What’s crazy to all of you California cats, is that this dude was so famous that all the way in the Midwest, me from Milwaukee, Wisconsin we had heard of him without no internet, no social media! It was because of graff mags that were sold in graff shops and we’d see OILER up in his city and all up in the mags. What a legend all the way from Milwaukee 👑👑👑🏆🏆🏆
I traveled across America from 2000-2004. I caught spots all over from Boyle Heights to Novato and Chico in Nor Cal. Bend to Beaverton Oregon. Tacoma, Seattle, Wenatchee to Yakima Washington. Missoula, Rapid City, Sioux Falls, Fargo, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago, Brookfield, Joliet, Cincinnati, Dayton, Erie, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Reading, Allentown, Newburgh, Rochester, Manchester, Bangor, Salem, Massachusetts. Norwich, Hoboken, Owings Mills, Towson, Church Falls, Fairfax, Blacksburg, Fayetteville, Orangeburg, Charleston, Columbia, Savanah, Rome, Columbus, Georgia. Jacksonville, Ft. Myers, St. Petersburg, Florida. Auburn, Birmingham, Clarksville, Memphis, Omaha, St. Louis, Tulsa, Ames, Cedar Rapids, Texarkana, Grand Pierre, San Antonio, Austin, Galveston, Waco, Brownsville, Donna, Odessa, El Paso, Texas. Rio Rancho, Santa Fe, Flagstaff, Mesa, Buckeye, Yuma, Las Vegas, San Diego and baq 2 Boyle Heights.
As a kid i remember when we would go from L A to Valley to visit family. I was always excited to see the graffitti on the fwy Oiler was up everywhere...That was my dream instead of wanting to be a doctor or lawyer I wanted to be up like Oiler..😂 ...Never made it even close that guy is a Legend ...Nothing But Respect...
a lot of DTLA bombers are from no where near DTLA lol. Thats just where all the graffiti photographers take their shots and where youll find your LA street fame lol
Besides seeing Sacred’s scribes on the buses I would see him on school buses as well. Multiple school buses I was on in middle school and high school… and they were already several years old too (he’d usually write the year)
I just got chills, man 80s baby 90s kids were the best times traveling with familia from Lynwood to East Los all the tags and bombs and pieces you caught was wonderful times
Oil Definitely one of my biggest influences. Oil, Gin, Duce are a few of many who made me appreciate the love for freeway graff scene. Mad respects to the og’s.
I saw gin once on the venice line 33 he caught a scribe and I did also and he just gave a look and saw his tag and knew I was amongst one of the greats......I'm SHITONEL.A
Awesome story. Looking back, its the writers that were killed or died young that I will always remember, and the older we get the list g3ts longer...One had to hit busses and the bus yards in SF in the early days or nothing at all, they were everything. Scribes were an LA phenomenon and noone was scribing in SF until the mid 90s. Oakland cats were already scribing their transit. OILER's explanation of "Repping your name" by being a decent person is spot on. With so many older heads around still painting I would say to all the youngsters start asking them the questions you have now, learn from them now cause we/they ain't gonna live forever. "The GAME" really got going when MsK moved to SF...and I'll always have respect for them for how they moved back then.
I remember running into Oiler and Spun on the 2 on Sunset by the In N Out! Super cool dudes!! Oiler has county on lock with scribes lol. Much love and respect from El Monte!! SGV
Big OILER,seems like CHAKA passed him the torch, Boy took it to the next level, became all city within a few months. He killed it from Commerce, Downey,South Gate, Huntington Park,Whittier, East Los, Downtown LA up to north Hollywood,He put COI on the map along with SACRED DCLiNE, and MAN, L.A County Legend not to mention those nasty scribes on the RTDs Respect Señor , SKILLZ keep bringing the top dogs out of the shadows much RESPECT
Orrra, I remember partying with Big OIL back in 92' at a dr.Martin after hours in dtla. We passed him some cranka to get the 3am party started. Those were the daze.
