Inside New Zealand's Most Notorious Graffiti Gang

Graffiti artists: they paint on walls and have to hide their identities.
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Made by Noah Ferguson-Dudding, Gryffin Cook, and Louis Macalister

[@cit2braine]

This looks like a parody /satire of 90s tag bangers in LA. Thanks for the laughs

[@missyhill2032]

You darrno😂

[@brronzebronze8195]

It's edited like that, too not seem as big of a deal. A little nz humor. Laugh at minor illegal shit because it's easy to relate to in some cases

[@magnusgranskau7487]

pop the boot

[@rhhf7685]

Not the chuck the rubbish out the window

[@kezw2669]

That’s when I knew they were gangster

[@jackyjew8607]

All that maccas they munch must just end up chucked out the window too

[@ChingyahMum]

real hood nikkas ngl

[@michaelmarama-de4gx]

😂😂😂LMFAO, Hope they're not tagging up the kiddies playgrounds too lol

[@sasoriza8655]

Not even a tidy kiwi 😢

[@mursmursyurs]

yo this is a great video but the orgy and the butthole comments were mad out of pocket... caught me way off guard I'm dead lmao

[@hosea4560]

that shit was crack up

[@dbdxrdo6433]

😂

[@roddas26]

Ugh Gaaaaaaaaayyyyyy

[@patrick247two]

Bong needs a clean.

[@CANControlGRAFFITI]

That’s not even a bong really. Nasty

[@hamishgraham4133]

Really phenomenal work guys. Amazing access you guys got into this group

[@arpzwilson3182]

This brings back memories driving down to welly from Auckland with a boot full of cans hitting trains and everything all the way back to Auckland that was over 20 years ago

[@edwardparkes809]

Far and away the best NZ youtube channel

[@mirror6590]

Man i love your content, its also very good as its local to where i live.

[@krizmatthews874]

If graffiti is an art, an graffiti is a crime. Respect that art, respect that crime.

[@SmallBikeStuff]

The fellas getting miffed at your incorrect remembering of the Starlets year was peak comedy.

[@TheDepartmentofInformation]

It's an important piece of information

[@Scooby-bf4bp]

@@TheDepartmentofInformation for losers

[@dirtboy-ob7vx]

the bro talking about his bumhole was out of pocket 😂

[@Benjamin-om3ih]

yeah great film. These guys just probly needa get out the house more. They are real talented but some of the tough guy bravado is abit cringe

[@Army_of_One_]

Fake Names instrumental right off the bat… this one is gonna be a banger

[@LILALIZEFLAME]

I wish youth would go back to graffiti instead of stealing cars

[@jaredholehan7983]

Or to work.

[@AwakenedAvocado]

​@@jaredholehan7983I got paid $1000s for graffiti😊 Although the somewhat negative aspects of my "training" to get good enough to do that may raise a few eyebrows and heart rates.

[@digimeth1216]

These guys need some positve mentors in their lives, not only to help with some emotional baggage but also evolve some of those letters 😂😂😂

[@fadul9991]

injecting this video into my veins

[@ownce1]

GBAK are way bigger than these guys (the big tag in the first scene)

[@CANControlGRAFFITI]

“Big tag”?! I wouldn’t take anything you say as factual! That’s a roll-up mate.

[@ownce1]

@@CANControlGRAFFITI I was just assuming that 99% of people who read this will be below room temperature iq so i was using laymans terms. Not everyone knows the difference between a tag/bomb/roll up

[@Elko847]

​@Bent Boomkin considering gbak has been around for 20 plus years, you'd expect them to be the biggest, baddest & most famous crew 🤡 but that's not the case.

[@meinatapiahana2839]

GBAKS had their time and every street artist know they'll always be on top along side FDKNS

[@TheGrillerator]

Another awesome video guys. Couldn't stop hearing the sasquatches from Big Lez with the voice muffling though lol.

[@benjitimu8733]

the journalism people need

[@juvontay1]

Who ever written Pork all over wellington i just want you to know that I saw you at 2:30am by the train station. Chur bro 😂

[@couchmayne4351]

Just started my graffiti channel not to long ago glad to see graff being recognized again

[@olliewhitham6084]

what do u mean again

[@Hate_wagon]

Man this cunts a writer from Phoenix just trying to farm views off us kiwis…. He writes flare and is Average and skill

[@MrTitnik]

Graff is alive and doing better than ever!

