Oiler: LA’s Greatest Bomber, Los Angeles Graffiti

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Oiler: LA’s Greatest Bomber, Los Angeles Graffiti | Classic Burners S1 E10

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@izzyrocks8388 3 ай бұрын

What’s crazy to all of you California cats, is that this dude was so famous that all the way in the Midwest, me from Milwaukee, Wisconsin we had heard of him without no internet, no social media! It was because of graff mags that were sold in graff shops and we’d see OILER up in his city and all up in the mags. What a legend all the way from Milwaukee 👑👑👑🏆🏆🏆

@robserrano8971 3 ай бұрын

I traveled across America from 2000-2004. I caught spots all over from Boyle Heights to Novato and Chico in Nor Cal. Bend to Beaverton Oregon. Tacoma, Seattle, Wenatchee to Yakima Washington. Missoula, Rapid City, Sioux Falls, Fargo, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago, Brookfield, Joliet, Cincinnati, Dayton, Erie, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Reading, Allentown, Newburgh, Rochester, Manchester, Bangor, Salem, Massachusetts. Norwich, Hoboken, Owings Mills, Towson, Church Falls, Fairfax, Blacksburg, Fayetteville, Orangeburg, Charleston, Columbia, Savanah, Rome, Columbus, Georgia. Jacksonville, Ft. Myers, St. Petersburg, Florida. Auburn, Birmingham, Clarksville, Memphis, Omaha, St. Louis, Tulsa, Ames, Cedar Rapids, Texarkana, Grand Pierre, San Antonio, Austin, Galveston, Waco, Brownsville, Donna, Odessa, El Paso, Texas. Rio Rancho, Santa Fe, Flagstaff, Mesa, Buckeye, Yuma, Las Vegas, San Diego and baq 2 Boyle Heights.

@eddiebriones5596 2 ай бұрын

Doope

@sunoclockoneday2576 2 ай бұрын

Can Control was the 💣 ...he was famous in the east too

@gnericnuser Ай бұрын

Big Time , LSD life sux die (one of my faves) still got one somewhere

@CimoneCabron-ht9yo 3 ай бұрын

As a kid i remember when we would go from L A to Valley to visit family. I was always excited to see the graffitti on the fwy Oiler was up everywhere...That was my dream instead of wanting to be a doctor or lawyer I wanted to be up like Oiler..😂 ...Never made it even close that guy is a Legend ...Nothing But Respect...

@LXRD-SUPREME- 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely

@kaseone6896 3 ай бұрын

Same here, started tagging myself and now struggling as an adult. Graffiti messed my life up

@LXRD-SUPREME- 3 ай бұрын

@@kaseone6896 Do you mind explaining how it messed you're life up ?

@Asian_Kid 2 ай бұрын

@kaseone6896 You got caught?

@OVERSEEROFRAP 3 ай бұрын

I'm 48 and dude been around since I was a teen we probably the same age lol a true LA legend WISK CHAKA & OILER

@TheTeacherUSC 2 ай бұрын

CAB as well

@burt680 3 ай бұрын

I hope long after we're all dead someone can appreciate this. Los Angeles history...❤️

@josepina1340 2 ай бұрын

OILER was everywhere!! Nice to see a face behind the name

@vincecarter7625 2 ай бұрын

Oiler a L.A. legend I still see him getting up on Marengo and Ceasar Chavez and the 101 fwy mad respect!

@marvinduran2953 3 ай бұрын

I seen a gang of oiler tags inside the LA Sherrif buses, at LA county jail, 97, 98, 99....

@teamogxla4727 Ай бұрын

Oiler was the uppest in my days, always thought I would run into him on the RTD. We all aspired to be up like Oil.

@pablitotorrito9618 3 ай бұрын

One of the most prolific writers ,Respect

@artyart31 3 ай бұрын

never knew oiler was from SGV, I thought he was from DTLA. definitely a bombing legend.

@robserrano8971 3 ай бұрын

Alhambra iz right on da edge of the 626.

