Skate Rock Tapestries
Description: Tate, or ‘Taters’ as his friends called him, was born Gerry Hurtado in Los Angeles, California. Tate was a top amateur skater in the early 1970s, but always downplayed his skating by saying he “only skated for fun.” Tate later attended a broadcasting trade school and applied his trade by working as a DJ in punk rock clubs. From his time in the clubs, Tate took up more interest in the newly growing skate rock movement, and recorded his first song, “Skaterock Rap,” in his friend’s basement in 1983. Upon its release, it became popular with skaters which led to becoming a popular opening act and the release of five albums. When not performing his skate rap, Taters was becoming a familiar voice as emcee at skate contests and events.
Description: Tate, or 'Taters' as his friends called him, was born Gerry Hurtado in Los Angeles, California. Tate was a top amateur skater in the early 1970s, but always downplayed his skating by saying he "only skated for fun." Tate later attended a broadcasting trade school and applied his trade by working as a DJ in punk rock clubs. From his time in the clubs, Tate took up more interest in the newly growing skate rock movement, and recorded his first song, "Skaterock Rap," in his friend's basement in 1983. Upon its release, it became popular with skaters which led to becoming a popular opening act and the release of five albums. When not performing his skate rap, Taters was becoming a familiar voice as emcee at skate contests and events.
Description: Firehose (stylized as fIREHOSE) was an alternative rock band formed in the spring of 1986 in San Pedro, California. The band played their first gig in June 1986, and over the next seven and a half years, they developed their dynamic synthesis of punk, funk, and free jazz while touring nonstop. Firehose played 980 gigs, released five full-length albums and two EPs before disbanding in 1994. 'Cuda Bake was the band's last tour, which included 71 gigs in 73 days across all 48 states and 3 Canadian provinces for good measure.
Description: "Come out and play! This is my 100% original parody design, catching that high-octane, SoCal skate punk energy. I've hand-drawn these mohawk skeletons shredding it out within an intricate, vintage-style circular frame. No copies or cheap imitations—just a raw, artistic tribute to the kings of punk rock anthems. Grab this badge and keep the fire burning!"
Description: A busted skateboard, a missing guitar pick, one suspicious sneaker, and a punk rat who probably knows exactly where everything went. Built like a forgotten 90s DIY flyer, this chaotic lost-and-found graphic mixes skate-punk attitude, photocopied zine texture, hand-drawn cartoon energy, and the kind of sarcastic underground humor that belongs on a battered black tee. For fans of skate punk, basement shows, noisy guitars, cheap flyers, broken boards, and punk rock that never learned how to behave.
Description: Minutemen were an American punk rock band formed in San Pedro, California in 1980. Composed of guitarist/vocalist D. Boon, bassist/vocalist Mike Watt, and drummer George Hurley, Minutemen recorded four albums and eight EPs before Boon's death in an automobile accident in 1985; after Boon's death, the band broke up.