Dammmm great interview, Dude is a legend & was that one threw the 90’s as I came up, I unfortunately took more of the tag banger road & because of that me & mines became apart of the system & were forced 2 make some tough decisions, I still love the art, That particular error in LA county was like nothing else NSANE ONE GBKLAN
I remember meeting OILER at Belmont tunnel back in 2000. He had this crazy high dust tag spot in side Eastlake right before you entered the Richard M unit. Also had a scribe spot in the in take unit in Camp Challenger. Mirror inside the restroom to be exact. DENIE7UP
@@kilroywasherebutnowhesgone9532 What up Kevin?! Strange that I remember your name. I remember you from the halls. Don’t recall what unit, but I remember talking to you in the gym. Bringing up my boy ASEN up. He had the 484 line on lock back the. I’ve been good. Are you still up in Pasadena?
@@TheScribeGuy213 yessir,damn you got a good memory that's a trip 👌😜 yea somewhere in the system lol couldn't remember where..but yea out in rosemead right now doin the family thang..tu sabes 😉 hope all is well with you and yours..seen that Denie7up I was aw damn that's the homie..spensa on emoji g I had to come back and edit it😆
OFA used to have some big rollers off the railroad tracks in Pico / Whittier off Slauson (CR gang neighborhood) it said Out For Action in rollers. The Amtrak used to pass by it
Always driving into LA on the 101 frywy always remember Chaka on thre bridges and over pases in the 80s. Good times in LA. KDAY, and Lakers were on best of LA
i remember playing street fighter 2 against this fu at a donut shop on Las Palmas in Hollywood back in '93 😂 that girl tribe and some other fu from OTR were there too. dropped a mean streak on their way out
I remember CHAKA..SLEEZ N OILER were the reason i started taggin back in the 90 s used to go Belmont...Shout out to the homies from CDP MAZZ...SEKTR..etc PRISEONE KGI HAI CDP
Yeah it was City CDP and Oiler. Ran in to CDP’s at a few spots way back, they were very active. Most noteably painting on the 605 bridge between Beverly and Whittier blvd in Jimtown like 2 am. After everyone was done it was like almost 4 am and they were still gonna go hit another spot. Dedicated
I grew up in Santa Monica, Venice area. I started writing as a teen. I wrote CLASH One...the homie Pete passed the name down. I was off to the races with it. I always saw Oiler tags and bombs...he had landmark tags everywhere. The bus scene was great, it chauffeured our tags from the Westside, to the valley, Eastside, LAX area... I spent lots of time at the Motor Yard. Cool to see a channel about graffiti
I remember this name in the early 90’s particularly 92-95. He got up in my hood VNE off of w.Blvd by commerce center. As far as tagging crews there was a lot of them Had a lot of homies from FBI.
Catching grills on da RTDs. Rough Tough and Dangerous. 254, 18, 66, 251, 70, 76, 260, 68, 33, 94, 96, 78, 79, 62, 210, 108, so many lines. How about jacking da driver's jackets?
@rz450 Eventually, we learned how 2 get 2 Sylmar, Northridge, Topanga Mall, Van Nuys, Hollywood, Santa Monica, Venice, San Pedro, Long Beach and everywhere in between too.
Not from LA but not too far away and i used to see this guys name up whenevr i did go down south, back in the early 90s, i was already writing too so i payed attention closely whether it was to bite styles or take pics back to my city an show people what you guys were doing. He heavily influenced my city an generation of writers an artists. Him a Chaka were legends to us.
This dude was everywhere even the party line lolz 😂 but really never seen anyone up as much as this dude back in the day!!! Legend writer!!!!! If there was an Olympics for writing certainly take the gold!!!!!
I remember the biggest disappointment was watching all my good friends make that hood decision over bombing. I remember going to that specific meeting at the park when we split up! Crazy thinking back and reflecting on that day not knowing that stepping to the left was the best decision...
