Memory's of 86/87, Friday, Sat, riding the big met up and down, tagging the fuck out of anything in sight, meeting up with who ever was about, going to the yards, fighting, stealing, getting chased by the BTP, staying out all night walking the tracks, racking paint,Beer, ETC...something to do wasn't it. The golden age, big up to desire, tilt, cast, hyde, set 3,coma, kiss 42,nice1, huz,mane,etc.
I was born in London back in July 1974 where I still live. Because I was born with a disability I had to visit hospitals regularly since birth, for my hospital visits I would always travel on the Underground, so by the time I was 3 years old I had developed a love for the Underground, I absolutely loved the old aluminium coloured Underground trains which I sorely miss. I loved seeing graffiti on the old trains. Unfortunately modern Underground trains look pristine and sterile thus are seriously lacking in character.
these were the good times!! same old kats on those trains bombing, such a great period for underground graffiti, i spent most of 89-90 riding the line pretty much every day and into the night, and early hours (and before anyone gets clever ive done my stint in the slammer) so no good shopping me!! used to run with lots of these kats back in the day, all from different walks of life and all with a different story to tell..fucking loved every minute of it! peace SIGHER THE TROUBLED CHILDREN
around 93-94 was the time i started bombing... always when i watch these era's flicks, makes me want to go timetravel. :S gosh, its been 20fucking years, still having the urge. never stop!
40:42 That is Jack Dee coming up the escalator. Loved this. Loving the old Fame piece. Proper old skool. Loved Cherish and Tera (trooper) days too. Best times.
I remember all this like it was yesterday !! I was there when some of this was done !! This was when London had a real graff scene!!! 1990s was the best years in this city !!!! London town baby ;-)
Remeber buying my first copy of Subway art back in 1984 when i was sixteen , straight out wiv Nice One , Cab and Case and getiing up !!! loved those days mate !!
I've still got this on VHS. What are all the old DDS guys up to these days? I remember RATE saying he'd been to prison 10 times for graf, on the 'Kings and Toys' documentary, wasn't it? That's crazy, considering you don't make any money from the crime. It's a bit like football hooliganism.
i feel for u im 15yr older but its changed soooo much since 2002ish it all started and people resisted but they gradually brought in all the surveillance anyway and sold off almost everything to foreign investors.. u could still buy shrooms n ket in camden from 10 different shops until 2001ish i saw it all was too young to try at the time tho.. u go back to early90s and 80s there was no speed cameras no bumps anywhere everyone was free not just the wealthy like these days.. i kinda see it as 2 classes masters and slaves the rich private school types then the 'normal' ppl.. i fully believe brexit was done to trap the poor here so all us younger lot dont run away to Spain or france or sumin now its getting so bad here, the rich are unaffected they can get visa to travel or live anywhere but you need enough savings trapping majority of us here now cos they need us as staff, servants of their coffe, hookers and all the other roles they consider beneath them.. the ulez too dont get me started it such a huuuuuge area no longer can anyone get a nice cheap old car to commute or pick kids up etc like who really can afford brand new especially for young drivers 1st car.. its essentially really badly limiting their freedom to socialise work and live a normal life in general for millions of ppl crazy
sorry thats a downer it has changed so quickly tho we used to jus leave the house and go look for our mates at usual hangouts if u found no1 other things mite happen while your out meet new ppl or see cool stuff it was so much better than feeling like social media has everyone tracked it just was so much more human.. i will say at least you arent a man no offence but you have a really good chance of making a great life doors will literally open for you lol men born poor generally have 1 shot to get enough money and everything in order to be worth marrying and if u mess up big at any point then u wont hav enough years left to get it all done so u end up 30 or 40 knowing youl die alone and irrelevant you can be soooo assured that you dont risk that happening seriously just all i can say is get out in person 7 days a week as long as possible around work etc. and build bridges with ppl try not burn any networking is key getting a good life is all about who u know intelligence sadly took a back seat in the 60s so having wealthy successful ppl in your presence will expose you to a world of new opportunity all the best highest paying jobs and you shouuld be able to find your way into almost any carreer just by being friends men cant do that so might as well use it lol unless yod rather find a husband instead of a career then same thing but network focusing on good people instead of good oppurtunitys and ofcourse dont act like a G boss chick lol but be calmly confident and you will have soo many opportunities knocking your door just gota get out n explore, maybe grab a E bike/scooter if u dont have a car i tried 1 today ther not bad tbh i used to travel soo many miles every since i was like 14 jus on a normal bike to go search for my m8s every day cos they lived a few postcodes over just in essex i started early tho tbh anyway waffling stoned sorry i hope this may help in some way encourage you to have as much time out living life as possible cos u really gota try make most of your prime its all downhill after 30 lol 🤣🤣 jk lol is for men tho if wev had a major setback 30 is like game over "oh so i guess il just sit and wait to die now then" lol best of luck in this crazy antisocial dystopia, have you seen idiocracy? feels like we r halfway there to what happens in that film already lol chek it out if u not seen it its jokes ... peace homie good luck dream big you can do anything if you really believe confidently enuf go live ur movie you are the protagonist they want everyone watching content 24 7 not really living in the moment like we used to, it affected older ppl than me bigtime so i cat even imagine what it was like for your generation like its reprogrammed some even so being born with smartphones about must be causing a huuuge change in our kids brains development like ??surely peace homie oh and tbh now chat gpt is out public we could be seeing some huge changes ✌👍✊
Ahh the good old days i started in the late 80s i used to roll with HELL , CREZ , STEAM , UNI , MANE , QUEST , ARTIST , REMIX cant remember the rest, i remember going on a train jam meeting up at Piccadilly with writers from all over London and jumping on the big met and bombing the shit out of it if you were there you know Salute !