[@jstarterstarter3436]

​@@MrTitnik graffiti did die out in nz there were only a few consistent hitters and sum from way back just started up again

[@Amongus-yu7ft]

@@jstarterstarter3436it’s making a comeback in Rotorua tho

[@coldcall9563]

10am lady is on those 10am drinks as well

[@namthezoo]

I love graffiti and most graffiti artists, but i just cant stand it when people bring gang life into graffiti. These dudes are cleary crips, I'm not even 2min into the video and i just want to click off. These type of people repulse me man...

[@stevencuenca1980]

And that container they did was weak as fuck

[@jstarterstarter3436]

Fym gang tags are literally another part of graffiti plus graffiti crews a literal branches of street crew gangs and cliques you goofy dumbass

[@KatDoesCrime]

These are the types of people that get others a bad rep. I agree with everything you said, and all I can say is I hope they find a better hobby, because if they continue to act this cocky they're going no-where good! I believe graffiti is a form of art, when done correctly. Rubbish should be put into the correct bins, cars should not be stolen, and violence should not be threatened at minor inconvenience. For heavens sake, this is new zealand, where's our country pride? The boys in this video arent artists, they're just children who are probably failing school. I hope that they come to realise that graffiti doesnt have to be a crime, if they simple focus on art, instead of gangs and violence.

[@namthezoo]

@@KatDoesCrime Yeah exactly, they're acting like they're the kings of the world and it's funny and sad at the same time. As you said these kids are probably failing school and can't find anything better to do than annoy the hell out of people.

[@crycrycries]

wdym bro lmao,writing has been in gangs ever since gangs touched a spray can which is probably some time back in the 80s/70s,whether it be them marking their turf from lets say bloods,then bloods cap them and so on,its been in their life way before legal artists claimed a single wall

[@23.CORE.08]

yo fsu is sick I love seeing it when im going to auckland... RESPECT FROM TAUPO

[@robertruston]

gold, loved this thanks

[@MostValuable333]

Sorry bro but this shit hilarious 🤣🤣🤣

[@ThomasSutcliffe-w2l]

Spectur NZ is the security company that sent these kids running with our alarms and cameras in case anyone wants protection for their sites

[@APEVIS]

churr ill run spectur as my new tag just for you x

[@4bidn1]

how's that boot taste?

[@mistymountainhopper]

​@@4bidn1 bro, it's security

[@4bidn1]

@@mistymountainhopper Do you season it at all or just take the whole thing raw?

[@keelo-byte]

Were there any actual cameras tho?

[@kulfonbustardo1588]

That requim for a dream sound effects at 6 minutes have me trippin

[@usoblzss]

He said "he eats train for breakfast"😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💀💀😭😭

[@lxopenfirexl7007]

Chur the FSU and every other artist killin the nz scene🔥💯 #SA

[@danharvey3096]

This would just be one crew of many & most likely nowhere near the most prolific.. There's a writer from Auckland, GBAK, & he's now getting up in LA. Getting up using climbiing gear, doing walls 10 storeys up or 5 levels high, & big freeway signs etc.. There's also train painters.. But all in all what they in this vid are doing isnt any different from any other graffiti bombing crew worldwide.. When i lived in Melbourne pre Rona, there was a name i saw everywhere, NOST, now when i say that name was everywhere i mean everywhere, on the parking podiums of apartment buildings, on trains, on abandoned buildings, on buildings under construction, up high, down low, everywhere, & much of it required either superior climbing skills or climbing equipment, however rudimentory. The lettering also looked dope too..

[@hailhail240]

If only they were that excited about getting a job

[@CANControlGRAFFITI]

Ok dad

[@stewrangi3390]

They all got jobs, this is there hobby😂😂

[@horsecodenumbers]

Is this writing code because I can't understand it or is this coconut code.

[@txddyfarquh69]

Not the "Bumholes" hahahhahahahaa #kefe

[@barrybabbot7481]

you know what separates us humans from animals?..... never mind

[@sammarks7295]

Its not a little kiddies thing "continues to draw on a concrete wall" 🤣🤣 DIS ONLY 5 PERCENT 💀

[@1F.T.M1]

To all the whanau doin they shit i love yous keep up yo work you guys made me start putting my shit everywhere mad luv holmies

[@Occult_Gibbet]

That beug could do with some clean billy water ey

[@GalaxyCuzYT]

This inspired me to start graffitiing

[@jimmydgaf5369]

Stay up legends

[@GoodGriefNZ]

3:45 "Aww you always f*ck everything up" 😂

[@JSparrow275]

This is what happens when you have a lack of paper for the kiddies to draw on.

