Mark Gonzales: Savannah Slamma...

Mark Gonzales, 1988, innovation, Drunk Injuns, switch method...

The Bones Brigade Video Show...

Fatback: Skate Rock 2013...

All Hail Cardiel

Suicidal Tendencies: Institutionalized...

So, I've never seen this video until now. It features a Natas Kaupas, Steve Steadham, Eddie Reategui, and prolly a bunch of other I couldn't recognize.
Also, I think Glen E. Friedman is in a red shirt talking to some chick in the hallway as Mike walks by.

Thrasher Magazine: Skate Rock Tour 2013...

So, I just found out about this today. Thrasher Magazine Skate Rock tour dates for 2013, I'm going tonight, May 4th. Time To Die.
Bad Shit
Arctic
Ratt Black
Tsuchinoko (never got a chance to play)

 UPDATE!!!

In case you didn't make it out to the show last night, this pretty much set the tone for the night.

I was up on the balcony standing next to Richie Belton when Jake comes up and asks them to stop playing, and then on the floor after I heard the classic "there's a fight" noise.
10-40 people just sayin "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

What kind of idiot...

A) talks back & mouths off to Phelps?

B) follows him down the stairs?

C) expects to leave the building with his ego and pride?

The kid just wouldn't stop talking shit even after his pummeling he was still saying shit.

Some people just don't learn their lesson.

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Skate Rock 1987...

So, Vision Street Wear and the Red Hot Chili Peppers joined forces and gave one helluva skateboarding experience.

Skate Rock China Pt. 1...

Today's Time Capsule: The Boneless Ones - I'm A Skater...

So, just in case there was any confusion about the blog author.

These dudes hail from The Bay Area and some members left to make up the group Hell's Kitchen with members of Fang and Verbal Abuse.
It doesn't get moar skate rock than The Boneless Ones.

Thrasher Magazine: Skate Rock China Yardsale...

So, I don't even know waht to say about this video except that it is some gnarly real-ass shit going down. This is waht a skate video is supposed to be like, toe drags, one foot landers, spin-out roll aways, and all that other shit that happens in real life.
Gerwer, Belton, Nuge, Figgy, Phelps, TNT, Angel, and a host of others I don't even know...
Security seems so polite, like "hey guys, c'mon, could you please not skate this?"

This is not the new H-Street... (1990)

So, after Video Days [the Blind video] I would have to say that this is one of mai favorite skate videos of all time. So much of the skating in here laid the groundwork for waht all, if not most, of the skaters are doing todei.

A lot of the tricks might be dated, like the Impossible Tail Grab, the Sawblade (front foot impossible), the Ollie, and the 3-Flip tail grab just to name a few.

But all the footage herein did not consist of years of filming (like most of todei's video parts) all the footage showcased is prolly no moar than a few months old at the time.

New possibilities were being discovered on a daily basis back during "the dark times" of the skateboarding industry.

The shear rawness of the grainy VHS camcorder optics, the full extension on soem of the Ollie North Tail grabs, the infancy of most modern kids "go to" tricks, and, not-to-mention Chad Vogt's miniramp section are just a few things that make this video make me wanna go skate when it's 26℉ outside.
There's also soem really awesome stuff that isn't kooky, but nobody does anymoar sprinkled throughout.

BTW watch Marcus Wyndham @ 25:35

this video was originally Uploaded by asilgag on Nov 11, 2006 to YouTube.

Nagasaki Trailer: NAGAJOOSE...

So, soem local boiz are putting a video together, mostly skateboarding, tom foolery, and soem sick, gnarly spotz.

If you like this trailer and plan on being in the Chicago area for the holidays you should czech oat the premiere in Rosemont, Illinois... for it is gunna be a jolly good time.

Info:

Muvico Theaters, 9701 Bryn Mawr Ave., Rosemont, IL.

