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BIG MET 1989

The early part of 1989 saw some real heavy output by Kast, Mise, Jon & Shok.

 

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John by Jon, Mize by Mize.

 

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Mize by Mize

 

Mize again

 

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Raska by Raskal

 

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Caster by Kast CCD -January 1989.

 

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Mize, January 1989

 

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Another shot of that Mize piece passing through Harrow-On-The-Hill.

 

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Pizza by Kasa

 

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Tim by Sulk,  John by Jon sitting in Rickmansworth yard, 1989.

 

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BYB (Bad Young Brothers), SHOK,  MISER,  TWT (The Wingy Two), window down wholcar by Shok & older brother Mise. -1989.

 

 

Shok by Shok

 

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Miser by Mise

 

from old skool72's Flickr

 

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Kaster, Cold Crush by Kast, Cold Crush Dukes (CCD). "No dope, no hope"

 

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Shok by Shok

 

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BTP photo of that Shok piece.                                                                           Shok 89 "Sorry felt sick"

 

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Eneme by Eneme, Cope by Cote on the same train as the Shok & Kast Cold Crush pieces.

 

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Eneme by Eneme

 

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Cope by Cote

 

Stain from a Mize piece

 

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Steam by Steam TU

 

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Character from that Steam piece.

 

TFG (Trouble From the Grove),  FOAM,  KAST,  CCD (Cold Crush Dukes) running through Croxley station on the Watford line of the Big Met.

 

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Foam CCD. The bloke looking out the door is not BTP but a Big Met writer who wrote Asteriks.

 

Clearer shot of that Cast straight letter.

 

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Shok by Shok

 

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Mise by Mise 1989.

 

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Another shot of that Mise straight letter from 1989.

 

         

Kast                                                                                                    Cote

 

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Shok

 

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Shok again.

 

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Look by Kasa

 

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Steamer by Steam TU,  Cast by Kast CCD sitting at Uxbridge station on the Big Met, 1989.

 

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Steamer

 

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Dedication to Tilt, Coma, Nice & Huz who had a big court case in 1989. Tilt got sent down for 2 years.

 

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More shots of that Cast piece.

 

 

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Radicals by Acrid & Mace, RCS                                                                  RCS piece inside a Big Me by Mace

 

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Scoe by Fiasko TRC

 

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Fiasko piece getting buffed at Neaden yard depot.

 

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Mize

 

Skore 204, TRC & Eneme on an East London Line.

 

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Mist from up north on a mission with Skore & Eneme to New Cross yard on the East London Line.

 

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Akrid by Acrid RCS on the East London Line. There was also something on the other side of this train which you can just see over the top of the windows.

 

Kaned

 

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Rasta by Ganja, Mise by Mise.

 

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Rasta by Ganja, now in The Untouchables TU

 

Mise by Mise

 

         

Mise piece running. You can just make out a "Untouch Ganja" inside aswell.                             Crobe

 

        shoe box finds by old_skool72.

Shok - from Syme's flickr                                                                                                                                Kasa - from old skool72's flickr

 

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Foam Kast Cold Crush Dukes top to bottom wholecar done in Wembley sheds, Easter 1989. They did the Foam & Kast panels one night then went back the next night as the train was still in the sheds and did the Cold Crush Dukes bit over the top. There was a Kasa thing on the train too.

 

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Foam, GVB = Great Visible Bombers an Amsterdam crew Foam was in.

 

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Kast

 

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Wholecar running past Nortwick Park on the Big Met 1989.

 

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CCD  wholecar sitting in Neaden waiting to be buffed. Photo by BTP.

 

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Another BTP photo in Neasden.

 

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Top to Bottom by Shok.

 

 

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A come back chrome by Kis 42 just to let everyone know he's still about. Also a Voidski chrome dub.

 

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Shok, Tame & Jon pieces on a Big Met passing through North Harrow on the Watford line. 1989.

 

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Shok by Shok

 

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Better shot of that Shok piece.

 

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Rame, Level by Jon.

 

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Another shot of that Level piece by Jon. Jon looking out the window.

