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  • Darren 'Buffy' Robinson (RIP) of the Fat Boys in Venice holding my board circa 1984.
  • Alva by the tiles trespassing in Beverly Hills 1977
  • Tony Hawk at the original Combi-Pool , Upland Pipeline Skatepark, 1984
  • Duane Peters early morning practice runs at Whittier 'Turkey Shoot', circa 1980
  • Tony Hawk 1984
  • Keith Morris and the Circle Jerks circa 1981
  • Slick Rick with a bit of jewelry and my reversible jacket circa 1988
  • the FAT BOYS on the set of some morning show in Los Angeles circa 1984
  • Eric B. hanging out on the set of the 'Black Steel In The Hour of Chaos' video shoot for Public Enemy, circa 1989
  • George Wilson, gnarly frontside grind at Marina Skatepark, circa 1979
  • Wentzle Ruml in Santa Rosa california, visiting Mike Rector's vineyard, circa 1977
  • unknown skater jumping off the stage after a gig at CBGB's circa 1986
  • Luke Moore, circa 1978 West Hampton New York
  • Skate Demo at columbus Circle in New York City circa 1977
  • The Stern Brothers of Youth Brigde circa 1982, in their moms back yard.
  • First photo session ever for the band DANZIG, shot on the banks of the Hudson on the New Jersey side, circa 1987
  • Chuck Dukowski of BLACK FLAG at the Starwood in Hollywood, CA circa 1980
  • Angelic Upstarts at the Whiskey, Hollywood CA circa 1980
  • Ed Templeton at a contest in the UK circa 1997
  • Steve Caballero - Marina Skate park contest circa 1979
  • JIm Murphy at Cheap Skates mid 80's
  • Lance Mountain at the Eagle Rock ramp circa 84
  • Here's an Independent Trucks ad henry and I did for Thrasher Magazine back in 1982
  • Rakimcirca 1987 at Madison Square Garden
  • Beastie Boys and Run DMC, on the stoop out side the original Def Jam/ Rush productions office at 298 Elizabeth street circa 1987
  • Public Enemy LIVE circa 1987
  • Alternat shot from the shoot that produced the Salad Days 7
  • UTFO shot at their hotel in downtown Los Angeles a few minutes away from the Olympic Auditorium where tey played later that night, with Kurtis Blow. circa 1984
  • JunkYard band shot in their neighborhood, in Washington DC circa 1986
  • Suicidal Tendencies on the side of the Smith house in Playa Del Rey where they usually rehearsed at the time, 1983
  • Fiirst photo session ever for the band DANZIG, shot on the banks of the Hudson on the New Jersey side, circa 1987
  • Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys on stage at the Whiskey, circa 1980
  • Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys on stage at the Whiskey, circa 1980
  • Circle Jerks with their strongest line up, circa 1983
  • Black Flag outside their office/home  SST in Redondo Beach, CA - Their strongest line up in my opinion. circa 1982
  • Rodney Mullen at Kenter Canyon School year circa 1983, this photo was sued on the cover of Thrasher Magazine at the time.
  • Jay Alabamy at a pool in orange county, circa 1983, this shot was used on the cover of Thrasher magazine
  • Mike Muir and Jim Muir pose for a Thrasher promotion we did. circa 1983
  • Steve Alba at the grand opening of the Big 'O' skatepark in Orange, CA circa 1978
  • Tony Hawk as an amateur, Whittier, CA - i believe this was the only shot of a skater i included in the collage on the cover of 'My Rules'
  • Doug DeMontmorency bringing some California style to the Cherry Hill skatepark, in New Jersey circa 1979
  • Jay Adams, West LA, the original un-cropped color version of my 1st ever published photo. shot sept/oct 1976
  • Mark 'Gator' Rogowski early 80's
  • Terry Sullivan, Asbury Park NJ 1978
  • Steve Olson backyard pool circa 1983
  • Brian 'Dig It' Maples Asbury Park, NJ circa 1978
  • Mark 'Gator' Rogowski in Upland's Combi Pool
  • Duane Peters, per punk days at marina skatepark, 1978
  • Alan 'Ollie' Gelfand in his own room in Hollywood Florida with his skate quiver, circa 1979
  • HB, a Kenter local doing a laid out
  • LL Cool J with his first gold rope chain. circa 1985
  • Run DMC and Jam Master Jay in downtown Los Angeles. this is an out take from my first actual session with them After they were on American Bandstand. circa 1985
  • Fat Boys in the back of a limo circa 1984
  • LL Cool Jay and his crew on American Bandstand with Dick Clark circa 1986
  • Beastie Boys, with Sean Penn and David Lee Roth at Madonna's first ever gold record party. This was in Los Angeles the day before or after they opened for Maddona on the 'Like A Virgin
  • On the roof at the Original Def Jam / Rush productions office at 298 Elizabeth street. The Beastie Boys and Run-DMC goofing around, getting ready for the Together Forever tour. circa 1987.
