Saturday, January 1, 2011

When You Quit Acting Like a Lil' Bitch We Will Quit Treating You Like One

BEFORE

AFTER

It seems that Dethkills felt frustrated with the bad press they have received on MELROSEandFAIRFAX, and so they capped a couple M&F stickers on this spot.

A new sticker found its way right back on the spot, and now it reads 'De MELROSEandFAIRFAX Kills'. We totally agree~

We feel that we have been fair with our coverage of Dethkills, and they have straight earned the bad publicity. As we have mentioned earlier, we were fans of Dethkills when we first moved to LA. We enjoyed the robed death skull figure that was up on the streets last year and made a few postes celebrating their work.

DETHKILLS HAND PAINTED WHEAT PASTES

But then, soon after we started the blog, Dethkills orchestrated a massive corporate street campaign featuring Sasha Gray for Krooked skateboards. Dethkills showed themselves to be the worst of sell-outs as they took the advertisements around the city and went out their way to go over street art, capping many classic pieces and even hand painted originals (like Andrea LaHue's hand painted flowers).

Then, when some street artists, namely Alec, Free Humanity and Leba capped the advertisements back with real art, Dethkills got their panties up in a bunch and spent the rest of the year capping these and other street artists more ads and 'DK' scrawls (we are not sure if that is short for Dethkills or just Dick).

WARS NOT MAKE ONE GREAT
THE WORST SELL OUTS
STILL SELLING OUT - DETHKILLS

And Dethkills reaction is like an abusive husband-they blame everyone else for their being dicks, when it is solely their actions that bring it on. The problem is not the rest of the world, the problem is with you, Dethkills. Everything you put on the street gets immediately capped independently by street artists, graffiti writers, and even other corporate ads.

It is clear by the way you treat other artists and the streets that you have contempt for the scene. The corporate junk you spew on the streets, and the assholedness you package it in 'litter'-ally make what you do the worst thing that is happening on the streets of Los Angeles.

We don't expect much, but until you quit acting like a lil' bitch, we will keep treating you like one~

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