[@Scooby-bf4bp]

And all those paint fumes making them more stupid by the tag

[@Scooby-bf4bp]

This kids been playing too much san andreas

[@Scooby-bf4bp]

"never got a smack on the bum" here lies the problem

[@clintscockring2714]

More NZ graff content fellas! So good

[@chza1181]

TMDWU

[@ThatHonestGuyyy]

Would’ve been more interesting if you interviewed or followed gbak, pork or sef

[@meinatapiahana2839]

GBAKS had their time, and if they did make a comeback they'd definitely come back harder than ever before.

[@jstarterstarter3436]

Back to busy painting worldwide they on they own buzz and pork done his own sef idk bout that guy he a heavy hitter no kap upto bronem

[@Albiedadonwsc]

This should be a game

[@Capp75]

FOR THE CULTURE! FDKNS are always gonna be on top RESPECT tho!

[@againstallodds6407]

FOREVER DEATH KINGZ NEVER SURRENDER 💯💪🏽

[@whacksta]

FDK KNS.

[@vlapuaho]

Imagine going to jail for tagging lol

[@UNCLEMATUA]

The bumhole fear is real😂😂😂

[@bioshock425]

This is why we can't have nice things!! People just ruin it!!! It's like, go an actually do something in life !!

[@jstarterstarter3436]

Graffiti is doing something

[@CLONEBF]

Link to full version please? :)

[@TheDepartmentofInformation]

You can find the full video on here: www.patreon.com/thedepartmentofinformation :)

[@kelloks0405]

Hey Boys small Tipp, don’t leak your address next time you do stuff like that

[@lackinbro3997]

How? Just by having half a shot of the front of the shed

[@conqo]

As a European writer that's lived and painted in enzed, I can't tell if this is a parody or not

[@leehalifax]

Heavy on that mountain dizzle

[@0-Jaybee-0]

Lol the Sloth escaping the Jaguar

[@gazzabethyname]

2:05 Spots up brothers

[@donteduzit527]

Fsunit! Brothers gon keep smashing!

[@TorrellTafa]

hit my name up as well boys surely 😂 FSU

[@kzvnq]

ayeee sup g

[@jackmehoff1840]

Fuck this is a great channel

[@CGKayy]

Graffiti = art

[@deeglazer75]

Can never beat FDKNS 274-275 🔥🔥🔥

[@jbronz213]

Too bad one is a legal crew and the other is not so you can't really compare

[@deeglazer75]

@@jbronz213 they do the same shit

[@jbronz213]

@@deeglazer75 😂🤦

[@deeglazer75]

@@jbronz213 read between the lines

[@honahwikeepa2115]

In a Postmodern Post-Christian world,"I am what I say, not what I think."

[@alpacheco3111]

These guys don’t know if they wanna be gangbangers or graffiti writers 😂🎉

[@Chilloutbrotherman]

should see all the train cars in napier every single inch of them covered in that beautiful illegal art

[@raglandernz3850]

Interesting episode for ya... google "Whangārei lion park director Dale Vallance"

[@exluvrx]

Beautiful, we good dudes

[@MrTitnik]

Writing has become this guerilla warfare

[@songstofuckto]

Love some PORK and the areas along the train lines are looking awesome. Some real talented artists, I hope the city keeps all they can.

[@scottnomates-]

Bro why ur anuk so wide b4 hand sticking cans upther ae g😂😂

[@FINDROBLOX]

yo lets go pork

[@mandoleenebando429]

Nz youth is lost there is no hope for them only prison cells

[@jaradrabekki]

CEZA 454 REWA HARD

[@LouisCoronno]

saw fsu get up around wellys recently

[@kezw2669]

Wow they must be going places in life 😂😂😂

[@meinatapiahana2839]

Their also here in the Deep South of Queenstown so yeah they do definitely get around even in the U.S.A

[@LouisCoronno]

@@kezw2669 They lowkey are lol.... they are up in multiple countrys 😂😂😂

[@35veteran97]

I see fsu everywhere buzzy🤯

[@masseywestauckland553]

interview massey my gz

[@jacobhaussmann90]

Sad. What a bunch of no hopers lol

[@hudstaylor7210]

Get my family out, out of where? Glen innis ?

[@SPWILLY]

Stay up buthas chur from the 879 HAWKES BAY SLOE 🔥

[@user-ii1iy8fz1d]

T O Y. Tragic. Get a job , like my 2 mates made a career outa street art, but then again, they have talent. 😅❤

[@Janawhitej1]

Who is thay fella that wtites Tok all over the walls on the train lines lol over Pork lol

[@Isdale]

mean as always brothers

[@calest6251]

Autism is real. Poor education is real. Creativity comes in all forms. Regardless of your autism or lack of intellect. Peace god.

[@Scooby-bf4bp]

All that asbestos, mold and lead paint didn't help these kids

[@whatsthishit]

thanks for the laugh

[@Occult_Gibbet]

Straight up PORK at the start !!