@Whirlytunes Thanks for posting this. Since I already know what graffiti was like in New York City I've always wondered how graffiti was in the London Underground. By the way do you know the name of the track at 48:19-51:10?
i remember the times when the majority of the old tubes were bombed,insides & out,mad tracksides & bombed stations & the emergency stairways read like an a to z of london writers.....that was around about 1990 *i was 16* & then the razorwire & mass cctv appeared......fun times but you always got caught eventually! I dont think CAST ever did though.he came in,did his thing & got up loadz & then disappeared like a ghost.....
@Ricardo Ricardo nice but dont say too much :P the one at 40:00 is the famous "no amount of buff can clean our souls" train right. check everyone come up the stairs and clock it lmao
Have a search on You Tube for 'Tags Alan Streets' - little seen film called 'Tags' by Chris Ryan with lots of London 90s graff some of you rapscallions might like.
Graffiti didnt look like that in the early 80s. Plus theres about 50 peices with 93 and 94 written next to them, did u actually watch the video ir watch 2 minutes of it and then start commenting?
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Memory's of 86/87, Friday, Sat, riding the big met up and down, tagging the fuck out of anything in sight, meeting up with who ever was about, going to the yards, fighting, stealing, getting chased by the BTP, staying out all night walking the tracks, racking paint,Beer, ETC...something to do wasn't it.
The golden age, big up to desire, tilt, cast, hyde, set 3,coma, kiss 42,nice1, huz,mane,etc.
i can wait until time travel is made, ima live in this era for the rest of my days.
I was born in London back in July 1974 where I still live. Because I was born with a disability I had to visit hospitals regularly since birth, for my hospital visits I would always travel on the Underground, so by the time I was 3 years old I had developed a love for the Underground, I absolutely loved the old aluminium coloured Underground trains which I sorely miss. I loved seeing graffiti on the old trains. Unfortunately modern Underground trains look pristine and sterile thus are seriously lacking in character.
100%
camden has some great graf if your able enough to visit :)
I wish things were still like this!!
how u feelin right now? wish it was 10 yrs ago i bet cos i do lol i agree totally bro
Cool
Wish tube was like this today
Yes and i today i see graffiti out and inside of these tube trains
good old days,
when the general public could actually be able to afford the tube not like now.
London old skool, best style..ever!
86-89 were the prolific years on the London trains. Big Met got smashed
Big Met late 80's golden era ! Big up Fiasko
these were the good times!! same old kats on those trains bombing, such a great period for underground graffiti, i spent most of 89-90 riding the line pretty much every day and into the night, and early hours (and before anyone gets clever ive done my stint in the slammer) so no good shopping me!! used to run with lots of these kats back in the day, all from different walks of life and all with a different story to tell..fucking loved every minute of it! peace SIGHER THE TROUBLED CHILDREN
around 93-94 was the time i started bombing... always when i watch these era's flicks, makes me want to go timetravel. :S gosh, its been 20fucking years, still having the urge. never stop!
40:42 That is Jack Dee coming up the escalator. Loved this. Loving the old Fame piece. Proper old skool. Loved Cherish and Tera (trooper) days too. Best times.
Is that really Jack Dee?
robotoda2000 no lol
Without doubt this is the most enjoyable graff vid i have seen,i love it,all the Writers from London from back in the day,ace vid!!!
@3G4ZA i was born in 1997 fam and i just get so angry to see why i cant be born earlier just to enjoy those days so i agree with you man!
Super Dope Video! Thanks for Uploading
17.27.. yea remember ridin the old train, pullin open the door while movin on the wall side of station to get that reach.. good old times
fucking hell look at all them fiza throwups .. zom smashed it from day 1
THE WRITERS WAS KILLING THE TRAINS IN LONDON , LIKE NYC. I USED TO WRITE IN THE EARLY 70'S IN NYC TON-5
How old are you?
