If you hadn’t guessed already Rockin’ It Suckers is about New York’s RIS crew. RIS crew has been bombing New York’s trains, streets and tracks for the past two decades and has such members as JA, Ghost, Duel and Smith.
If you had watched Style Wars and not really paid much attention to what was going on in the graffiti scene across the pond then you would probably think that once the MTA introduced double fences, razor wire and vicious dogs to their yards that was the end of New York’s rolling canvases and in a way this book shows that it was, to a certain extent anyway. No more rolling full colour wholecars pulling into stations and the early morning strap-hangers dropping their cups of coffee. But this wasn’t the end of the story, a few crews kept the torch going while the veterans hung up their coats and this book is about one of those crews.
This book shows the huge change in style between the early days of New York graffiti and the current scene. More security meant less time in the yard so styles changed accordingly. The book is mostly filled with throw ups and dubs with a few full coloured panels for good measure. It has some good write ups by some of the members of RIS crew but the only chase story was a little disappointing, im suprised if it was the worst jam JA got into (sorry I had to do it).
I think this book needed to be made to show some less in the know writers that writing on steel didnt end in New York when Style Wars credits rolled.