@wolfpack8275 2 ай бұрын

He said Alhambra lol she is right over it’s the gateway to age but not sgv part of Route 66

@Wrath6909 Ай бұрын

I’ve seen some young kid like 18 or so writing Oiler in DTLA back in January

@southbound605rider Ай бұрын

I thought he was from Montebello

@ProduktOfEv0lution 12 күн бұрын

a lot of DTLA bombers are from no where near DTLA lol. Thats just where all the graffiti photographers take their shots and where youll find your LA street fame lol

@DrugsAndStuff 3 ай бұрын

I just got chills, man 80s baby 90s kids were the best times traveling with familia from Lynwood to East Los all the tags and bombs and pieces you caught was wonderful times

@LXRD-SUPREME- 3 ай бұрын

Awesome

@SoCal90sKid 3 ай бұрын

Oil Definitely one of my biggest influences. Oil, Gin, Duce are a few of many who made me appreciate the love for freeway graff scene. Mad respects to the og’s.

@Nothing51337 2 ай бұрын

I saw gin once on the venice line 33 he caught a scribe and I did also and he just gave a look and saw his tag and knew I was amongst one of the greats......I'm SHITONEL.A

@JinRock10 Ай бұрын

Gin!

@ThirstyKnife Ай бұрын

Absolute legend. I loved seeing his new graff on the freeways as a kid and being like “that’s my hero!” 😂🎉😊

@Thump3zee Ай бұрын

This dude was everywhere even the party line lolz 😂 but really never seen anyone up as much as this dude back in the day!!! Legend writer!!!!! If there was an Olympus for writing certainly take the gold!!!!!

@jasonelliot7039 3 ай бұрын

Thank you OiL for being so Real about your self and Tagging culture!!!

@memyself7995 3 ай бұрын

I remember Oiler, Sonic and 125er getting up everywhere.

@robserrano8971 3 ай бұрын

SONIC WUZ ALWAYZ CHILL.

@kaseone6896 3 ай бұрын

Yes 125er!!

@ChowOne1 2 ай бұрын

125er. That was chrome no?@@kaseone6896

@mr.screwloose1217 Ай бұрын

That’s absolutely OG Oiler cool af definitely an LA OG he spoke truth bout starting out with different names didn’t we all start like that nobody admits it honestly like he did here!????

@Zappa-F. 3 ай бұрын

That 710 back billboard spot is legendary 😂 Atlantic exit?? Long gone now but was there forever

@joshuanickle4031 2 ай бұрын

I just saw his name still up on the 210 freeway

@digitalcomplexity 3 ай бұрын

Blast from the Past SGV 💪 💯 LA HISTORY from CHAKA to OIL and everyone before, in between and after. Nostalgia!

@rudedog1500 2 ай бұрын

Oil still hitting Azusa last month salute. #goat TCD DKS

@AnatoleLuthi-ev9gl 3 ай бұрын

Oiler was everywhere when I was a teenager

@Cognitive__Dissonance 2 ай бұрын

I remember running into Oiler and Spun on the 2 on Sunset by the In N Out! Super cool dudes!! Oiler has county on lock with scribes lol. Much love and respect from El Monte!! SGV

@DaveVargas90012 3 ай бұрын

Thnx for the SORCERY shout out I didn't catch it the first time around. This interview is straight golden.

@williammendz4444 3 ай бұрын

Badazz…. Living Legend oiler ….spoted your throw ups

@TRAYBALLUNO 3 ай бұрын

Dude I saw your tag in RedondoBeach and Hermosa Beach in the 90’s amazing !

@jdm894g 2 ай бұрын

SORCE was notorious for the fiberglass scribes. That's my dude. Him and SCENE UTI. Good time writing back in the mid 80s and early 90s.

@brandonbuck3442 3 ай бұрын

Skill is like the wise village elder, when he talks I listen.

@jdm894g 2 ай бұрын

Mr. UTI

@LuckyCoast 3 ай бұрын

I remember seeing him on FOX undercover when I was a kid. I got to meet him many years later at a party and he was a very chill guy 🤙

@Nothing51337 2 ай бұрын

Oil has a scribe inside the Cecil hotel elevator iykyk

@JoseContreras-mv5yz 3 ай бұрын

I remember one distinct landmark he had was on Soto across the street from sears. I think it was an '89 or '92 landmark.

