Not everyone knows our backstory and who we are and where we came from. We’re real people, from the streets, who love to put in work and have been through so much trauma & turmoil in our lives that music ended up becoming an outlet for us. Rather than becoming full-fledged criminals and drug addicts, we’re here.
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We’re All Connected in the Dirt – This is N8NOFACE.
Now, people in recovery reach out to me, thanking me, and it trips me out because in my book, I’m just a f*cking f*ck-up. But if talking about it out loud keeps some kid from eating that same poison, then at least the scars are worth something. We’re all connected in the dirt. You never know who’s in the crowd drowning in it — and if my wreckage can help someone else pull through, that’s all you can ask for. That’s how we survive.
ENTELEQUIA GRÁFICA. <Esp>
Cuando partí con el tatuaje, la escena en la que me desarrollé estaba arraigada en el dibujo, la ilustración y el punk. Siento que ese entorno sirvió como mi escuela para aprender el oficio: un espacio muy cómodo entre amigos donde iba aprendiendo de a poco. Nunca tuve un maestro que me enseñara a tatuar; aprendí preguntando y mirando mucho.
MISTER SISTER.
Todo lo que hay que saber sobre Mister Sister está dentro de los límites de lo dibujado. Cualquier cosa que yo diga está de más, así que ahí está para que lo vean ustedes mismos.
GATO BANTRON <Esp>
Siempre es mi origen y mi esencia; que soy una rata de la Ciudad de México. Esa intensidad se traslada directamente a mis cuadros, los cuales concibo como un collage total de la esencia callejera: una mezcla caótica de pintura, esténcil, rótulos, manchas y grafiti. La Ciudad de México es intensa y mi idea también: crear intensamente.
Xenix on Social Networks – Pain, Truth, and Permanence
I feel like every creative should have an opinion on what they like and don’t like. You need to be true to yourself and what you think, but also open to change and differences in mentality. Even if I disagree with someone’s art or tattoos, it’s a person who found their way to make a living creatively and pushed through whatever they had to do to make it. So, fair enough. Let the next newcomer try to do their thing.
Twin Arrows, AZ.
Twin Arrows is a ghost town off of U.S. Route 66 in Arizona, located on historic Hopi & Diné
Knuckle Sandwich.
We started this band while I was finishing up coursework for a Master’s Degree in Chicana Studies; my research revolved around the performance of masculinity in Hardcore punk rock. The lyrics I write are rooted in violence as an extension of masculinity.
As art, Knuckle Sandwich isn’t necessarily an endorsement of violence, but the performance thereof. There is a ritualistic aspect to the mosh pit, as it is a space where people can assert masculinity and appreciation for the noise.
Leslie Puett’s HOUSEFIRE breaks Furniture Store into L.A.’s Art Scene
She says the name {of her book} came about because “True pain lies under our own minds like roofs… We gotta tend to what we have before we set it ablaze.”
Sob Story.
I think Sob Story as a moniker aligns with a lot of people’s lives — everyone has their sob stories they tell themselves, everybody has their excuses in life. It was born from a moment in time when things weren’t going my way, but almost satirically. I think a lot of my work depicts a funnier side of life. But the name itself comes from a Minor Threat song.