Thursdei, December 22nd

First Showing: 8:00pm

Second Showing: 9:00pm

Admission: $5.00

Be There At 7:00pm.

Spread The Word!!!

As of the end of this post I am listening to "L.D.S.B. (Let's Drink Some Beer)" by Gang Green from the album "You Got It" released in 1987.

Boston Punk / Skate Rock.

The Boneless Ones: The Keg Kept A Flowin'...

So, this is soem real skate rock from when skate rock was real and skaters didn't have trainers.

I own this volume of skaterock on vinyl, the cover is die-cut to the shape of an early 80's pig-nose deck. The front is the bottom of the board, and the back is the griptape and bolts, with track info.

I absolutely LOVE the guitar solo on this song, if you didn't know, this is an altered cover version of the song "Train Kept A Rollin'."

Also, members of this band left and did a project called Hell's Kitchen.
Hell's Kitchen contained members The Boneless Ones, Fang and Verbal Abuse.

How's that for epic?

As of the end of this post I am currently listening to "Eggshell" by Autechre from the album "Incunabula" on Pandora radio, on mai custom channel called "Waveform Radio" after the record label from Sedona, Arizona... Waveform Records.

Matt Hensley...

(Kickflip Melon grab over the hip - early 90's NSA contest)

 So, prolly one of the most influential skaters of the early 90's would have to be Matt Hensley.
Sure, you could argue that he was an icon as early as 1988 from his part in Shackle Me Not, but I think we can all agree that the Summer of '89 might as well be considered the 90's because of waht Matt, and his Vista, CA. friends, like Steve Ortega, were doing on their boards.
Skateboarding in the streets had changed so much from 1988-1989 in terms of tricks and progression. Street skating in the 80's had been paved & innovated for us by such visionaries as Gonz, Natas, Vallely, Julien, Danny Sargent.

(360 Ollie North Tailgrab fail, 1990 TWS pro spotlight)

When the summer of 1989 came around you could see clear change within street scene. It seemed like every dei that you saw or heard about a new trick being done. Things were speeding up fast and things you never thought possible were being done faster, both in the speed of skating and by the time you learn one you had to learn another to try and keep up.

New names were being whispered around along with their tricks they were seen doing, names like: Mike Chu, Steve Roberts, Ed Templeman, Brian Lotti, Justin Girard, Ron Chatman, Jeremy Klein, Mike Carroll, Mario Rubalcaba, Omar Hassan, Scott Bourne, Mark Heintzman, Wade Speyer, and, of course, Matt & Steve.

Soem of which became household names well into the 2000's and soem you wonder waht happened to.

Mario's band [at the time] 'Committed' has a sticker on Matt's board in the first pic.

Mark Heintzman now has a limited edition deck out on Assault Skateboards. (Assault also have a sticker on Matt's board) ...and the rest of the dewdz you prolly know, if not, Google can prolly help you out with that.

As of the end of this post I am currently listening to "Did You Wanna Die" by Youth Brigade from the album "Sound Of Fury" released in 1982.

This track can also be heard on the Powell-Peralta Bones Brigade Video Show. (1985)

Andy Howell...

So, if you're an old fart skate Barney, like me, then chances are you know who Andy Howell is.
If you're a new school Flat Belly and into Tosh Townend, Ed Templeton and Bam, the chances are you know New Deal and Element Skateboards.
Plus, we've all prolly watched at least one 411 Video Magazine.
The connection? Andy Howell, and I've been a fan of his since he rode for Schmitt Stix.
This is the actual pic I had on mai wall as a pubey 14 year old. (above)

This guy has been such an integral part of modern street skateboarding in terms of style, tricks, and fashion.
The big pants, the graffiti look, the street tricks, skating swinch, all the brain child Andy Howell all back in 1990.

Since 2007 he's been the creator and driving force behind Artsprojekt, a place where underground artists can all be showcased together in one place and have their work made available to the public on any number of things from casual Shoes to Shirts and even professional Letterheads to iPhone cases.