@TheBlackCrayon77 3 ай бұрын

I grew up in Santa Monica, Venice area. I started writing as a teen. I wrote CLASH One...the homie Pete passed the name down. I was off to the races with it. I always saw Oiler tags and bombs...he had landmark tags everywhere. The bus scene was great, it chauffeured our tags from the Westside, to the valley, Eastside, LAX area... I spent lots of time at the Motor Yard. Cool to see a channel about graffiti

@ulises6595 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for this one skil I grew up watching oiler LA legend right here 🫡😎

@Lowridersdoggs 2 ай бұрын

Met him a few times at thisers house. Humble dude 🙏🏼

@officialriskone9291 3 ай бұрын

Not from LA but not too far away and i used to see this guys name up whenevr i did go down south, back in the early 90s, i was already writing too so i payed attention closely whether it was to bite styles or take pics back to my city an show people what you guys were doing. He heavily influenced my city an generation of writers an artists. Him a Chaka were legends to us.

@jahbrony3650 3 ай бұрын

i still see Chaka tags in downtown LA, dude dont stop

@650AFTERHOURSOC 2 ай бұрын

Yep I'm from the Bay area so I'm not used to LA.. I'm from San Francisco area this is by far the best graff talk I've seen...🤘🔪

@gabescustoms818 3 ай бұрын

Dudes a legend seen him up in mad high spots even in the valley

@imnotdone3813 2 ай бұрын

... over the old Dennys cross from Bargain Foods.

@friscostreetstories5403 3 ай бұрын

Awesome story. Looking back, its the writers that were killed or died young that I will always remember, and the older we get the list g3ts longer...One had to hit busses and the bus yards in SF in the early days or nothing at all, they were everything. Scribes were an LA phenomenon and noone was scribing in SF until the mid 90s. Oakland cats were already scribing their transit. OILER's explanation of "Repping your name" by being a decent person is spot on. With so many older heads around still painting I would say to all the youngsters start asking them the questions you have now, learn from them now cause we/they ain't gonna live forever. "The GAME" really got going when MsK moved to SF...and I'll always have respect for them for how they moved back then.

@truth4grace580 2 ай бұрын

Always driving into LA on the 101 frywy always remember Chaka on thre bridges and over pases in the 80s. Good times in LA. KDAY, and Lakers were on best of LA

@michaelvillegas6943 3 ай бұрын

I just saw new tags on the 605/10. Fwy junction of oiler. 👌🏼

@gnericnuser Ай бұрын

Yeah it was City CDP and Oiler. Ran in to CDP’s at a few spots way back, they were very active. Most noteably painting on the 605 bridge between Beverly and Whittier blvd in Jimtown like 2 am. After everyone was done it was like almost 4 am and they were still gonna go hit another spot. Dedicated

@sachombre 3 ай бұрын

When he does the scribing noise lmao””cwaaaaaa cwwaaa” hilarious thats wassup

@youski9379 3 ай бұрын

Big Oil asking Skill questions too! 🙌🏼💣 Dope interaction! 🔥

@r33lism Ай бұрын

The duke of earl' my introduction to Oil was the LA county intake 89. he crawled up above the entrance doors to where inmates are processed and stamped some Oiler tags. all the while your handcuffed being led into the county. #classic

@petervarady9156 3 ай бұрын

OIL OIL OIL OIL OIL 🫡 LETS GO !

@Balonishell 2 ай бұрын

We were always pumped as kids to see when IFK destroyed the 10 freeway.

@itneverrainsfunk4808 3 ай бұрын

Man been waiting for this....he took the game to new heights... literally!! We use to take trips to l.a from Riverside just to see whats up on the frwys back in early to mid 90s.

@ruthless12street 3 ай бұрын

Freeways were my playground RTS-

@itneverrainsfunk4808 3 ай бұрын

Yes sir... nothing can match that feeling..

@SoCal90sKid 3 ай бұрын

Freeways are forever my playground. From the IE, to Vegas back to LA

@slanguage1 3 ай бұрын

Orrra, I remember partying with Big OIL back in 92' at a dr.Martin after hours in dtla. We passed him some cranka to get the 3am party started. Those were the daze.

@Dats_dope 2 ай бұрын

What’s cranka

@lewdabutcha1082 3 ай бұрын

I remember being at Wayside medium south and seeing a fresh Oiler tag hit up in the wet dirt on the yard. It had just rained and the tag was brand new. I was like where is this guy. Never got to meet him but was so close. LOL … Probably a couple dorms down from mine. Dope interview.

