"I t is no lauging matter! We Frydendall's have a right to be proud! What devil or witch was ever so great as D, whose blood flows in these veins!" excerpt from "D.W. Frydendall: Making of a Modern Monster"
I was born on a hot balmy day in August somewhere in the city of L.A. Rumor has it that is was an old taxi cab and that I was more or less found (that's a claim my old man has supported over the years anyway).
I was a singular kid, never really wanted to be around people. We had an understanding even at a young age. People don't understand me and I don't understand people. I spent most of my childhood in isolation in my room drawing monsters and watching re-runs of Benny Hill. All those bouncy British tits probably did something to my head.
School was the worst. I was sent to Catholic school. I remember the first word taught to us in first grade (by some nun who's name I've thankfully erased from my mind) was obey. Obey!?! Even as a six year old I though "That sounds like robot talk! This place eats ass!"
School always was lame. I barely had friends and spent most of the time hanging out with people who were into horror and liked punk music. I remember a couple of bullies were messing with me once. So I sat down and drew them both skewered on top of a maypole with these demonic children merrily pulling out their entrails. I Xeroxed this and gave it to all of their friends who laughed their asses off. The two assholes who tried to bully me had never dealt with that level of mental warfare and never even looked my way again. Ha!
Soon people realized that I could draw evil stuff so I started doing all of the show fliers for all of the bands in school. Then I started drawing tattoos for people. Then I started to tattoo people. Then I got tattoos.
I recently worked in the "Professional Sector" and dropped out because of all of the politics and people who work above you who have no idea of what they're doing. After working in several "corporations" I have grown to get a sinking feeling that everything is run by idiots and we're a hairs breath away from chaos and anarchy.
My life now consists of drawing and hanging out with my friends and watching movies. We go drinking now and then and fuck off. I have no pets.
I've Recently done some of my horrific art for bands such as THE GHASTLY ONES, T.S.O.L., CALABRESE. BACK TO ZERO, and tons of others.
"D.W. Frydendall was nevertheless a most picturesque character on the western border in those days when the pistol instead of law courts determined issues. Frydendall had a mean disposition and an ungovernable temper, and under the influence of liquor was a most dangerous man."excerpt from "The Life and Times of D.W. Frydendall" as told by W.R. Masterson
D.W. Frydendall by R.H. Phister
courtesy of LACMA