[@goryramsy]

Another excellent video from The Department of Information! Great work guys!

[@threesuits]

higher harmless crime still keeps rent down thank your local tagger

[@Cabbage_math]

Gentrification

[@das0ul177]

Fuck bro not in nz living out south now is like living in mission bay back in the 2000s rent is high af everywhere

[@llliiimmmeee]

Bro they needa work harder

[@kezw2669]

It always cracks me up how they walk and talk like they’re from a LA gang. Such lost little kids 😂

[@Write.a.holicc]

Not lost little kids lol just a bunch of bros and you do realise america didnt invent nor influence our gang culture in a big way all gangs started in their own countries around the same time and remember this was way before modern social media and television lol

[@matthewrutter7062]

@@Write.a.holicc Wrong, on every point. low I.Q.

[@kurupted_2679]

The crips and bloods from America influence the young ones over here otherwise there would be no crips or bloods in no they all would be joining the patched gangs…Where do you think wearing dickies with chucks came from

[@kezw2669]

@@Write.a.holicc the US 100% influenced the gang culture! The crips n bloodz are American through and through and half the kids in NZ think they’re apart of that nonsense. Nothing unique coming out of NZ

[@horew223]

​@@tomasgreen77Tomas green snitched on the mongrel mob

[@Gangstatownz]

I liked the part where he paid for his gas.

[@lolyourmumlolurmumlol]

Obviously 😂, pumps are on pre pay.

[@cdabcdefg12345]

and paint.....

[@nikkiwilson3593]

Yeah these guys are lost, real respected writers are humble, these guys are still new to the game, you can tell by there mentality..

[@Hellowithyou]

i dont like it when graffiti artists have this huge ego i mean all were really doing is putting paint on a wall yk, the worst thing theyve done is cover up some train windows and made a couple old ladies mad.

[@kelloks0405]

Bro they literally leaked their address in the video 😂 the cops 1000% can find out where they live with that footage

[@2B87]

These dudes really are some humble ones, not to mention their highly refined letters…

[@ElMuzhighz]

Reminds me from when I was twelve years old😂 And if that’s their pucker moment then they need to live and also learn to paint 😂😂😂😂😂

[@spiritsypher2502]

This has always been the graffiti mentality within Auckland it's heavily mixed with youth gangs

[@ngapirihimanaoaotearoa]

Don't be like these fellas kids.

[@NativeCaesar]

🤣

[@Scooby-bf4bp]

Don't do liquor or drugs.. you'll end up hanging with thugs.

[@meinatapiahana2839]

Dont be a pig either!

[@Kyzr685]

@@meinatapiahana2839without cops NZ would become the purge

[@Stevonz1234]

Whoever in Auckland keeps on writing LSD is the goat imo

[@kezw2669]

Yea real winner! Wish I was as cool as that person

[@jordanl3396]

Rams goat

[@krizmatthews874]

Gbak are the 🐐

[@CANControlGRAFFITI]

@@kezw2669 just stick to looking at a screen. Stay inside

[@kezw2669]

@@CANControlGRAFFITI na, I prefer to be outside. You know what sucks though…… seeing someone vandalise a beautiful building with LSD. I’m guessing you don’t own anything of value? Do you wouldn’t know the feeling when it’s vandalised

[@jpaul2768]

Ledgible "Pork" throw-up in plain english...... lady- ..."ya cant read it"....

[@elgigante7081]

It's always a sight for sore eyes when I finish work and there's a new department of information video

[@bme9161]

The mind is a terrible thing to waste. Sad to think they feel like 'Gods' but only come out in the shadows of darkness like sewer rats. Do better boys.

[@Occult_Gibbet]

live how you want though huh normi

[@achilleskiara2993]

He says forever. Then turns 40 and realises he's really too old to be tagging 😂

[@metalbombr]

I was a skateboarder in my youth and I will always love skating and mess around on the board when Im 40+, you just need to put the art into something you can relate and you might understand it

[@danzielinski672]

These guys need help

[@renegadeone2058]

Go help them then

[@mistymountainhopper]

Yeah, go fund their paint, they need help with that for sure.

[@KatDoesCrime]

@@mistymountainhopper It's not like they'll be getting a job anytime soon, not until they stop acting like such children. The way they do graffiti makes it seem like a crime, when in reality it's art. They're giving it a bad name!

[@nothomophobic9719]

Grown men. Sad af 🤣

[@teec915]

Staunch criminals...conducting business in their uncles garage

[@dansk1er33]

the requiem for a dream music when the alarm went off lmao