The duke of earl' my introduction to Oil was the LA county intake 89. he crawled up above the entrance doors to where inmates are processed and stamped some Oiler tags. all the while your handcuffed being led into the county. #classic
Man been waiting for this....he took the game to new heights... literally!! We use to take trips to l.a from Riverside just to see whats up on the frwys back in early to mid 90s.
That’s absolutely OG Oiler cool af definitely an LA OG he spoke truth bout starting out with different names didn’t we all start like that nobody admits it honestly like he did here!????
Definitely one of the writers I looked up to back in those days. Still remember seeing him catch a scribe on a video game screen at Disneyland around '93...
From Melb, AUS. Got into etching abit and also think volcanic rocks work best, but people would never believe it. They're also what our Metro uses as track rocks, conveniently.
One of the writers you would paint with if you also just loved getting up with minimal dramas as it will find you, back in 80's UK it was the police you had to worry about as gangs were for school holidays or tagging. We did not see much LA graffiti until the riots on tv & it was like finding NY all over again but DAMN they don't mess about pure killer styles, i only know about OILER through YT & the mags & books in my collection. My wife used to paint with me when i was active as not painted a wall for 8 years & i started in 85, i know riots are not funny but.........free paint tales never get old lol. I was always into drawing on more than paper or smashing windows & it sure was one funny serious game that spread global, my paint bro has stopped going to prison now & has called me a slacker so i need to round 4 or 5 his butt with my style for his dare lol. Sweet Channel & Props
I know hands down he was a TRUE KING OF L.A GRAFFITI!!! He was up all over Broadway in DTLA as well as ALL CITY!! He would have destination spots on the bus, For those who don't know what a destination spot is, It's where it says by the bus windshield but on top of that where the bus says where it would be going he had scribes as well as on the L.A COUNTY bus on every window and if you really want to take it back some time there was a store in Melrose called Beat Non Stop and he would be in the Graff. Mags that they sold too💯💯 I'm a 80's Baby it this guy is a TRUE KING AND LEGEND IN GRAFFITI He was doing it all Tagging, Scribing, And Bombing in that time!!! 💯💯💯💯
Vox is an OG he been around long mostly legal spots now, used to go to school with Jex years ago traded him some old pics I had when Ayer hit that CHP mural that used to be off the 101 and Alameda
What about RISK!? Anyone else remember seeing him thrown up all over, in the mid 80's to forever, & from the 818 to all over the greater Los Angeles area.
I remember being in the car with my parents seeing Oiler up all over the place. Was there another Sacred or is it the same one that focused more on abstract pieces later?
I remember being at Wayside medium south and seeing a fresh Oiler tag hit up in the wet dirt on the yard. It had just rained and the tag was brand new. I was like where is this guy. Never got to meet him but was so close. LOL … Probably a couple dorms down from mine. Dope interview.
Speaking about the tag banging, I went to Canoga Park High school and one of the tagging crews was CYS. Hope was the head dude. CYS eventually turned into a tag banging crew. There's a guy that writes HOPES today. Don't know if it's the same guy as HOPE from CYS. Hope and his older brother were the homie...
I remember my older homies knowing all the now major taggers one of my homies started LOD with sleez the homie slice I'm sure oiler remembers him everyone knew oiler
What’s crazy to all of you California cats, is that this dude was so famous that all the way in the Midwest, me from Milwaukee, Wisconsin we had heard of him without no internet, no social media! It was because of graff mags that were sold in graff shops and we’d see OILER up in his city and all up in the mags.