@speculator3gthe238 3 ай бұрын

This interview is LOOOOONG overdue!! Thank you to everyone that made it happen. 🙏🏽

@EMONEE18 3 ай бұрын

Definitely one of the writers I looked up to back in those days. Still remember seeing him catch a scribe on a video game screen at Disneyland around '93...

@650AFTERHOURSOC 2 ай бұрын

Really that's awesome. Definitely all-around great writer .. I'm from the West Coast so some of this is new to me

@gnericnuser Ай бұрын

He inspired a lot of writers and made his mark on LA graff history. A true OG . Been seeing City CDP and Oiler up in SGV lately hood to see they still at it

@josrobcenbla 3 ай бұрын

I remember that oiler tag right off the Atlantic exit sign of the 710.

@95bhsg 3 ай бұрын

Straight up. The little shed at the bottom too.

@danielk9409 3 ай бұрын

Dammmm great interview, Dude is a legend & was that one threw the 90’s as I came up, I unfortunately took more of the tag banger road & because of that me & mines became apart of the system & were forced 2 make some tough decisions, I still love the art, That particular error in LA county was like nothing else NSANE ONE GBKLAN

@blacksheep_e0 3 ай бұрын

I wish this interview was longer.

@dannydee9919 2 ай бұрын

This dude is a legend. There is a hit up on the back of a bill board that is still there to this date and has been there since at least 1997.

@TheTeacherUSC 2 ай бұрын

I've seen a few. Where at?

@OH.A.M. 3 ай бұрын

The pictures shed light of the past of whom we remember and talks about what it was like to be the one who is present. Respect!

@MrNewtowner13 2 ай бұрын

I remember this name in the early 90’s particularly 92-95. He got up in my hood VNE off of w.Blvd by commerce center. As far as tagging crews there was a lot of them Had a lot of homies from FBI.

@caseykollstedt 2 ай бұрын

Props to SNAP UTI!!! STILL HITTING UP!!! I SEE YOU BRO!!! SFV

@GMCD213 3 ай бұрын

King of LA no doubt.

@fredrickmeyers8076 3 ай бұрын

Who remembers seeing oiler up on ever curb

@larcee6875 3 ай бұрын

Great interview SkiLL glad he mentioned the SGV crews 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@michaelpickarts7683 2 ай бұрын

Great Content! I found a new place to loiter in these "KZfaq streets"

@chrisswift9197 2 ай бұрын

I saw u up on the county bus and was stoked to see your work. My graff time got cut short bcuz of prison, but I wrote poize bsk and was had mad respects to all true graff heads

@agonzalez1782 2 ай бұрын

NELA legend

@ChowOne1 2 ай бұрын

BSK? Back Street Kids?

@RewskOnTV 3 ай бұрын

Interesting, never knew Oil was just a town over from me, I ran with ATL KRH TAC and landed in SKA 1985-2024

@pcboy626 3 ай бұрын

TAG ALL CITY KINGS!!

@jasonredondo3098 3 ай бұрын

@@pcboy626 @rewskonTV - just out of curiosity, how did you connect with TAC?

@jdm894g 2 ай бұрын

What you write? I'm RAZEONE TAC FLY RARE(RIP) ROM REGAL LASER SAX TNT KEW I'm still holding down the crew since 87

@pcboy626 2 ай бұрын

@@jdm894g BINE TAC KING 🤴

@pcboy626 2 ай бұрын

@@jdm894g BINE TAC

@MrDBcooper77 3 ай бұрын

🍿👽…Remember watching the video where he was throwing up oiloiloiloiloiloiloil in the 90s….Much respect brother

@alexshar-pei8375 3 ай бұрын

Rest In Peace Tolse STP.

@tecatoborracho8716 2 ай бұрын

🙏🏻👍🏻

@bryanmendez7411 2 ай бұрын

Damn I use to see him up my respects to stp they still get up!!! Chota one!

