A new album from the Deepspace 5 crew is soon to drop.
Sev Statik and Mars Ill’s Dust have teamed up to create Back To Dust which has recently been selected as one of the Rawkus 50 who will put the album out digitally.
In addition to this, the limited edition digipack version of the album will be available through Hiphop IS Music and will come out on October 9th.
Stevie Williams is a name that all modern street skaters should know. From his upbringing skating the streets of Philadelphia to owning his own skateboard company DGK, Stevie is a man whose name carries a lot of weight.
Zac took some time out with Stevie on the London leg of the DGK/RBK tour to chat about travelling, youth projects and being good to your lady.
So Stevie, how long have you been on the road now?
About 11 days
Are you missing home?
I flew my girl to London, just for two days so I could be a good boy.
Haha nice! And when was the last time you were in London?
Probably about four years ago.
Four years and it’s still pissing down with rain!
Yeah but I like London. I come from Philadelphia so it’s kinda the same type of weather, grey clouds hanging over the city.
None of that Cali sunshine burning in the heat.
Well I live in California but I was born and raised in Philly and it’s sorta the equivalent to London in a sense.
Tell us where you’ve been on these 11 days so far.
We’ve been to Serbia, Munich, Berlin and now London. We’ve still got another 11 days to go.
Another 11!
Yeah, this is the middle of the tour right here.
Worldwide domination…
We’re working on it. Growing the brand and having fun with the kids.
So tell us a little bit about Reebok/DGK collab.
Well, I own the DGK company and I licensed it to Reebok for shoes and apparel so we’re repping Reebok here and DGK as a whole to inspire the kids that really don’t come from anything and wanna be a pro. You know, it’s not really about being the best, it’s about inspiring the kids to let them know they can have fun and stay out of trouble.
What do you think you’ve achieved today at Bay 66, have you been teaching kids how to skate?
Nah we didn’t really teach any kids how to skate. But we skated for them and then we’re gonna see which kid is the best and get him some products so he can inspire the other kids and keep them skating, that’s what it’s all about.
So are you looking to build a worldwide team?…
I am, I am. I’m looking for a UK team.
How do kids get in touch with you so you can see their talents.
They can get in touch with the Reebok or with the distribution people out here, High 5. Send a sponsor-me tape, you can hit me up on MySpace at www.myspace.com/dgk215 and send me a video, tell me to look at your footage on YouTube, I’m always on the internet looking for footage. I’m always looking for music or anything – Anything where someone’s doing something positive and looking to get out of a bad situation, I’m all ears and I’m looking for it!
What about the future of DGK – Any video stuff coming up?
We’re working in a video right now with everybody from DGK. We’re actually doing our first trip right when we get off tour. 4 days after we get back we go to Canada and start working on our video for 10 days out there and then just going around the world, skating and having fun and filming. Like I said, it’s not about being the best, it’s about doing your best and being motivated enough to share it with the kids – that’s what it’s about.
Who’s coming up on your team right now?
Lenny Rivas, he’ll be turning pro next month. Little quiet assassinator. Wade Des Ormeaux, he couldn’t make it because he’s having some passport issues in Canada, they’re really strict right now. But just DGK as a whole, look out for us, we’re out there doing it.
And if we wanna go check you guys out, outside of MySpace, what’s the URL?
You can go to www.rbk.com and you’ll see the DGK section, they have a whole documentary section on this trip. If you look at Kingpin magazine, you’ll get a free DVD that comes with the magazine with this whole tour and everything. So we’re doing a whole bunch of stuff, you caught us in the action!
How important is Europe to you guys on the worldwide scale?
Europe is always important, it was important before I started skating and now I run a business and own a company, it’s all the more important y’know, both the financial side and also making sure the kids are motivated towards the brand, just like the kids in the US because they all come from the same situation – in the ghetto or having messed up skateboards, they’re the kids we look for. Not the dudes that think they’re the best. We’re here for the kids that don’t have anything, just look out for us, you don’t even have to try too hard, we already see you. Just have fun and be safe.