 

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AD by Acrid RCS

 

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Busk

 

Ganja

 

        

Lie                                                                                                                                 Jon

 

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Kasa

 

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TU by Steam

 




 

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Shok

 

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Next to the above Shok piece a Haze piece by Kast CCD.

 

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Haze by Kast CCD.

 

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Jon piece.  UE in the piece was a crew Jon started in 1989. It stood for Undercover Elephants.

 

Kote. I think there was a hazel piece by jon next to this.

 

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UK Roc Kasa

 

 

Waste by Waste, Dole by Stash, Fiasco by Fiasko.

 

Dole by Stash, GBS

 

Fiasko, TRC, GBS

 

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Norty Kaysa Voak pulling into Farringdon station.

 

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Norty

 

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Kaysa by Kaes.

 

Araba by Ganja

 

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Acrid throw up.

 

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Hopa TU

 

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Kast CCD

 

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Kast , I think this was next to the Hopa piece above.

 

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unfinished Shok

 

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Steam, Diet

 

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Mise again - "God they still havn't caught me"

 

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Jon

 

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Kast CCD, next to the Jon piece above.

 

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BTP photos.

 

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Stash GBS

 

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Norty GBS

 

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Voak

 

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Sigher TRC

 

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Done in Neasden.

 

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outline by Sigher, TRC

 

 

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Suezan by Mise in Rickmansworth.

 

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Oman

 

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Peble by Peble (Karl 123). Done in Ricky 2 alley with the Oman piece above.

 

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Sitting in Rickmansworth this was Karl 123's first tube.

 

Shok

 

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Kast CCD

 

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Kaes GBS

 

 

 

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 Norty, GBS

 

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Soak

 

Jise by Jist

 

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Shok Jon Nik panels.

 

 

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Shoc by Shok

 

 

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Jon

 

Nik

 

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Lie

 

Fiasko insides

 

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Avek TU

 

GBS by Kaes, GBS (Ghetto Blasters) was Kaes, Stash, Lerk, Fiasko, Norty, Mase, Waste plus others.

 

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Steam & Sae in Rickmansworth

 

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Shok

 

Kast panel pulling out from Wembley sheds.. Possibly my favourite panel piece.

 

 

More of Kasts photos of that piece.

 

Kasa

 

Shok. dodgy pic from a video. Lost my original photo.

 

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Krazer Mise

 

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Mise by Mise.

 

Around early summer of 1989 Mise died of a heart attack while playing sport. MISE R.I.P.

 

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Robbe by Jon. A tribute to Mise RIP

 

Sae, TU

 

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Steam TU

 

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  Kaes

 

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Soak

 

           

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Big met tags                                                                                                          Graham Brooker from Graffiti Management Limited.

VIDEO CLIP - Summer of 89 LRT had a crack down on graf on the Metropolitan Line. They hired a company called Graffiti Manegement Limited to tidy the line up and to help gather evidence against writers. A bloke called graham brooker spent all day riding the line taking photos of tags or trying to take photos of us hanging about together. these photos were used by BTP as evidence in peoples court cases. As a result of the crackdown along with the death of Mise caused the big Met graf scene to calm down in late 89.

 

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?? TU & Concept unfinished in Rickmansworth

 

  

unfinished Steam

 

 

Unfinished Kast piece after a raid.

                                                 

                            

                                                                                               Outline for unfinished Kast piece in Rickmansworth above.

 

     

An idea of how it might of looked if finished.

 

 

unfinished Rel piece

 

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Unfinished Rel piece in Rickmansworth.                                                            Outline for that Rel piece.

 

    

 

 

    

Deter, Major                                                                                                                            Osk

 

               

In late 1989 a bunch of writers had been hanging around drinking at Croxley and had gone to ride the line. Daniel Erdwin died when he tried to surf the roof of a Metropolitan Line tube running southbound between Moor Park & Northwood. He was hit by a bridge and knocked onto the tracks, he died later in hospital.  Zone - Rest in Peace

 

 

Elk & Acrid

 

    

Merry Xmas by Kaes & Mase

 

Mase - from Mase's Flickr - leave a comment at http://www.flickr.com/photos/52787975@N00/362595964/

 




Other Lines

District line

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Dusc                                                                                                                       bush bombing at West Ham - photo Skire

 

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Tase, CBK                                                                                                                         RCS by Acrid

 

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Steam, TU - from Syme's Flickr

 

Jubilee line

 

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Steam TU & Hopar TU pieces on a Jubilee sitting in Stanmore yard at the north end of the Jubilee line.