What a legend all the way from Milwaukee 👑👑👑🏆🏆🏆
I traveled across America from 2000-2004. I caught spots all over from Boyle Heights to Novato and Chico in Nor Cal. Bend to Beaverton Oregon. Tacoma, Seattle, Wenatchee to Yakima Washington. Missoula, Rapid City, Sioux Falls, Fargo, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago, Brookfield, Joliet, Cincinnati, Dayton, Erie, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Reading, Allentown, Newburgh, Rochester, Manchester, Bangor, Salem, Massachusetts. Norwich, Hoboken, Owings Mills, Towson, Church Falls, Fairfax, Blacksburg, Fayetteville, Orangeburg, Charleston, Columbia, Savanah, Rome, Columbus, Georgia. Jacksonville, Ft. Myers, St. Petersburg, Florida. Auburn, Birmingham, Clarksville, Memphis, Omaha, St. Louis, Tulsa, Ames, Cedar Rapids, Texarkana, Grand Pierre, San Antonio, Austin, Galveston, Waco, Brownsville, Donna, Odessa, El Paso, Texas. Rio Rancho, Santa Fe, Flagstaff, Mesa, Buckeye, Yuma, Las Vegas, San Diego and baq 2 Boyle Heights.
Doope
Can Control was the 💣 ...he was famous in the east too
Big Time , LSD life sux die (one of my faves) still got one somewhere
@@gnericnuser I have 4 OG copies of Big Time Magazine still. Bought on Melrose Ave in Los Angeles
As a kid i remember when we would go from L A to Valley to visit family. I was always excited to see the graffitti on the fwy Oiler was up everywhere...That was my dream instead of wanting to be a doctor or lawyer I wanted to be up like Oiler..😂 ...Never made it even close that guy is a Legend ...Nothing But Respect...
Absolutely
Same here, started tagging myself and now struggling as an adult. Graffiti messed my life up
@@kaseone6896 Do you mind explaining how it messed you're life up ?
@kaseone6896 You got caught?
I seen a gang of oiler tags inside the LA Sherrif buses, at LA county jail, 97, 98, 99....
Oiler a L.A. legend I still see him getting up on Marengo and Ceasar Chavez and the 101 fwy mad respect!
I hope long after we're all dead someone can appreciate this. Los Angeles history...❤️
I'm 48 and dude been around since I was a teen we probably the same age lol a true LA legend WISK CHAKA & OILER
CAB as well
I know two spots in long beach that still has chaka on an old telephone pole. All these years later. Faded as hell but still up
Sk8 one was my son. Oiler helped me out in County Jail once. Much respect Oiler.
One of the most prolific writers ,Respect
never knew oiler was from SGV, I thought he was from DTLA. definitely a bombing legend.
Alhambra iz right on da edge of the 626.
He said Alhambra lol she is right over it’s the gateway to age but not sgv part of Route 66
I’ve seen some young kid like 18 or so writing Oiler in DTLA back in January
I thought he was from Montebello
a lot of DTLA bombers are from no where near DTLA lol. Thats just where all the graffiti photographers take their shots and where youll find your LA street fame lol
OILER was everywhere!! Nice to see a face behind the name
That 710 back billboard spot is legendary 😂 Atlantic exit?? Long gone now but was there forever
Thank you OiL for being so Real about your self and Tagging culture!!!
Besides seeing Sacred’s scribes on the buses I would see him on school buses as well. Multiple school buses I was on in middle school and high school… and they were already several years old too (he’d usually write the year)
Blast from the Past SGV 💪 💯 LA HISTORY from CHAKA to OIL and everyone before, in between and after. Nostalgia!
I just got chills, man 80s baby 90s kids were the best times traveling with familia from Lynwood to East Los all the tags and bombs and pieces you caught was wonderful times
Awesome
I just saw his name still up on the 210 freeway
Great Content! I found a new place to loiter in these "RUclips streets"
I remember running into Oiler and Sacred on line 76 via Valley Blvd back in 1992.
#DKC #RTDM
Oil Definitely one of my biggest influences. Oil, Gin, Duce are a few of many who made me appreciate the love for freeway graff scene. Mad respects to the og’s.
