Their the crews he used to write with

Nice little piece from a Robbo interview


When did you start writing graffiti, and what did inspire you?

Robbo: Back in the late 70″s and early 80′ i was a young skinhead writing on wall’s before i new what graffiti was. About 1983 i had seen graff on tv. films ie; the worriers, at about that time i noticed a tag named KOSH and realized that he was a writer a well and thats where it all began.

How did you tell your parents, that you’d like to do this? What was their reaction?

Robbo: My mum was cool about it as graff was not the social problem that it is today. I never lived with my dad but when i see him he always said he new i was ok coz he See my name everywhere.


How did you feel, and what did you paint on your very first painting?

Robbo: My first piece was of (THE MASTER ROBBO) with a ghostbusters character. I felt very prod and excited.

What names and crews have you painted so far? When and how did your current crew founded, and what does it’s name stand for?

Robbo: ROBBO,ROB484,ROBSTER and ROBER. WRH (we rock hard.1986 till now)

WD (world domination. 1987 till now). PFB (only crew members are allowed to know what it stands for. 1989 till now ). My first crew was THE ART MASTERS (1984‐86).

What does style mean to you?

Robbo: Style means individuality witch is important for each writer to have there own style. I love train straight letter styles witch can be read from a distance. I also love wild styles on walls where writers take a day or two to create such mind blowing pieces.

How can someone become a good graffiti writer?

Robbo: Its in the blood. You have got to live graff 24‐7.

In your opinion, is graffiti an art?

Robbo: Of course. its RAW street art done by very talanted street artists.

How would you define the word art?

Robbo: Art is in the eye of the beholder.

Do you find tagging an important thing?

Robbo: Yes of course i do. I love graff and all aspects of it. Tagging is self and crew promotion. We used to bomb trains so it would make a back log for trains taken out of services to be cleaned so it would give our pieces better chance of running.


What does attract you more? Legal or illegal? Trains or walls?

Robbo: ILLEGAL TRAINS EVERYTIME. I never get the same buzz doing walls. I like to see my pieces running across london so more people can see my work.

Would you tell us your most memorable action?

Robbo: The first whole car window down train to be done in london (maybe Europe) by myself and DRAX WD witch i think was xmas 1989. It was mile stone and a great achievement in graff at the time.


What plus have writing gave to you?

Robbo: I have met and become good friends with like minded people over the years.

What was the happiest and sadest moment during your graffiti career related to it?

Robbo: The happiest moment was getting recognized for all the hard work that i had done from people that i respected. The saddest moment was when i had herd that fellow graff writers had died doing what they loved ie; EVIL, RASE and OZONE.

What about trips? Have you been in foreign countries directly to paint?

Robbo: Yes many times. I have painted trains in New york and all over Europe.

Why do you think that you have the right to paint on other people’s property, or trains?

Robbo: I don’t have the right i just do it coz i love it.


Why do you think that it’s okay to force your art on the people?

Robbo: Coz hopefully it would open up peoples minds and broaden there horizon’s.

How should common people approach graffiti?

Robbo: With open arms.


Does your job connect to graffiti?

Robbo: No i afraid not. Im a business man with a family to support, i cannot take the gamble of graff providing for them.

Do you have any other hobbies beside graffiti?

Robbo: Yes. socializing, scuba diving. football and fishing.

What do you think, how could be graffiti made a bit more acceptable to common people?

Robbo: The media, good publicity.


What exactly this Team Robbo name means?

Robbo: TEAM ROBBO stands for all of us freehand graffiti writers and not your stencil street art middle class art students.

What did you feel when you heard about Banksy overpainting your oldschool piece?

Robbo: At first very angry that he had an ego big enough to wipe out a 25yr old piece of graffiti history.

Beside of the matter of principle, do you consider your conflict with Banksy as “war” or “fun”?

Robbo: I consider it fun, I’m playing him at his own game and winning. When i was younger i would have looked at the situation differently and i would have been really PISSED and taken out all of bnksys work with no respect.

In the topics of about these affairs, people used to make an equality between Banksy and the so called “street art”. Do you agree whit this?

Robbo: Banksy has not been a graff writer for many years now, he is solely a street artist.

Would you send a word to the readers of graff.blog.hu, and to the Hungarian writers?

Robbo: KEEP IT REAL. ALL THE BEST FOR 2010.

...and not with scaffolding.