Flashbacks Street Art Graffiti Magazine Issue #9 Old Timers Blade Hip Hop 1990s

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Flashbacks Magazine Issue #9 (Old Timers Special) is a highly sought-after vintage underground graffiti zine published in 1995 by John Edwards. During the mid-1990s, print media like Flashbacks, Skills, and Mass Appeal served as the vital, pre-internet lifelines for global street culture. While other issues documented contemporary 1990s movements, Issue #9 looked backward. It curated over 60 unseen photographs capturing the gritty, pioneering age of 1970s New York City subway art. The Significance of the Cover The cover image showcases an old-school New York Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT) subway car sporting a classic "Shuttle" and "149th St. Concourse" rollsign. • The Writers' Bench: This location is legendary. The uptown platform at the 149th Street-Grand Concourse station in the Bronx was the premier meeting hub for 1970s and 80s graffiti writers. • The Culture: Writers congregated on this exact platform to compare "black books," plan layouts, watch newly painted trains roll by, and debate styles. Featured Artists & Interviews The issue is anchored by exclusive interviews with true "Old Timers" who laid the foundations for the global art movement: • BLADE: Widely recognized as the "King of Trains," having painted over 5,000 subway cars across the 1970s and 1980s. • DAZE (Chris Daze Ellis): A transitional giant who went from tagging transit cars to displaying work alongside Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring. • FUZZ-ONE: A notorious and prolific old-school writer heavi

• Publisher: John Edwards
• Year: 1995
• Condition: Good

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