I saw gin once on the venice line 33 he caught a scribe and I did also and he just gave a look and saw his tag and knew I was amongst one of the greats......I'm SHITONEL.A
Gin!
I remember Oiler, Sonic and 125er getting up everywhere.
SONIC WUZ ALWAYZ CHILL.
Yes 125er!!
125er. That was chrome no?@@kaseone6896
I remember one distinct landmark he had was on Soto across the street from sears. I think it was an '89 or '92 landmark.
Awesome story. Looking back, its the writers that were killed or died young that I will always remember, and the older we get the list g3ts longer...One had to hit busses and the bus yards in SF in the early days or nothing at all, they were everything. Scribes were an LA phenomenon and noone was scribing in SF until the mid 90s. Oakland cats were already scribing their transit. OILER's explanation of "Repping your name" by being a decent person is spot on. With so many older heads around still painting I would say to all the youngsters start asking them the questions you have now, learn from them now cause we/they ain't gonna live forever. "The GAME" really got going when MsK moved to SF...and I'll always have respect for them for how they moved back then.
He's the king of Los Angeles because he never snitched like Ramos. Else I'd give it to Ramos.
To bad they can't to do one on "Tolse"
Oil still hitting Azusa last month salute. #goat TCD DKS
In the 80s wow, i never got to deep, racking paint marker, pastels, over aron brothers, on la brea . John Burroughs, fair fax hgh, good tymez..
I remember running into Oiler and Spun on the 2 on Sunset by the In N Out! Super cool dudes!! Oiler has county on lock with scribes lol. Much love and respect from El Monte!! SGV
I still see an Oiler tag on the curb off the 110 freeway when you exit 6th street !
He’s talking about Long Beach Cambodian Tiny Raskal Gang Vs ESLongos and EFCC Escape From Cambodian Camp
Big OILER,seems like CHAKA passed him the torch, Boy took it to the next level, became all city within a few months.
He killed it from Commerce, Downey,South Gate, Huntington Park,Whittier, East Los, Downtown LA up to north Hollywood,He put COI on the map along with SACRED DCLiNE, and MAN, L.A County Legend not to mention those nasty scribes on the RTDs
Respect Señor , SKILLZ keep bringing the top dogs out of the shadows much RESPECT
Wass up wit the football teams in the 70s and 80s becoming gangs everywhere
Thank you for this one skil I grew up watching oiler LA legend right here 🫡😎
Orrra, I remember partying with Big OIL back in 92' at a dr.Martin after hours in dtla. We passed him some cranka to get the 3am party started. Those were the daze.
What’s cranka
Shout out to SNAP 1 UTI
Dammmm great interview, Dude is a legend & was that one threw the 90’s as I came up, I unfortunately took more of the tag banger road & because of that me & mines became apart of the system & were forced 2 make some tough decisions, I still love the art, That particular error in LA county was like nothing else NSANE ONE GBKLAN
I remember meeting OILER at Belmont tunnel back in 2000. He had this crazy high dust tag spot in side Eastlake right before you entered the Richard M unit. Also had a scribe spot in the in take unit in Camp Challenger. Mirror inside the restroom to be exact. DENIE7UP
What's popping boy we were in the halls/camp back in the days ....wakoe tsok😉✌
@@kilroywasherebutnowhesgone9532
What up Kevin?! Strange that I remember your name. I remember you from the halls. Don’t recall what unit, but I remember talking to you in the gym. Bringing up my boy ASEN up. He had the 484 line on lock back the. I’ve been good. Are you still up in Pasadena?
@@TheScribeGuy213 yessir,damn you got a good memory that's a trip 👌😜 yea somewhere in the system lol couldn't remember where..but yea out in rosemead right now doin the family thang..tu sabes 😉 hope all is well with you and yours..seen that Denie7up I was aw damn that's the homie..spensa on emoji g I had to come back and edit it😆
Belmont was lit had to be careful though …
@@presone2077i met so many writers at Belmont Tunnel from 1989-1999.