We wish you all the best Stevie.
Thanks man, peace.
The Hives will be playing a few UK dates in support of their new record The Black And White Album which is out in October. The dates are:
November
22 – Glasgow ABC
23 – London Hammersmith Apollo
24 – Manchester Apollo
25 – Birmingham Academy
Bad Brains have spoken out about the death of Hilly Kristal.
Darryl Jenifer of the band issued the following statement on the owner of CBGB’s:
“The Brains didn’t go to college… CBGB’s was our university. Hilly was our head master. And although the music died back in the 50’s with Holly and Richie…the punk lives with Hilly, Joey, Stiv and CB’s. Forever is the spirit of Hilly and his punk rock. Thanks Hilly, we will all ways remember you as the don of punk and the king of the bowery…that serious looking nice guy….Jah lives… the Bad Brains.”
Check out this Bad Brains performance at the club:
Machine Head have lashed out at fans of Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance following their victory at the Kerrang awards. The statement said:
“[Our win] has apparently cut deep with fans of both bands, prompting a flood of angry whining and sad-faced emoticons on the Kerrang! message boards. Machine Head’s upset victory over the multi-platinum softcore acts sent their inherently sensitive fans into an emotional frenzy, building into a tizzy of unparalleled proportions.
Wrought with dismay, polished fingernails the world over lashed out at the band and metal as a whole with diatribes the likes of “MCR really should have won!!! I’m mad now!!!!”, “what a load of shit, who the fuck listens to them?” and “Stupid Machine Head!!”, at times stooping so low as to say the competition was fixed, and often gravely endangering the integrity of their carefully sideswept hair with posts like “I H8 METAL, I H8 METAL, I H8 METAL, I H8 METAL, I H8 METAL, I H8 METAL, I H8 METAL”.
We love you Machine Head.
The 2007 DMC Championship is taking place at the brand new Indig02 venue in London.
The World DJ Championships will see turntablists from all over the world battle it out for the chance to become the overall champion and winning $10,000 and Golden Technics Turntable.
The event will be broken up over two days – the first will see the Battle For World Supremacy, a head-to-head knock out competition, then the World Team Championships where two or more DJs combine their skills.
The comes the Individual Event where each contest busts their thing over 6 minutes to prove they are the greatest DJ on the planet. With 26 contenders attempting to win the title, it’s going to be hard for UK Champ JFB to be the first Brit to win since 2001.
Check out www.dmcworld.com for more.
Electric Eel Shock will be hitting the UK to support their new album Transworld Ultra Rock, which is due out on October 1st. The dates are:
November:
22nd – London, Islington Academy
23rd – Mansfield, The Mill
24th – York, Fibbers
25th – Glasgow, Barfly
26th – Inverness, Iron Works
28th – Manchester, Roadhouse
29th – Bristol, The Fleece
30th – Birmingham, Barfly
December:
1st – Cardiff, Ifor Bach
2nd – Portsmouth, Wedgwood Rooms
Pimp their new video too:
You know the score. Plan B legend Pat Duffy is Epicly Later’d on VBS.
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Look at the photo, he’s stoked about it!
It had better be the best skate video ever made, otherwise the anonymous bidder at Sotheby’s in Melbourne will be pissed off.
The buyer has just paid $84,000 for a DVD by artist Shaun Gladwell which shows slow motion sequences of him on his skateboard, with a stormy Bondi landscape as a backdrop.
However, a quick YouTube search for the artist and filmer throws up footage of the amazing Og De Souza. Is Oggy’s footage making 84grand a pop now?
The technical flip-trickery of Alex Mizurov sealed the deal at the éS Game of SKATE European Finals in Milan.
Not even dropping a single letter, Mizurov took it to the three-way final with Taylor Smith and Chris Cole where he crapped all over them and eventually beat Cole in the heads-up with a switch backside 180 late front-foot flip!
Alex will now head off to the world finals in San Diego to compete in the Amateur World Championships, so good luck to him.
www.gameofskate.com