J-Boogie Brown I’m 60 yrs old
I remember all this like it was yesterday !! I was there when some of this was done !! This was when London had a real graff scene!!! 1990s was the best years in this city !!!! London town baby ;-)
respect from brasil!!
Remeber buying my first copy of Subway art back in 1984 when i was sixteen , straight out wiv Nice One , Cab and Case and getiing up !!! loved those days mate !!
It’s cool seeing the dds boys early stuff.
cant imagine what it must be like to have missed all this....I been on this planet since 70, so got to live thro u gh all these Golden times!!
Awesome - takes me right back. Thanks a lot for posting.
I've still got this on VHS. What are all the old DDS guys up to these days? I remember RATE saying he'd been to prison 10 times for graf, on the 'Kings and Toys' documentary, wasn't it? That's crazy, considering you don't make any money from the crime. It's a bit like football hooliganism.
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I was born in 2006, I wish I was my age in like, 86 cuz 2020 is fucked in London.......so terrible.
i feel for u im 15yr older but its changed soooo much since 2002ish it all started and people resisted but they gradually brought in all the surveillance anyway and sold off almost everything to foreign investors.. u could still buy shrooms n ket in camden from 10 different shops until 2001ish i saw it all was too young to try at the time tho.. u go back to early90s and 80s there was no speed cameras no bumps anywhere everyone was free not just the wealthy like these days.. i kinda see it as 2 classes masters and slaves the rich private school types then the 'normal' ppl.. i fully believe brexit was done to trap the poor here so all us younger lot dont run away to Spain or france or sumin now its getting so bad here, the rich are unaffected they can get visa to travel or live anywhere but you need enough savings trapping majority of us here now cos they need us as staff, servants of their coffe, hookers and all the other roles they consider beneath them.. the ulez too dont get me started it such a huuuuuge area no longer can anyone get a nice cheap old car to commute or pick kids up etc like who really can afford brand new especially for young drivers 1st car.. its essentially really badly limiting their freedom to socialise work and live a normal life in general for millions of ppl crazy
sorry thats a downer it has changed so quickly tho we used to jus leave the house and go look for our mates at usual hangouts if u found no1 other things mite happen while your out meet new ppl or see cool stuff it was so much better than feeling like social media has everyone tracked it just was so much more human.. i will say at least you arent a man no offence but you have a really good chance of making a great life doors will literally open for you lol men born poor generally have 1 shot to get enough money and everything in order to be worth marrying and if u mess up big at any point then u wont hav enough years left to get it all done so u end up 30 or 40 knowing youl die alone and irrelevant you can be soooo assured that you dont risk that happening seriously just all i can say is get out in person 7 days a week as long as possible around work etc. and build bridges with ppl try not burn any networking is key getting a good life is all about who u know intelligence sadly took a back seat in the 60s so having wealthy successful ppl in your presence will expose you to a world of new opportunity all the best highest paying jobs and you shouuld be able to find your way into almost any carreer just by being friends men cant do that so might as well use it lol unless yod rather find a husband instead of a career then same thing but network focusing on good people instead of good oppurtunitys and ofcourse dont act like a G boss chick lol but be calmly confident and you will have soo many opportunities knocking your door just gota get out n explore, maybe grab a E bike/scooter if u dont have a car i tried 1 today ther not bad tbh i used to travel soo many miles every since i was like 14 jus on a normal bike to go search for my m8s every day cos they lived a few postcodes over just in essex i started early tho tbh anyway waffling stoned sorry i hope this may help in some way encourage you to have as much time out living life as possible cos u really gota try make most of your prime its all downhill after 30 lol 🤣🤣 jk lol is for men tho if wev had a major setback 30 is like game over "oh so i guess il just sit and wait to die now then" lol best of luck in this crazy antisocial dystopia, have you seen idiocracy? feels like we r halfway there to what happens in that film already lol chek it out if u not seen it its jokes ... peace homie good luck dream big you can do anything if you really believe confidently enuf go live ur movie you are the protagonist they want everyone watching content 24 7 not really living in the moment like we used to, it affected older ppl than me bigtime so i cat even imagine what it was like for your generation like its reprogrammed some even so being born with smartphones about must be causing a huuuge change in our kids brains development like ??surely peace homie oh and tbh now chat gpt is out public we could be seeing some huge changes ✌👍✊
lets bring these times back now!!
The Golden years
the nintys was wicked
I do find it funny tho how most of the time, all u graffiti people went for the Circle Line trains, were they the easiest ones to get to?
During this period, the metropolitan (big Met) was hit in the 80’s but yards became too hot
Wow, London used to be cool! Dude, let them graffiti!
Ahh the good old days i started in the late 80s i used to roll with HELL , CREZ , STEAM , UNI , MANE , QUEST , ARTIST , REMIX cant remember the rest, i remember going on a train jam meeting up at Piccadilly with writers from all over London and jumping on the big met and bombing the shit out of it if you were there you know Salute !