Dude is a legend, Harm, sleeze. Oiler, chaka. TSS. Nhd, ofa,
TAC Kings!!
No Harm Done, Down To Write, On the run!!!
i remember my big cousin repping OFA Unique1 back in the 90's
@@jahbrony3650 Keve OFA was with the TAC KINGS CLICK.
OFA used to have some big rollers off the railroad tracks in Pico / Whittier off Slauson (CR gang neighborhood) it said Out For Action in rollers. The Amtrak used to pass by it
OILER,SPAIR,DISM,GRAY, CHAKA,SKITTLES. I USED TO BE FROM (AICREW)
I see that crew up still same one ??
@@Dats_dope Not sure 🤔
Big Oil asking Skill questions too! 🙌🏼💣 Dope interaction! 🔥
Always driving into LA on the 101 frywy always remember Chaka on thre bridges and over pases in the 80s. Good times in LA. KDAY, and Lakers were on best of LA
Thnx for the SORCERY shout out I didn't catch it the first time around. This interview is straight golden.
Badazz…. Living Legend oiler ….spoted your throw ups
Dude I saw your tag in RedondoBeach and Hermosa Beach in the 90’s amazing !
SORCE was notorious for the fiberglass scribes. That's my dude. Him and SCENE UTI. Good time writing back in the mid 80s and early 90s.
Pulling a knife out on a poor bus driver for the sake of some fucking scrawl. LOL. It's like a scene from that movie 'Idiocracy'.
i remember playing street fighter 2 against this fu at a donut shop on Las Palmas in Hollywood back in '93 😂 that girl tribe and some other fu from OTR were there too. dropped a mean streak on their way out
DJ Lady Tribe and her fake b👀b$
I remember CHAKA..SLEEZ N OILER were the reason i started taggin back in the 90 s used to go Belmont...Shout out to the homies from CDP MAZZ...SEKTR..etc PRISEONE KGI HAI CDP
I just saw new tags on the 605/10. Fwy junction of oiler. 👌🏼
Yeah it was City CDP and Oiler. Ran in to CDP’s at a few spots way back, they were very active. Most noteably painting on the 605 bridge between Beverly and Whittier blvd in Jimtown like 2 am. After everyone was done it was like almost 4 am and they were still gonna go hit another spot. Dedicated
I remember seeing him on FOX undercover when I was a kid. I got to meet him many years later at a party and he was a very chill guy 🤙
We were always pumped as kids to see when IFK destroyed the 10 freeway.
I always wonder what these kids that are now grown men do for a living. Graft was fun but I agree it did become a job lol.
I grew up in Santa Monica, Venice area. I started writing as a teen. I wrote CLASH One...the homie Pete passed the name down. I was off to the races with it. I always saw Oiler tags and bombs...he had landmark tags everywhere. The bus scene was great, it chauffeured our tags from the Westside, to the valley, Eastside, LAX area... I spent lots of time at the Motor Yard.
Cool to see a channel about graffiti
OIL OIL OIL OIL OIL 🫡 LETS GO !
I remember this name in the early 90’s particularly 92-95. He got up in my hood VNE off of w.Blvd by commerce center. As far as tagging crews there was a lot of them Had a lot of homies from FBI.
Hate to hear that about his picture collection. i had a cold collection too that i gave away. 1986-1988 collection. One of my regrets in life.
Man had a sick one too...bad guys took it when they hit my pad for writing when I was 16... Scared the s*** out of my poor grandma...sorry grams
Rest In Peace Tolse STP.
🙏🏻👍🏻
Damn I use to see him up my respects to stp they still get up!!! Chota one!
Dtd , d2d in wilmington ,san pedro harbor city etc, back in the day early 90s and bod
find CROME from BLA
Oiler was everywhere when I was a teenager
Catching grills on da RTDs. Rough Tough and Dangerous. 254, 18, 66, 251, 70, 76, 260, 68, 33, 94, 96, 78, 79, 62, 210, 108, so many lines. How about jacking da driver's jackets?