  • 'The Champ' Mike Tyson, telling me a story while i'm trying to get a photo of him and Mookie (who worked with both groups) backstage at the Together Forever show at the Hollywood Bowl.
  • Jello Biafra at the URGH show at the Santa Monica Civic, circa 1980. This shot was used in MY RULES as a B&W.
  • SS DECONTROL (opening for the Dead Kennedys) at the infamous Staten Island, NY show where there were riots afterward. circa 1981
  • Harley Flanagan drumming with the Stimulators, he was probably around 12 or 13 at the time. New York City. circa 1979
  • GERMS, the last show, December 1980, Darby Crash died a few days later. This is the original photo that was cropped for the cover of MY RULES.
  • Ian MacKaye outside of Dischord house circa 1987, just weeks before he would get together with Joe Lally and form Fugazi.
  • Darby Crash performing as the Darby Crash band for a period when the Germs could no longer play in Los Angeles and he had just returned from a trip to the UK where he picked up some inspiration from 'Adam and the Ants'. circa 1980
  • Bow Wow Wow performing at the Roxy in Hollywood, circa 1980.
  • The Police, at the Palladium in New York City, circa 1979. Best part about this gig was that the UK Subs were the opening band!
  • The Go-Go's at a 'Licorice Pizza' music store record release signing, just across the street from the Whisky-A-Go-Go on the Sunset Strip, circa 1980. Before this album they were still considered a sort of Punk band by most.
  • One of my early surf photos, shot this at what was then probably the biggest surf contest yet in the north east, at Seaside Heights, NJ - I got my first surf shot published from this same day, in Surfer magazine's 20th anniversary issue. Kevin Casey is the rider, circa 1978.
  • Freestyle skier Dave Fleishman at Vernon Valley, in great Gorge NJ. I was invited back to enjoy the slopes after hanging out a good part of the summer with Bobby Piercy while he designed and built the Skate park there, by the Playboy Club. circa 77
  • Wayne 'Rabbit' Bartholomew circa 1978. One of my early surf photos, shot this at what was then probably the biggest surf contest yet in the north east, at Seaside Heights, NJ - I got my first surf shot published from this same day, in Surfer magazine's 20th anniversary issue.
  • Peter Townend.  1978. One of my early surf photos, shot this at what was then probably the biggest surf contest yet in the north east, at Seaside Heights, NJ - I got my first surf shot published from this same day, in Surfer magazine's 20th anniversary issue.
  • Ian MacKaye and jeff Nelson in the original Dischord Records office in Dischord House. Arlington Virginia, circa 1982.
  • Run-DMC on stage in Downtown Los Angeles in front of the City Hall. Great show. Running from fans afterwards DMC broke his last pair of Cazal glasses. After that he opted for some bulky thick rimmed glasses on Melrose, and wore those for years. circa 1985
  • Ill photo of Lyle Preslar and Ian Mackaye of Minor Threat, at the 9:30 club circa 1982 - this photo got some weird stain on it with the developer so it was rarely printed anywhere except in an early issue of the 'Touch and Go' fanzine.
  • The portrait of Jam Master Jay by 'the buildings' was taken on my first trip to shoot out in Hollis, got some great images this day. circa 1985
  • Little Eric Dressen shortly after his move from San Diego up to the L.A. area. Here at the Marina Del Rey skatepark replica of the DogBowl. circa 1979.