@excon7575 3 ай бұрын

i remember playing street fighter 2 against this fu at a donut shop on Las Palmas in Hollywood back in '93 😂 that girl tribe and some other fu from OTR were there too. dropped a mean streak on their way out

@andrewvazquez4683 3 ай бұрын

DJ Lady Tribe and her fake b👀b$

@andrewhernandez1448 3 ай бұрын

Amazing Interview. Skill did an amazing job conducting this interview. Congrats to the entire team at Classic Burners.

@JayTee_213 3 ай бұрын

Salutes to OILER! Been waiting on this long overdue interview. #Bringthe90sback

@eddiebriones5596 2 ай бұрын

I remember seen him up my junior high school like i just missed'm. And that one spot on Atlantic and whittier under the billboard. Its still there

@omrod2010 3 ай бұрын

I met him at El Monte bus station with Phib, Gimek, Teker SKAMob! He still wrote FleesOne…

@luckap79 3 ай бұрын

Straight LOS Angeles Legend

@jaimemorales Ай бұрын

I was bused to the valley for school and Oil m, Sacred, Dcline, Chaka, Sleez were running the freeways. I always wondered who they all were. Thanks for the episode.

@serchizm 3 ай бұрын

On the 101 freeway heading north into downtown after you pass the 6th street bridge, on the left, there was this building with a brick facade and a staircase. Well at an angle following the stairs upwards were two SACRED OILER throwies and these throwies remained there FOREVER. I remember seeing them as a kid on the freeway damn up until the mid 2000s when I was older driving the freeways my damn self. OG landmarks. Then, one day, don’t remember when: poof they were gone! I remember being heartbroken lol. Those throwies ran for probably 15-20 years. Wish I could find a flick.

@gnericnuser Ай бұрын

Those ran forever and USE and OZiE also caught a spot next to them it was on the fire escape

@serchizm Ай бұрын

@@gnericnuser yup I always remember as a kid thinking “Sacred” had a double meaning as in his tag, and the throw was sacred never buffed lol

@matthewdam5838 27 күн бұрын

I still see an Oiler tag on the curb off the 110 freeway when you exit 6th street !

@TRAYBALLUNO 3 ай бұрын

Them Oil caterpillar throwies were sick as fuck

@caseykollstedt 2 ай бұрын

What up SKILL. My PIECEBOOK got hit ups by Dash 2000 UTI before he passed. THX FOR THE GREAT CONTENT BROTHER!!!

@gambogillie108 3 ай бұрын

Man I remember driving down the 110 freeway seeing oiler. Always wondered who he was. Sick interview

@isaacvasquez5414 3 ай бұрын

Him Mosco and Chaka were the ones I remember most from the late 80's early 90's

@TheFourNineThree 3 ай бұрын

Tolse, Bruno , and Snap were just as fukkin Notorious in the 80's and 90's

@emiliano4091 3 ай бұрын

That’s because Chaka oil Mosco had perfect print that you could see a mile away. Loved them tags

@Y0S0YTUPAPA-1 2 ай бұрын

Is Mosco still busted?

@Dats_dope 2 ай бұрын

@@Y0S0YTUPAPA-1since when

@emiliano4091 2 ай бұрын

@@Y0S0YTUPAPA-1 yeah he got life. He ain’t never getting out. I heard he’s a camarada ,,

@gringotorres5719 3 ай бұрын

Dude is a legend, Harm, sleeze. Oiler, chaka. TSS. Nhd, ofa,

@pcboy626 3 ай бұрын

TAC Kings!!

@kaseone6896 3 ай бұрын

No Harm Done, Down To Write, On the run!!!

@jahbrony3650 3 ай бұрын

i remember my big cousin repping OFA Unique1 back in the 90's

@pcboy626 3 ай бұрын

@@jahbrony3650 Keve OFA was with the TAC KINGS CLICK.

@gnericnuser Ай бұрын

OFA used to have some big rollers off the railroad tracks in Pico / Whittier off Slauson (CR gang neighborhood) it said Out For Action in rollers. The Amtrak used to pass by it

@jumbajambaddada191 2 ай бұрын

Respect to this dude. And massive respect to Crude OIL - WH - COD - WGE - DTT. RIP.

