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PURE GRAFFITI What do you write and is their a story behind

Summary: PURE GRAFFITI What do you write and is their a story behind that name SAL ONE I write Sal At first I changed my tag almost every day but after a year when I really started to develop my own style and got a lot better and I decided to change my tag to something permanent I looked at the alphabet to see which letters I liked the most and at that moment those letters were the S A and L so I decided to write Sal I often use Sal One on the Internet because without the people often pronounce it like the Italian name Salone which isn t correct What age did you start writing and where are you from I don t think my age is of any importance I started writing in 1984 and I m from The Netherlands Which writers and artists most inspired you I got into graffiti because a friend of mine who went to the states brought Style Wars and Forbidden Rebels back to The Netherlands with him Mostly all the writers in those 2 movies were writers who inspired me very much like Seen Dondi Skeme Case2 Dust Delta2 Dez and so on A year later graffiti exploded in The Netherlands graffiti already existed in The Netherlands for years but Style Wars added a new dimension to the dutch graffiti scene because they showed Style Wars on TV and it made many more people get into graffiti I started to go to other cities to hook up with other writers and to paint and writers like Alien Bando he came to Amsterdam all the time Delta Mess Gasp Cat22 Pone influenced me also Pretty fast I decided to minimize the influence by other writers and ended up with the style I have What do you like the most and least about graffiti culture What I like the most about graffiti is the diversity in styles there are so many writers on this planet and not one letter is the same There are many things I like the least about graffiti the hating that s going on the misplaced arrogance many writers have and people proving so hard how real they are It s insane how often you hear about writers talking about other writers behind their back and the strangest thing is that many of those who do are old school I understand that there s some rivalry between kids and kids trying to prove themselves towards other kids but when you are over 35 30 even common just enjoy graffiti at that age or older and don t act like a kid What crew S are you in PURE GRAFFITI What do you write and is their a story behind that name SAL ONE I write Sal At first I changed my tag almost every day but after a year when I really started to develop my own style and got a lot better and I decided to change my tag to something permanent I looked at the alphabet to see which letters I liked the most and at that moment those letters were the S A and L so I decided to write Sal I often use Sal One on the Internet because without the people often pronounce it like the Italian name Salone which isn t correct What age did you start writing and where are you from I don t think my age is of any importance I started writing in 1984 and I m from The Netherlands Which writers and artists most inspired you I got into graffiti because a friend of mine who went to the states brought Style Wars and Forbidden Rebels back to The Netherlands with him Mostly all the writers in those 2 movies were writers who inspired me very much like Seen Dondi Skeme Case2 Dust Delta2 Dez and so on A year later graffiti exploded in The Netherlands graffiti already existed in The Netherlands for years but Style Wars added a new dimension to the dutch graffiti scene because they showed Style Wars on TV and it made many more people get into graffiti I started to go to other cities to hook up with other writers and to paint and writers like Alien Bando he came to Amsterdam all the time Delta Mess Gasp Cat22 Pone influenced me also Pretty fast I decided to minimize the influence by other writers and ended up with the style I have What do you like the most and least about graffiti culture What I like the most about graffiti is the diversity in styles there are so many writers on this planet and not one letter is the same There are many things I like the least about graffiti the hating that s going on the misplaced arrogance many writers have and people proving so hard how real they are It s insane how often you hear about writers talking about other writers behind their back and the strangest thing is that many of those who do are old school I understand that there s some rivalry between kids and kids trying to prove themselves towards other kids but when you are over 35 30 even common just enjoy graffiti at that age or older and don t act like a kid What crew S are you in

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