Subway Art

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No one can deny, not even hardcore NY graf heads from the 80's, that the publication of this book (in connection with the release of the two...

films "Wild Style" and the PBS documentary "Style Wars") caused thousands and thousands of wanna-be b-boys all over the country to quit spinning on their heads on cardboard at the mall and go steal a bunch of markers. They changed their names from "Kid Fresh" and "Mr. Wiggles" to far-out four-letter tagging names like "HAZE", "DAZE", "KAZE" and "MAZE" and started destroying the hell out of their bedroom walls, their lockers at school, and their brand-new Lee denim jackets. They were wack toys, but they were the new "old school"; if it wasn't for them, or this book, there probably wouldn't be any worldwide graf art movement.