@dustingobble2124 2 ай бұрын

These interviews are A+++ .. amazing stuff

@theonecalledchan7103 2 ай бұрын

I remember the biggest disappointment was watching all my good friends make that hood decision over bombing. I remember going to that specific meeting at the park when we split up! Crazy thinking back and reflecting on that day not knowing that stepping to the left was the best decision...

@erv_fedora 3 ай бұрын

Oil and sleeze battle is unmatched.

@stevenotero2627 3 ай бұрын

This man is a legend in the L.A. area. He killed the city. After Chaka then came Oil. Respect. 😎🎭✌️

@rawnervmediainc.2424 2 ай бұрын

In the 80s wow, i never got to deep, racking paint marker, pastels, over aron brothers, on la brea . John Burroughs, fair fax hgh, good tymez..

@andyc9997 3 ай бұрын

My friends think I'm crazy, I swear in like 05 or 06 I saw that oil throw up here in Fresno. Didnt know who oiler was then but I definitely do now.

@r8gt232 Ай бұрын

I remember running into Oiler and Sacred on line 76 via Valley Blvd back in 1992. #DKC #RTDM

@DEZDILLENGER-kl1oy 2 ай бұрын

I know hands down he was a TRUE KING OF L.A GRAFFITI!!! He was up all over Broadway in DTLA as well as ALL CITY!! He would have destination spots on the bus, For those who don't know what a destination spot is, It's where it says by the bus windshield but on top of that where the bus says where it would be going he had scribes as well as on the L.A COUNTY bus on every window and if you really want to take it back some time there was a store in Melrose called Beat Non Stop and he would be in the Graff. Mags that they sold too💯💯 I'm a 80's Baby it this guy is a TRUE KING AND LEGEND IN GRAFFITI He was doing it all Tagging, Scribing, And Bombing in that time!!! 💯💯💯💯

@armandorodriguez4501 2 ай бұрын

Big OILER,seems like CHAKA passed him the torch, Boy took it to the next level, became all city within a few months. He killed it from Commerce, Downey,South Gate, Huntington Park,Whittier, East Los, Downtown LA up to north Hollywood,He put COI on the map along with SACRED DCLiNE, and MAN, L.A County Legend not to mention those nasty scribes on the RTDs Respect Señor , SKILLZ keep bringing the top dogs out of the shadows much RESPECT

@commentedrelationship Ай бұрын

Besides seeing Sacred’s scribes on the buses I would see him on school buses as well. Multiple school buses I was on in middle school and high school… and they were already several years old too (he’d usually write the year)

@armandogutierrez5212 3 ай бұрын

Same here went with graffiti Gross NBK.saludos I’ll be 50 in august good old days. Sometimes I want to go tagging 😂

@OGSOFA 3 ай бұрын

i have that exact same bus pass still

@ese_CORTES-HARBOR310 3 ай бұрын

Sofa csu fos 110’kingz ⁉️⁉️⁉️

@rustyoleum486 3 ай бұрын

Awesome Documentation of Los Angeles Graffiti History

@stephenfrancis303 3 ай бұрын

Dtd , d2d in wilmington ,san pedro harbor city etc, back in the day early 90s and bod

@TRAYBALLUNO 3 ай бұрын

He’s talking about Long Beach Cambodian Tiny Raskal Gang Vs ESLongos and EFCC Escape From Cambodian Camp

@rockybulldogs 2 ай бұрын

He's the king of Los Angeles because he never snitched like Ramos. Else I'd give it to Ramos.

@XboxJoint 22 күн бұрын

For the longest time he had that tag on the 710 in commerce, then buffed it around the mid 2010’s

@ajSvenegas 3 ай бұрын

Saludos 2 🛢 Oiler! Legend right there ✊🏼😉

@graffiticafel.a.9867 3 ай бұрын

I remember picking up oiler in 1992. I believe I had a white Cadillac Seville pickp at the arcade on Broadway with a old girlfriend of mine.

@johncarle7807 3 ай бұрын

Props. With all the respect possible. That’s all that needs to be said. Legend

@LIFEDELAYSDEATH 3 ай бұрын

Tribe cop caller OG oiler much respect

@hufr3657 13 күн бұрын

S/O OILER... MUCH RESPECT.

@DaveLondon-sr4tj Ай бұрын

Sk8 one was my son. Oiler helped me out in County Jail once. Much respect Oiler.