  • Stevie Caballero and Rodney Mullen at a contest sometime in the early 80's.
  • Alan 'Ollie' Gelfand at the infamous Cherry Hill Skatepark circa 1979.
  • Beastie Boys outside KXLU college radio station on the Loyola Marymount University campus. circa 1985
  • Run, Joey Simmons, on Bleeker Street between the Def Jam/Rush office and CBGB's circa 1986
  • Run DMC JMJ on the Ave in Hollis Queens, circa 1988
  • Rick Rubin and Lois Ayres on the set of Rick's movie directorial debut, 'Tougher Than Leather' - circa 1986
  • Ralph Nader and Cornel West in Al Sharpton's office on the eve of the election in 2000.
  • Alan 'Ollie' Gelfand with Burger King game cards for free meals that we all enjoyed and traded for cash in 1978.
  • King Tee, Inglewwod, CA circa 1990
  • Adidas in the air at Madison Square Garden during Run-DMC's 'Tougher Than Leather' tour 1986
  • Russell Simmons on his roof at 4th & Broadway in the early 90's
  • Rick Rubin reading the magazines at the newsstand in Hollywood, CA circa 1986
  • Kerry King of Slayer in Seattle Washington, circa 1987
  • Duane Peters as a judge at an amateur contest, circa 1980.
  • Duane Peters at the 'Big O' contest circa 1980.
  • The two Joey's, Jam Master Jay and DMC, New York City circa 1985
  • Ron Emory of TSOL skating a backyard pool. circa 1983.
  • Jay Smith, layback at Cherry Hill skatepark circa 1979.
  • Eddie Elguera in the infamous 'Egg Bowl' at Cherry Hill skatepark, NJ circa 1979
  • Steve Caballero at the original 'combi-pool' in Upland, CA, eraly 80's
  • Mike McGill at Cherry Hill Skatepark, NJ circa 1979
  • Ray 'Bones' Rodriguez on one of his first prototype boards, at Marina Del Rey Skatepark circa 1978
  • Lance Mountain in the tree above his own ramp in the early 80's
  • Alan 'Ollie' Gelfanf in his bedroom for his Quiver shot for SkateBoarder magazine, that never ran. Hollywood Florida, circa 1979.
  • Original Bones Brigade member Scott Foss, Colton Skate Ranch circa 1980
  • Christian Hosoi ripping amateur circa 1979
  • Jay Smith circa 1979
  • Mick McGill and Steve Steadham, Upland Combi-Pool circa 1979
  • Jay Smith, circa 1979
  • Jay Smith, outside Cherry Hill Skatepark, circa 1979
  • Ray 'Bones' Rodriguez again on his early prototype model, circa 1978
  • Christian Hosoi circa 78
  • Duane Peters and Diana at a party at the marina Skatepark in 1980, where the Adolescents and Social Distortion played their earliest LA shows, as well as the Circle Jerks.
  • Ray 'Bones' at his home skatepark of Paramount before he had his own model, riding one of T.A.'s boards.
  • Jay Smith at Marina Skatepark, an outtake, a shot from this day got the center-spread in SkateBoarder, circa 1978.
  • Tom Groholski on his backyard ramp in New Brunswick, NJ circa 1985.
  • Alan 'Ollie' Gelfand at the Gainesville skatepark in Florida, circa 1979
  • Another out take from the Ollie quiver shoot, circa 1978
  • Lance Mountain, downtown LA circa 1985
  • Neil Blender early 80's
  • Jay Smith circa 1978, Marina Del Rey Skatepark
  • Jay Smith at the Cherry Hill skatepark circa 1979
  • Steve Caballero, Upland Combi-Pool
  • Upland local, reading Thrasher magazine circa 1982
  • Run-DMC , Jam Mater Jay with Barry White promoting the first anti-gang 'Day of Peace' in South Central Los Angeles, circa 1986 - I helped to organize this event.
  • The Descendants circa 1981
  • Duane Peters 1979
  • Duane Peters in the corner of the Upland Combi-Pool, early 80's
  • The Minutemen, backstage at the Whisky circa 1981
  • Russell Simmons, digital snap shot in the entry of his over the-top-extravagant home at the time in Saddle River, NJ