Life Sucks!

Having a shitty week.Got nothing to post so here's some 70's bush.Enjoy...........Alvarez

What did you say?????

That's what I thought you said!!!!!

Current listening....

Preach the blues! I've been digging on this record for  most of my life....Alvarez

Buy these NOW!!!!!!

Two really good friends of mine are selling two of their most prized possesions, no not each other, but two of the coolest fucking bikes you will ever see..due to my gross incompetence in working with computers I'm only able to post one of them but if your smarter than me, which isn't that hard you can contact either Big Paul or the lovely Nichole at Bare Knuckle Choppers for more info..NO I already asked if he would trade or take payments, so check your credit report and give them a call NOW!!!!! Roadside

Goin' down the crossroads!

This kid Zeb (real name) got me to do a portrait of Robert Johnson on him the other day. I'm not the biggest fan of doing portraits but I couldn't resist this one!..........Alvarez

Living Legends at Sturgis 2010

And believe it or not..Irish Rich!

Yeah..it's Mondo from Denver's Choppers

This man needs no formal introduction..the one and only... Sugar Bear

I was HONORED to have these guys check out the Chick Magnet as well as allow me to snap a pic of them on it..each one told me what an awesome bike they thought it was and I can't even begin to express how much their words meant to me, I mean it's great when people dig what I build but when you have guys like this saying it, well let's just say it put a lump in my throat and for once I really felt humbled and proud..THANKS for the time! Roadside Marty

You gotta love this one!

Catholic Discipline!

The X footage from Decline of Western Civilization I posted a while back got me thinking about this band. The soundtrack to this film was one of my first punk rock music purchases. I had heard of almost every other band on it ,but not these guys. I fucking loved this song and all the great sound bites of French ex-patriate frontman Claude (Kickboy Face) Bessy tearing everyone from new wavers to his own fans a new one! Claude co-founded Slash magazine/records which was probably the first west coast punk rag/label and was responsible for recording and releasing the debuts of bands like X, Fear, The Germs and many other greats from that era.Unfortunately he never got around to getting his own band in the studio so we are only left with this track from the movie and a few live bootlegs.A shame because they were a  spectacular document of the early California punk scene when originality and experimentation was encouraged and before "hardcore" came in and regimented everything to the same look and sound. Claude moved to England in the early eighties (apparently despondent over the election of Reagan) where he worked for the infamous Factory records in Manchester before relocating to Barcelona where he died of lung cancer in1999.

I still love this bike!

Mitch Allread's 60/66 Pan/Shovel from December 200 IronWorks!This bike rules! Perfect lines all around. Check the way the exhaust follows the frame down and all the speed holes. Somehow they're everywhere but not over done. Balance, perfection!

Garage Co. Customs...

It's become a required tradition to stop by GarCo. on the way to Sturgis every year and as usual it's great to see Larry and Spencer..those guy's have always got some cool shit going on as shown above!! If your ever in the Birmingham, AL area do yourself a favor and stop by there, who knows if your early enough Larry might treat you to a Booberry muffin from Bojangles LOL!!!! Definitely Roadside Marty approved!!!!

Papa Clutch's newest build...

I haven't known Tim Andig for very long but what I do know is him and his crew at Papa Clutch Customs in Ainsworth, IA build some beautiful bikes, this is his latest that he brought to Sturgis..can't wait to see what they do next!! It was a pleasure hanging with Tim, his lovely wife Dana and Jayson while I was out there..they keep the cooler stocked with Diet Mtn. Dew so you know I was there often!!! Thanks guy's...Roadside

Rulers!

Did a lot of bullshitting about punk rock with Kustom Jeff from Birmingham this weekend. Made me think of this and why in hell you still cant get it on dvd!...........Alvarez

Bastard Bash Highlights!More To Come!

Bastards

Parts Tree

Camp Dawgs

Two cool muhfugga's!!!!!!

Ever wonder who builds the cool bikes you see in the CCI catalog? Well wonder no more..Mr. Rich Fulk, Product Line Manager at CCI, got tired of me bothering him to check out my bike while in Sturgis this year and finally let me snap a pic of him on it! Maybe a little of his and Kirk's incredible talent will rub off on me a little!

Mr. Kirk Taylor wondering how he ended up in a photo with a loser like me!!! Thanks guy's, it was a pleasure hanging out with the both of you...wish we had more time!! Roadside

Slippery Pete's ride...

Petey's beautiful 69 Shovel he rode in on from the Windy City..pure class all the way around!!!!

Petey showin yours truly a huge compliment puttin my sticker on such a righteous scoot!!!

What Time?

I'm heading out towards the Bastard Bash in Deal's Gap tomorrow morning.Gonna meet my friend Buttas in Valdosta,Ga and stay with Pyro(who has promised bbq ribs for dinner) from the Quad cam forum in Atlanta.Thursday we're gonna hit the Wheels through time museum in NC then head over to Deal's Gap. Stay tuned for pics of the mayhem. In the meantime, here's a peek at the T-shirt design I just finished for Willie's Chopper Time show coming up in Daytona this biketoberfest!.........Alvarez

They're coming to get you!

 Oh shit! I just found this picture in my filing cabinet. This is an outtake from a cover shoot for the never to materialize "Jeff Clayton and the Braineaters" E.P.   Way back in the early nineties  I was living in Charlotte, NC and playing drums for a band called the Furys.(that's me on the right) That's Furys guitarist Suave Robbie(pronounced swahvay rahbay) on the left. Anyway , we came up with the idea to do a project with Jeff from Antiseen(pictured center) that was gonna be a halloween release 7" feauring a song Robbie wrote based on the Nazi submariner zombie classic film "Shockwaves"(hence the outfits) and a cover of Skulls by the Misfits on the B side. It was gonna be all limited edish colored vinyl collector like with a Lindsay Kuhn silk screened cover. Jeff's wife at the time,Dee, took the photos. I remember standing in their front yard that evening on Central ave(a rather busy four lane street) dressed like Nazis, soaking ourselves with the garden hose(for that underwater zombie effect)with people driving by with a definite "What the fuck?" look on their faces. Priceless!  I guess it was a couple days after the photo shoot and  Jeff and Robbie got into an argument at the record store they worked at or something like that and the whole project got scrapped. Youth wasted on the young!......Alvarez

It's in the DNA!

My mom circa 1964 leaning on my Uncle Gary's  Model A.
 My uncle was the major influence on me as a kid as far as hot rods and bikes was concerned. He taught me a lot about working on mechanical things and also about something he called "bo-legged women." He went through tons of rides from A-bones and Deuces to Willy's and even a Hemi or Camaro here and there. Sadly this is the only remaining photo of any of his rides. Gary is still kicking. His current rides include a '27 T roadster,  '51 F-1 gasser pickup and a 400 Pontiac powered hot-boat. Gearhead for life!......Alvarez

This one's for Bastard Rob!

Helmet hair!

I found this shot from an old Penthouse over on the sex savages blog. Cool shit from a couple of interesting gals.