Early 90s Recall taking all thee above up & down downtown LA East LA Boyle Heights 😂 good memories..
@@rz450 yup, dat Eastside Life.
@rz450 Eventually, we learned how 2 get 2 Sylmar, Northridge, Topanga Mall, Van Nuys, Hollywood, Santa Monica, Venice, San Pedro, Long Beach and everywhere in between too.
I met him at El Monte bus station with Phib, Gimek, Teker SKAMob! He still wrote FleesOne…
sacred and oiler killed it in 92 and 93
Not from LA but not too far away and i used to see this guys name up whenevr i did go down south, back in the early 90s, i was already writing too so i payed attention closely whether it was to bite styles or take pics back to my city an show people what you guys were doing. He heavily influenced my city an generation of writers an artists. Him a Chaka were legends to us.
i still see Chaka tags in downtown LA, dude dont stop
Yep I'm from the Bay area so I'm not used to LA.. I'm from San Francisco area this is by far the best graff talk I've seen...🤘🔪
🍿👽…Remember watching the video where he was throwing up oiloiloiloiloiloiloil in the 90s….Much respect brother
Interesting, never knew Oil was just a town over from me, I ran with ATL KRH TAC and landed in SKA 1985-2024
TAG ALL CITY KINGS!!
@@pcboy626 @rewskonTV - just out of curiosity, how did you connect with TAC?
What you write? I'm RAZEONE TAC
FLY
RARE(RIP)
ROM
REGAL
LASER
SAX TNT
KEW
I'm still holding down the crew since 87
@@jdm894g BINE TAC KING 🤴
@@jdm894g BINE TAC
King of LA no doubt.
He had the old brick building off the 10&110 down town intersection bombed with His Name for the Longest Years
Great interview SkiLL glad he mentioned the SGV crews 🔥🔥🔥🔥
This dude was everywhere even the party line lolz 😂 but really never seen anyone up as much as this dude back in the day!!! Legend writer!!!!! If there was an Olympics for writing certainly take the gold!!!!!
I remember the biggest disappointment was watching all my good friends make that hood decision over bombing. I remember going to that specific meeting at the park when we split up! Crazy thinking back and reflecting on that day not knowing that stepping to the left was the best decision...
Who remembers seeing oiler up on ever curb
CTAK KIEX DIRTE BOY WE COULD RELATE LATE 80 EARLY 90$
K
I wish this interview was longer.
Oiler was the uppest in my days, always thought I would run into him on the RTD. We all aspired to be up like Oil.
Them Oil caterpillar throwies were sick as fuck
Audio is too hot. If you place the mics closer and then lower the levels, it would sound better. Respect.
Always seen that placsso in Boyle hts during the 1990's
I remember that oiler tag right off the Atlantic exit sign of the 710.
Straight up. The little shed at the bottom too.
The duke of earl' my introduction to Oil was the LA county intake 89. he crawled up above the entrance doors to where inmates are processed and stamped some Oiler tags. all the while your handcuffed being led into the county. #classic
Met him a few times at thisers house. Humble dude 🙏🏼
Anybody remember Exit RA Gin DUCE SOLOE SKERP GRAY
My friends think I'm crazy, I swear in like 05 or 06 I saw that oil throw up here in Fresno. Didnt know who oiler was then but I definitely do now.
Man been waiting for this....he took the game to new heights... literally!! We use to take trips to l.a from Riverside just to see whats up on the frwys back in early to mid 90s.
Freeways were my playground
RTS-
Yes sir... nothing can match that feeling..
Freeways are forever my playground. From the IE, to Vegas back to LA
That’s absolutely OG Oiler cool af definitely an LA OG he spoke truth bout starting out with different names didn’t we all start like that nobody admits it honestly like he did here!????
