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R.Kruse

P.M.A.

About Me

Steady Catalog Shoot 2008 Left to Right- Kruse, Rich Sandomeno, and Michael Farr....Cars appear courtesy of Dano Nichols
Biography. (By former CEO of Poster Pop, Larry Finn) Artist Kruse made his original mark on the world of art, creating and distributing hand-drawn printed flyers for his southern California surf band recording artists the Dynotones. From the very beginning he was inspired by Monster T-shirt painters like Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, Stanley Mouse, and Von Franco. Other inspirations came from deck painters like Jim Phillips and poster artist Rick Griffin. Kruse found his place in the sub culture of surf music and hot rod art known as Low Brow or Kustom Kulture. He grew up in Southern California during the 80's when the fore mentioned either dominated or had its’ first retro comeback. Add to that punk rock and skateboarding and its clear to see the influences in his drawings and paintings. Incorporating his style, sense of art, and So Cal surf/hotrod music interests was the next logical step. Soon his designs were appearing on T-shirts, Embroidered patches, Decals and more. His art and music have been featured in group art shows such as his first at the Dan Collins Victory Tattoo Studio and Gallery in Los Angeles. The show also included some of his favorite artists Robert Williams, Alan Forbes, Von Franco and the Pizz. You will find Kruse featured at places like Mooneyes, Primer Nationals, Asphalt Invitational and the Circus Punk Shows in New York and Pasadena, performing his surf music and purveying his art. Now residing in Long Beach California he continues to create new designs for his merchandising company Fuzzy Dude Inc. and now Steady Clothing

My Interests

DRAWING, PAINTING, GRAPHIC DESIGN, DESIGNING TOYS, PLAYING IN THE DYNOTONES, SKATEBOARDINGMyspace Contact Tables

I'd like to meet:



Music:

"MAN, LIKE CUSTOM PUTRID PURPLE SOUNDS OF VAROOM AND BRA-AAK! GROOVED IICKY MOULDY MELODIES FOR MAD,MAD DRAGGERS! "(Weird-ohs) Whats in my Itunes? The Undertones, MOTORHEAD, Link Wray, Agent Orange, Alice Cooper, Backyard Babies, Bad Brains, Bobby Fuller Four, Buzzcocks, Count Five, Cramps, Cult, Damned, Danzig, Misfits, Eagles of Deathmetal, Eddie Angel's projects, Electric Frankenstein, Fear, Flesh for Lulu, Frankie Stein and His Ghouls, Fuzztones, Generation X, TSOL, The Gizmos, Gun Club, The Headcoates, The Hellacopters, The Humpers, Stooges, Jesus and Mary Chain, JFA, Joan Jet, Cash, Johnny Thunders, Kinks, Link Protrudi and the Jaymen, Ozzy, Pandoras, Pixies, MC5, Mel Torme, Davie Allan, Lords or Altamont, Bauhaus, Metallica, Muse, The Weirdos, and The Weird ohs!, X, Tom Waites, Tones on Tail, The Trashmen, Pretenders, Psychedelic Furs, S.C.O.T.S , The Sonics, The Small Faces(not the faces), Blonde, QOTSA, The Queers, Radio Birdman, Radiohead, RAMONES, Red Devils, Red Kross, The Rich Kids, The Stones, The Saints, Screamin Jay Hawkins, Screamin Lord Sutch, Roxy Music, The Shadows, Souixsie and the Banshees, The Specials, The Standells, Stiv Bators, and tons of misc. crap Ive collected over the years(60's garage comps and RNB), lame nostalgic that are unmentionables....... Old Skate Rock...

Movies:

Im a fukn junkie...too many to name.....Wild Angles,Munsters Go Home,BikiniBeach, Fight Club, Ghost in the Invisible Bikini, The Loveless, DONNY DARKO, Suberbia, Powell Modern Primitive skate video, 60's Bond movies, Great Rock n Roll Swindle, Rock and Roll High School, Kubrick films, Beloved Invaders,Blade Runner, Thunderbirds Are Go!, I Was A Teenage Monster T-shirt Painter, Univerasal Monsters, Hammer Horror, AIP films, Willy Wonka....... and all things Frankenstein!!!!

Television:

Switched off years ago.. dug these shows growing up.....Munsters, Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, Batman, Gilligans Island, Planet of the Apes, Saturday Morning Cartoons, Dr Shrinker, Land of the Lost, Sid and Marty Krofft, Lost in Space, Ultraman, Godzilla,Bionic Bigfoot, SVEN GHOULIE and THE SON OF SVEN GHOULIE !!!(Chicagos equivalant to West Coast Elvira and East Coast Zacherley),haha..I was on the Mr Mustache show, the Bozo Circus show, and won 1st place on the GONG SHOW!!!! LOL

Books:

Old Yellow and Red, Emmet Fox, Dharma Punx, some of the beats, Bukowski, and Miller...but mostly lots of Zines..

Heroes:

My Grandfather~John Joseph Stanula, Ed Roth, Jim Phillips, Robert Williams, Von Franco, Link Wray, Tim Fitzpatrick of the Lively Ones

My Blog

Speaking In Tongues/Las Vegas Beauty Bar 2/08

Eagles Of Death Metal !!!! Are out of control......
Posted by R.Kruse on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:32:00 PST