Don't know what you guys think - i kinda like the way it has been done and would mind doing one my self ( on some thing that won't ruin a classic)

so is it Art or Crime to do this to a box ?

cheers B

If is still working, I'll call it art cause I like it, Kind of reminds me of the breaking movie .

ART

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Originally posted by ghetto blaster:
ART

Artist's are thevies anyway! According to U2, from their Actung Baby era....

I love graff boxes... it adds a flavor of the street. Gives it a place in art history. Ive had two such boxes commissioned by a local writer. Gave one away as a gift, and traded one away to an established member who had to have it.

if it was done back in the day rather than by some plum to make it look all 80's then yeah thats safe. but if said 'plum' bought it to paint on then no, it sucks balls. imo

Her is one of my favorites:

so billy it can only be on there, if it was done back in the day !

there are some great artist out there and i think if it's done well then it belongs - but not on a box if the box can be resto'd up to full glory - if the box has had a good life and shows it - then spray away

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JLF; I love graff boxes... it adds a flavor of the street. Gives it a place in art history.

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BILLY;if it was done back in the day rather than by some plum to make it look all 80's then yeah thats safe. but if said 'plum' bought it to paint on then no, it sucks balls. imo

Word!

that one in the bottom right hand corner with the Cheech wizard & Junkwaffle looks fresh!

that one is sweet...

there will be a boombox show in atlant some time in the month of October..
i will get more infoe later and post it for the people that are interested and close....

Well, in a free world, I guess you can do anything you want. To my eyes, that's nothing more than grafitti but no one ever accused me of having an eye for art. I've nothing against the perpetrators, ahem I mean, owners and admire their courage to deface, no, I mean decorate their boomboxes.

Never been a fan of graffed up boomers personally, but to each his own

A buddy of mine is a graf artist. I am going to get him to do a custom job on one of my boxes.

I really love the idea of graff'd up blasters, when done like most of the above it looks super cool. I always wanted to make some custom grills for my 777 that I'd then do some work on, or get some work done on.

Like this absoloute gem.



I think some boxes lend themselves more to being done up than others though, there needs to be a fair amount of real eastate to use without going over meters and such.

I think the Sharp 9494/9696/9090 would work great with the big speaker grills and most of the controls on top.

Always something I keep in mind anyway.



Rock On.

Humm... Criminal art.

hahaha

i like that criminal art....

I have to say im torn!
Art yes!
Crime in the sense that these boxes are gems yes!
Some of you who were a part of The HipHop movement in the 80's, clearly must know that the biggest box merited the most clout with the fly girls, bboys and so forth. It wasnt uncommon for
ghetto youth to have a moniker, handle, etc. and it was less uncommon for HipHop practitioners to
lace their boxes with art!
Boom Boxes in early HipHop were the staple whether painted or not. And I can understand that Now a day Boom Box afficionados dont appreciate the art on these sacred ever so forgotten electronics that we highly drool over and collect.
Me personally dont encourage the painting of older models anymore.
Never the less Check out my collection of unpainted boxes and you will feel me.
Thanks for reading.
MadClout!

what ever flavor you savor

agreed!

that is art. I've seen some botched ones but that is not one of em. nice box imho

If you ask a New Yorker, you know what the answer's gonna be: WORD UP, THAT'S ART!!!

'NUFF SAID

if you ask a London kid it's gonna be "nice one blood - now give me yer money or i'll stab yer !"

Bendy, you sure you're not from NYC?

'NUFF SAID

Nah bro ! just spent a week there - 5th ave - loved it

but it was clean with a cop on every corner

broadway was like London - dirty tourist feeling

never saw a bmxer or sk8er there ?

you sure you not from London mate

I dig where ya comin' from Bendy!!! I did spend some time there back in '81 when I was in the US NAVY!!! Had a BLAST TOO!!! Let me admit to you Bendy, I'm a Brother, and I must say, I've never seen so many White Chicks with BIG ASSES in my life!!! Man I was in HEAVEN!!!

Then we hung out in Portsmouth, and caught the Subway to Brigston!!! Man, I felt like I was back in Harlem. Now I see why Jimi Hendrix was so well accepted there!!! COOL PLACE!!!

'NUFF SAID

it's cool that we get every one here - but it's bad when the gang stuff goes down and it's not a color thing as the've all got there gangs doing it - whites, blacks, yellow, it don't mater

as a wise man once said to me " don't hate the colours ! hate the arseholes, cos there's a arsehole in every colour

lets just have a big party - beer - food - women

and BIG ass'd women for KB

AAAMMMEEENNN BROTHER!!!

'NUFF SAID

Art yes But on a rare or desirable box???
Maybe a crime
Here is a classic that most may remember

for me its like my cars. they should be left just how the factory intended. none of that poncy, poxy side skirting souped up engines and blue lights crap.
needless to say i accept that many dudes in the 80s did up their boxes with grafitti, different speakers etc, because that was part of boombox culture, and they wanted to personalise their box to their own taste, so it didnt look like everyone elses.
i mean, i look at my boxes now and wouldnt dream of doing any changes to them. the most i do to mine is use 'em and clean 'em- as often as i can
so for me its a crime to mess with a box- but each to your own!!!!
andy

If it's done right why not as long as is a box that you don't mind.

I knew lots of graffiti artist back then in New York. I know for sure if they were to do a blow up on a box it would look bad ass!

I say is art and it represents that time!

If it's done well, it's art, IMHO.

Even better if you can just do the grilles like in the pic in Gluecifer's post above.

Even if you don't like it, its several steps above the fate most boomers have - i.e. the dump...

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That's a beauty!
Fine as long as it's only on the grills and not places such as tuner windows, text areas etc.

As for those hideous modern things, anything goes!

totally ART ..

defo,i`m with fuzzy,i dont mind paint jobs but i would`nt do it to mine no way !
its ok to jazz them but aslong as its reversable,e.g,on the grills coz they can be resprayed back to the way they were,and aslong as it does`nt touch the main unit..but if the box is pretty beat up,suppose tagging and spraying it would cover up the scratches and damage (breath new life into it)..

Art