@Whirlytunes
Thanks for posting this. Since I already know what graffiti was like in New York City I've always wondered how graffiti was in the London Underground. By the way do you know the name of the track at 48:19-51:10?
lovin the bit at 14.35 where the train is comin out of royal oak towards westbourne park and seein all the old dubs on the wall....top!!
The trains look much better like that.
first track is EPMD - The Big payback, not sure if it;'s an instrumental mix or a recording of a DJ cutting between 2 copies.
Do you know what the track is at 12:52
Freshhh!
@mightyflux I just wish id taken more flix back then!, but like a lot of my generation of writers we really thought things would be that way forever!!
used to love watching this in the 90's before going out bombing! used to get me all rev ved up!
golden age of graffiti
Now it's mostly used by city types, bankers, suits etc.
it is amazing to see this
brilliant video nice one for putting it together
...the actual title of the original was Steel Injection with the strap line Adventures On The Wheels Of Steel ;-)
GOLDEN AGE ! !! !!!
New York City had the same problem in the 70s and early 80s until '89 followed by scratchiti in the 90s
Remember plenty on "big met" in late 80's
top document.
Good times
i remember the times when the majority of the old tubes were bombed,insides & out,mad tracksides & bombed stations & the emergency stairways read like an a to z of london writers.....that was around about 1990 *i was 16* & then the razorwire & mass cctv appeared......fun times but you always got caught eventually! I dont think CAST ever did though.he came in,did his thing & got up loadz & then disappeared like a ghost.....
Anyone know name of track at 18:25?
likewise
DAME 7:35 that platform is boomed to the last ha remember seeing that kinda level stuff not theses days tho):
52: 30 looks like the same area where Wants was years ago on the LT doc
Thor-skin!!
New York started it 💣🧨🌃
New york started graffit… London starded the subway😉
londons clean now
unfortunately
too clean
@@user-pg5yq3vo4pI still see graffiti on trains to this day 2024
yay 97 party
6:16 "mate ahh look at that P!"
@Ricardo Ricardo yeah wicked dub Fiza PFB 93 !
@Ricardo Ricardo nice but dont say too much :P the one at 40:00 is the famous "no amount of buff can clean our souls" train right. check everyone come up the stairs and clock it lmao
Listen to the songs most of these ARE 90's Tunes
revol148 And what have you contributed?
28:24 PLZ NAME OF THIS TRACK
wow
9:36 who is it and is there a picture of it anywhere?
dope vid
good upload :)
Where can I download/buy this?
Why shouldn't you? I don't see why peeps get offended - I don't do it, but I find it interesting to look at on the way to work actually...
where'd u get the intro news report from and would i be able to use it
It isn't a news clip as such just the intro to the documentary Steel Injection (which is somewhere on TH-cam)
Anyone know the what the remix of engine number 9 is around 33:35
Have a search on You Tube for 'Tags Alan Streets' - little seen film called 'Tags' by Chris Ryan with lots of London 90s graff some of you rapscallions might like.
big.
That tune at 13:00 anyone knows the name and the mc’s
Graffiti underground
Great vid BUT still that looped sample ruins it!...... Good to see Rober and Fiasko repping for the two '-Shams' of Buckinghamshire!
What's the first song
@Spenz83 same! what changed?!
i was in london and today there is no graffiti - nothing !!
Cha0ticBr0thers you must be blind
"i went to oxford street and saw no graff"
Anyone got the ID for the first track?
EPMD - The big payback. From the album 'Unfinished business' 1989.
AWE... dont ask...
@3G4ZA ik man born 95 here
iremember
What's the name of (track) song at at 48:25
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Mikal W Thank you so much my brother! Have a nic day.. Peace!
song at 15:08?
Are you sure its 1990-1994 to me looks like early 80s
It literally says 1993 on one of the tags
Graffiti didnt look like that in the early 80s. Plus theres about 50 peices with 93 and 94 written next to them, did u actually watch the video ir watch 2 minutes of it and then start commenting?
@@tenfold2395 graffiti looled way better then that in the early 80s in NYC. UK just got on the NYC dick and copied hardbody
😂
shame.. i was born in 95.
Central london or suburbs?... you need to go to the right areas bruv
NEXT 1$ PLSE
System Tumours 2 Teaser HD
MY ESTATE 37:20
Dope pieces
Nur the music sucks
no way! keep your tidy and boring underground safe from the artistic hand of graffiti, cause that belongs to new york and new york only!
props to all the UK graffiti artists, but they should leave the rapping to Americans
another "contribution" to society from the Afro-Carribean community...
You’re a moron. Loads of the biggest writers were white back then
yo..music YO dun dun.. dun dun.. yeh