KUBE : FOES FLIES YMI ETC

Can you tell us a bit about your background?

Grew up in the rural ghetto of "el paso" aka Dundalk, Louth, Ireland. Started graff ten years ago - this birthday! Mum lived in grimey London, rode the tubes, saw dds, saw chrome pieces and dubs, got hooked, love doing it and creating shit anyway, mum was an artist, taught me how to do 3D letters.... travelled.... painted loads... rep the FOES, FLIES, YMI, ETC till my blood runs cold boiiiii!

How did you choose your tag, any special meaning?

Wrote loads of shite tags before.... the usually hiphop/subway art influenced shit. I like rubix cubes, I like k's.

How did you get in to graffiti?

Saw it in London, started it without knowing Ireland, without seing a mag or "spraycan art"

Living in a rural shithole painting, running amuck with my mates, met other heads, formed like Voltron.....Still here What is it that you love about graffiti that keeps you writing?

Meeting cool heads, being inspired by styles, spots hit, color schemes....... wanna do bigger walls and travel and paint with my heroes, style kings and chill heads....

Tell us about your style and how it has developed over the years.

I like super-doody tech robotic shit, transformer inspired, modern day planet rock badness!

I try and make my shit original, dope letters that are robotic, chunky not skinny, bandy shit...

Melbourne graff and the heads I'm painting with have totally inspired my shit and have made me try to rock newer pieces/styles... bringin' the funk.

Who have been your major influences?

DF crew - Sub, Scribe, Emit, East - loved these dudes always Mike Giant - dopeness in human form!

My man Omin for always being a killer writer with styles for miles..
Trumac - killer walls and characters.......
Pornostars - Dems/most in particular .......
I love all Spanish graff - Logan, Dems, Done, Scum, Okuda - they rock the maddest walls, colours, concepts! MSK, Revok, Toast, Main2, Jor, Aroe & NT, Odisie, Jazi, Mode2, Cern........ Too many!

I love all graff that's dope.

Paint brand of choice

I'm mad into Ironlak on the tourist tip - so yeah... Export writer team too.

Cap of choice

NY fat, banana, baseball

What music motivates you to paint?

Mixtapes + Thin Lizzy

Memorable mission moment

All of them.........

Travelling and meeting cool heads, painting nice spots and chilling with good people.

Any tips you're willing to share to the next generation of writers?

Don't be too quick.. chill.. sketch loads... and more.. then practice... don't dog shit.. don't admire cunts who dog shit - they're gay so relax... do your own thing and work your own style - don't bite! Because that shit will stand to you - work on it and have your own dope styles and can control will follow... Be wise young Jedi, also, smoking is cool.

Anything else to add?

Shouts to my girl.....
All of the Melburn heads I've met
FOES worldwide
YMI, ETC, all Irish heads
Export writer team

Check the technique
www.myspace.com/kubefoes
www.myspace.com/foescrew