OIL 🛢️ OIL 🛢️ OIL 🛢️ OIL 🛢️ OIL 🛢️💥💥🔥🔥👑👑🙌🏽🫡
Definitely one of the writers I looked up to back in those days. Still remember seeing him catch a scribe on a video game screen at Disneyland around '93...
Really that's awesome. Definitely all-around great writer .. I'm from the West Coast so some of this is new to me
From Melb, AUS. Got into etching abit and also think volcanic rocks work best, but people would never believe it. They're also what our Metro uses as track rocks, conveniently.
One of the writers you would paint with if you also just loved getting up with minimal dramas as it will find you, back in 80's UK it was the police you had to worry about as gangs were for school holidays or tagging. We did not see much LA graffiti until the riots on tv & it was like finding NY all over again but DAMN they don't mess about pure killer styles, i only know about OILER through YT & the mags & books in my collection. My wife used to paint with me when i was active as not painted a wall for 8 years & i started in 85, i know riots are not funny but.........free paint tales never get old lol. I was always into drawing on more than paper or smashing windows & it sure was one funny serious game that spread global, my paint bro has stopped going to prison now & has called me a slacker so i need to round 4 or 5 his butt with my style for his dare lol. Sweet Channel & Props
Skill is like the wise village elder, when he talks I listen.
Mr. UTI
I know hands down he was a TRUE KING OF L.A GRAFFITI!!! He was up all over Broadway in DTLA as well as ALL CITY!! He would have destination spots on the bus, For those who don't know what a destination spot is, It's where it says by the bus windshield but on top of that where the bus says where it would be going he had scribes as well as on the L.A COUNTY bus on every window and if you really want to take it back some time there was a store in Melrose called Beat Non Stop and he would be in the Graff. Mags that they sold too💯💯 I'm a 80's Baby it this guy is a TRUE KING AND LEGEND IN GRAFFITI He was doing it all Tagging, Scribing, And Bombing in that time!!! 💯💯💯💯
Real tagger shit... "Always pick letters w/ S & K.. Skizs and skaz".. Jex and Vox were always firme names
Vox is an OG he been around long mostly legal spots now, used to go to school with Jex years ago traded him some old pics I had when Ayer hit that CHP mural that used to be off the 101 and Alameda
What about RISK!? Anyone else remember seeing him thrown up all over, in the mid 80's to forever, & from the 818 to all over the greater Los Angeles area.
He still active
When he does the scribing noise lmao””cwaaaaaa cwwaaa” hilarious thats wassup
Johnny Pry used to take me with him to hit up when I was a kid
Same here went with graffiti Gross NBK.saludos I’ll be 50 in august good old days. Sometimes I want to go tagging 😂
I remember being in the car with my parents seeing Oiler up all over the place. Was there another Sacred or is it the same one that focused more on abstract pieces later?
Both r from COI
I remember being at Wayside medium south and seeing a fresh Oiler tag hit up in the wet dirt on the yard. It had just rained and the tag was brand new. I was like where is this guy. Never got to meet him but was so close. LOL … Probably a couple dorms down from mine. Dope interview.
Props to SNAP UTI!!! STILL HITTING UP!!! I SEE YOU BRO!!! SFV
🙌 sick ass foo! 😄👍
Speaking about the tag banging, I went to Canoga Park High school and one of the tagging crews was CYS. Hope was the head dude. CYS eventually turned into a tag banging crew. There's a guy that writes HOPES today. Don't know if it's the same guy as HOPE from CYS. Hope and his older brother were the homie...
For the longest time he had that tag on the 710 in commerce, then buffed it around the mid 2010’s
I remember my older homies knowing all the now major taggers one of my homies started LOD with sleez the homie slice I'm sure oiler remembers him everyone knew oiler
Gang of writers came out of Alhambra but never claim it…
Century Continuation school.
@@FishDonkey626 my dads alma mater
Didn’t Atlas stay there or nearby too?