 

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Hopa by Hopa TU. Hopa later wrote Noza and joined KTC (Koast To Coast).

 

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Another shot of that Steam piece.

 

        

Total Kaos by Froe, TKS (Total Kaos)  - photo from Drift 27                                               Fokus, TKS

 

Tube 203, TKS

 

Bakerloo

 

Mise

 

          

Diet                                                                                                          Unfinished Kast

 

Central Line

 

Face

 

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RCS by Mace, 1989.                                                                        Acrid

 

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Mise

 

Science, APN

 

  

Busk

 

Masika, RCS

 

RCS by Acrid

 

Northern Line

 

           

Sigher, TRC                                                                                                           De-fi, TRC

 

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Acrid                                                                                                                       Mes, Frae, Event, Rate tags.      

 

Picadilly

 

      

Fiasko                                                                                                                              Eneme & Diet

 

RCS by Acrid - done in Uxbridge.




 

 

Little Mets

 

Acine, Cold Crush Dukes,  Phome by Acine & Foam 2, CCD - done in G on a day time trip. 

 

 

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Top To bottom by Ganja, ACR, TU                                                                   from Phed's Flickr -  http://www.flickr.com/photos/phed150/   

 

       

Alphabet window down wholecar by Drax, WD passing through Barbican station.                                click to see large image @ drax's Flickr page

 

Masika & Rocs pieces done in Farringdon. (cheers for the info Acrid)

 

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Rase R.I.P. Evil by Acrid, RCS

 

          

AD by Acrid, RCS

 

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Phome by Foam 2,  Kasta by Kast  - Cold Crush Dukes

 

Slighty better photo of the Kasta piece above.                                                                                     

 

    

Dioe                                                                                                                               ? Pae by ?

       

Mise                                                                                                                           Storm by Noise

 

                                                            

                                                 Farringdon getting a battering                  click to enlarge

 

 

    

Ganja                                                                                                                                                                

 

Fameism by Fame

 

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        Outline for the Fame piece above

 

       

?? Series                                                                                                                                      Skool

 

         

 Sire by Sigher, TRC                                                                                                  RCS by Acrid

 

 

bu5k's photo from 02/12/04

     Busk, AAK

 

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Terry Katya by Grand, YDS

 

         

                                                                                                                                                              

 

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Fugi                                                                                                                           Acrid

 

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Pusher                                                                                                                                                           AD by Acrid

 

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                                             Drax, WD - click to enlarge photos @ Drax's Flickr page.                                                            Early Cherish

 

       

Fugi                                                                                                                                     RCS by Acrid

 

          

Raz                                                                                                                                           Able 214 sticker

 

           

Series, SBS                                                                                         Acrid, RCS

 

           

Fiasko, TRC                                                                                                                     Sire, TRC

         

One of Cherish's earliest tubes.                                                                              Spasm

 

Troopa (Tera)  & Fame

 

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Fame                                                                                                                       

 

Cherish Top to bottom on the same train as the Troopa & Fame TTBs.

 

Def by Wish, SAS - from Wish's Fotolog - http://www.fotolog.com/wishya/?pid=9193542

 

       

Rocs RCS                                                                                                                  Masika, RCS

 

         

Spasm                                                                                                                         Ganja

 

? & Maeo

 

Marion by Shuto & Excel, NWA. A memorial piece done at Moorgate.

 

Stupid

 

        

Earn by Keen, AWE - XMAS 89   http://www.flickr.com/photos/keenone/                                                                       Acrid, RCS   - Xmas 89

 

Happy Birthday Jesus by Check & Pusher - http://www.flickr.com/photos/keenone/

 

Drax & Robbo's Xmas 89 window down wholetrain done at Moorgate. this photo was taken by a journalist and appeared in national papers & TV news.

NEWS CLIP -

 

               

                                                                                                                                                                             From drax's Flickr - click to enlarge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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