He's come a long way from just riding his useless wooden toy and you should go czech oat waht he's been up to, show your support and thank him. Once you read his resume you'll shit at how behind the scenes this once dirty skate rat really is, and may even give you hope or strive harder.

As of the and of this post I am currently listening to "In This World" by The Odd Numbers from the personal compilation I made called "Gone Skating" it originally appears on the album "About Time" released in 1990 by a damn good trio of musicians from San Jose, CA.

Independent Trucks, Freestyle 101...

 

So, I was just cruz'n around on eBay looking for prices on vintage skateboard gear because I'm trying to thin out mai archives and came across these bad boiz, a pair of vintage Freestyle "101" Independent Trucks.

You can view them via this auction here, it ends in 6 days (3p.m. May 8th, 2011) so hurry!


As of the end of this post I am currently listening to "Bones Brigade" by Monster Trux from the album "Grind" released in 2001. A Chicago Skate Rock band that was sponsored by Emerica & Vision Street Wear.
(R.I.P. GMC)

JFA, AZPX & Breast Cancer...

So, Rick Zuccarello and James Boyle, of the band JFA, are auctioning off a very special skateboard deck on eBay in benefit for a very special person, Tara Locker, who is stricken with Stage 3 Breast Cancer. All proceeds go directly to Tara. You can read about her here: http://www.azpx.com/wordpress/?page_id=816 The deck is an AZPX Skateboards 2011 Richard Zuccarello Signature Model, with artwork by Rob Locker. The deck measures 8.5" x 32.0" with a 14.63" w/b. Made in the USA. Not only did Rich autograph this deck, all the current members of skaterock pioneers JFA also signed it. Rich is an original member of the JFA skate team and has a deep connection to early skateboarding in Arizona. Full Zuke interview and photo archive here: http://www.azpx.com/wordpress/?page_id=1579

As of the end of this post I am currently listening to "Future Primitive" by Monster Trux from the album "Grind" released in 2001.

A chicago skate rock band.

Today's Time Capsule, Suicidal Tendencies...

So, I grew up skating in the 80's (started in 1985) and I remember getting this album [Join the Army] when it came out in 1987. I would listen to it on the bus on mai walkman, staring at the cover art getting lost in its complexity, memorizing every word, riff, hook, and solo. Getting psyched to get home, grab mai board, go thrash the streets, and grind everything in sight with mai Stage V Indy 169's and Powell/Peralta Cross Bones. (mine were Blue & 95a)
Sure, I was listening to other punk & skate rock bands or albums at the time like Dead Kennedys, Agent Orange, Circle Jerks, Gang Green, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Exploited, and Dinosaur (jr), but none of them sang or had a song about actually skating. Nothing spoke to me like that song.
To me, this is waht skating is all about, just the vibe of the video makes me feel 13 again, skating junk and having the time of your life. Throw your friends in the mix and it's instant mayhem.

The mix of this track might be different than the "Join the Army" version, it may be the single version. I dunno, I'd have to go play the 12" to find out. I own the single on vinyl, so I haven't played it in years. It had the track "Human Guniea Pig" on it.
The sleeve says it's previously unreleased, but I think they've since released it. (obviously)
I forgot mai cammy in the city at a friends house or else I'd take a pic of the single also. Maybe when I get it back I'll do a pic update on this for y'all. Cool?
Cool...
Oh Yeah, BTW I just realized that Timothy Leary plays the Dad in this video. I can find all sorts of info saying that he played the part, but no info on how it came to be.
Did he like the band? Did the band do lots of Acid? Was it his house they filmed in? Or was it the fact that he was so hip and down with underground counter culture that he could identify with the skate lifestyle, that he may have Dropped In, Turned On, and Tuned Out?

As of the end of this post I am currently listening to "My Melody" by Eric B. and Rakim from the album "Paid In Full" released in 1987.
"ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-check out my melody"