Heavy Artillery Graffiti Crew

Despite Ultravox’s best attempts to promote the Austrian capital and joe dolci’s pro Italian pop smash ’shudupyaface’ preventing the uber slick scots power pop ballads much anticipated number one spot, Vienna still exists.

The Aroe live transparent and in effect on the streets of Vienna/Wien.

When i was initially approached by a French company based in Belgium to take part in a graffiti/football European cultural exchange in Austria i was as surprised as i was scepticle. Never the less i proceeded without caution and on my arrival i still wasn’t sure what was expected of me, this didn’t change for the whole trip. I was plied with free tins an apartment and big lumps of money so it wasn’t all bad. I eventually had to paint five canvasses (that i won’t bore you with) then i had to attend 3 nights of hip hop jams, both a blessing and a curse. The other writers invited were CAN2, DON & ZENOY (from France) and a young Viennese writer called NYCHOS, we all got on pretty good and the organisers were mad nice so the 9 days flew by. The following pictures and waffle are just some of the other stuff that happened while we were all out there.

AROE & CAN2.
This part of a longer production on the side of the canal in central Vienna which i will upload or stick in a mag at some point..

CAN2 & AROE.
Again this part of a much bigger wall and i will up the whole thing later. this spot was so dope right on the banks of the Danube which we regularly dived into when the heat got to much. No, i can’t believe Vienna was hot either.

The first time the ice cream dude drove past we couldn’t believe it, throughout the day he would fleece us of our (easily earnt) euros..

Not quite in the same vein as the above waffle we peeped this spot in central Vienna ever wondered what Andy Taylor, Roger Taylor, John Taylor did after Simon Le bon married Yasmin and Nick Rhodes turned semi pro photographer?

They opened the DURAN DURAN DURAN sandwich shop of course..

Despite the best efforts of the early 80’s super group we didn’t frequent their spot, our snack of choice was the fiery hot sausage snack and slice of bread? provided by wurst stands situated on pretty much every other corner. Street meat never tasted so good! washed down with the Austrian uber thirst quencher Almdudler (pro-nounced ‘arm doodler’)

Now my racking days are long gone but if you ever feel the window of opportunity needs crowbarring open try these cutting edge bad boys for size??

Now i’m no expert but i can see quite a few blind spots..

And finally our last days painting..

AROE NYCHOS & CAN2
not the best flick but a well baited trap should capture our in-house photoshopper then i’ll drop a clean sharp joiner..

respects to CAN2, NYCHOS, MIZ, DON, ZENOY, BLESS, WM, ACAB, MICKEY, MICKEY GLASSES, ALEX, BANDE CREW, SHWARZFAHRERS UNITED, THE DIVERSIDAD ORGANISATION AND THE VERY COOL AURELIA.

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