yard, 10-91:

Perk (Soor), Sanborn yard, 10-91:

Dream, Motor yard, 10-91:

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A great example of under-reported history is that of the KTE family, a crew that has a strong history in L.A. graff, but that quietly went about their business without as much notice as they deserved. I mean to rectify that as best I can here and now. Here is their history as kicked down by Taloe (who also wrote Talo):

KTE—Kings Tribe, Keeping The Essence, Killing Time Everyday—began in 1989 and was the main family which contained both the older and newer generation of writers and piecers that actively carried the name into the late 90’s when the crew unofficially disbanded. To be put in, there were trial periods that led to an initiation of skills handed down and taught to the newer generation. It was made up of members from 3A, P2I, AWR and AD. It was founded by Kaos, Tork, and Eclipse. After a couple years the AWR’s went their own way. KTE was Kaos, Tork, Besh, Jear, Soke, Smerk, Zink, Caso, Taph, Deil, Taloe, Rate, Zeb, Binky, Bahn, Jake, Aunix, Deceit, Format/4mat, Credit, Mask, Kaper, Kanx, Chino, Sibu and Sabio. KTE currently has active members today still representing, mainly Taloe, Mask, Zeb and freshly added to the crew, Never. To this day they remain a tight knit crew and nobody was ever “just let in.” You had P2I—Piece 2 Impress—which was started in 1986 by Kaos, Vertik, Tork, and Shamer, a crew that was very selective of who was let in, and made putting in hours at the yard a requirement to even be considered. P2I is Kaos, Tork, Shamer, Vertik, Besh, Ferst, Taloe, Jake, Soke, Jear, Smerk and Deil. 3A, Against All Authority, was started by a guy named Lotus. Besh, who was his childhood friend assumed the main head position later on and ran a very tight ship. Besh and Caso were the ones that really put it on the map as far as piecing and bombing go. The 3A roll call is Lotus, Besh, Caso, Zink, Rate, Sibu, Taph and Taloe. Then finally we have ETB–Expect The Best, Exploding Time Bombs–that started in 1991 and was comprised of members from West LA and the San Fernando Valley. ETB was initially made up of a three KTE members, Caso, Taph, and Zeb. It later would comprise of mainly the foot soldiers from the KTE family and outside members. A slew of missions by Deil, Ster and Bohr would put the crew on the map for Los Angeles. ETB members were Caso, Taph, Zeb, Simr, Deil, Ster, Bohr/Bore, Bord, Klent, Kanx, Binky, Mask, Deceit, Sasoe, Ramble, Bahn, and a few others. All crews—P2I, 3A, KTE, and ETB—combined, are pretty much West L.A. based with a few members in the Valley and Hollywood. With 30 years of Los Angeles graffiti influence, with very few still representing, remains a culture and family that still paints today.

And now for a gallery of KTE related writers in chronological order (and as I continue scanning my archive, I’ll post other KTE photos as I find them):

Besh at Sanborn, 5-91:

P2I at Motor yard, 10-91:

Soke helping Kaos (the main writer) out at Motor, 10-91:

Here is the finished piece (sorry for the lousy pic):

Besh and Caso at Motor, Jan. ‘92:

Rate at Sanborn, Jan. ‘92:

“3A Crew” by Besh and Caso at Huntington Beach, 3-92:

Besh and Deaz at Motor, 4-92 (note cool hand-styles, and also on the left where it says “Just one more bomb in the never ending explosion of graffiti”):

A quick Besh at Motor, 7-92

“Besher” at Motor, 8-92:

“KTE” by Kaos, Motor yard, 8-92:

“KTE” by Besh and Jake, Huntington, 4-93:

Talo and Besh on the left and Duse FH (Flying High, Fucking Hitsquad) on the right at Belmont, 2-94:

Talo behind the Hip Hop Shop, 6-94:

“PTI” by Talo, Motor yard, 12-94:

A quickie character by Talo, Motor, 12-94:

PTI crew hitting Melrose hard, 2-95:

Talo, Motor yard, 5-95:

“PTI ETB” by Smerk at the Venice Pavilion, 5-95:

Talo, Motor yard, 5-95:

“KTE” by Talo, Motor yard, 6-95:

“PTI” by Talo, Motor yard, 6-95

Talo, Commerce 9-95:

“PolTergeIst” by Talo and Deil (the piece I misidentified as by Italo UTI in the CD-Rom in the book. Talo has a good sense of humor about it, saying I’m not the only person to have confused them):

“Taloe” by Talo, Venice Pavilion, 5-96:

Ok, that’s what I’ve been able to find in my archives at this point. I’ve only scanned thoroughly up to 3-97, so I hope and imagine I’ll find more KTE/3A/PTI stuff. When I do, I’ll be posting it!

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This is a wide shot of the fence of the Whitsett and Sherman Way yard in 9-93. I posted it on Facebook, and thought I’d show some closer shots of some of the pieces.