Renegade Magazine

Renegade Magazine's Church of Chop - Rusted Turkey - Rat Rod Rumble

2011-10-27T19:46:00.003-04:00

Saturday November 26th Thanksgiving weekend at the Iron Horse Saloon

Renegade Magazine's Church of Chop Rusted Turkey Rat Rod Rumble! Pre 64 Rat Rods & Traditional Hot Rod Show! Custom made trophies by Scharf, Live Music with Los Bastardos Magnifico, The Bloody Jug Band, The Horrible Hound Dogs and Lone Wolf. Plus a Miss Renegade Pin Up Contest Cash Prises plus a chance to be in Renegade's new newsstand edition! Photo shoots all day Saturday at the Iron Horse Saloon starting at 2pm. Bring your wild ride for a chance to have your hot rod featured in the pages of Renegade Magazine!

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Labor Day Weekend at the Iron Horse Saloon! Come join us for three days of Hot rods, custom bikes, pin-up contest, bikini contests, burnout contest, live music and more! First up there is the Pre-Party Friday night, Sept., 2nd @ 7pm with Slip & The Spinouts! Some come on out and get warmed up for the weekend. Saturday is the 12th Annual Rumblers Pre 64 Hot Rod @ Kustom Show! With live music from Dex Romweber, Ben Prestage, Slip & The Spinouts, and Grandpa's Cough Medicine, plus a Pin-Up contest with a $500 cash prize for the winner! Also DeTiki will be on hand to carve up some Tiki's right before your eyes! Next us is The Iron Horse's 1st Annual Custom Bike Show! All bikes welcome with 10 classes, custom trophies provided by Renegade Magazine! Live music with Big Engine, Jender, Broadbent Betty and Three Headed Stepchild.

And that's not all The Miss Iron Horse Calendar Girl contest with over $1,000 in cash and prizes!

12th Annual Rumblers Pre 64 Hot Rod & Kustom Show

2011-07-09T13:29:00.000-04:00

Come join us as we sponsor the 12th Annual Rumblers Pre 64 Hot Rod & Kustom Show!

To be held at the world famous Iron Horse Saloon on US1 in Ormond Beach, FL.

Saturday September 3rd Labor Day weekend. Live music with Dex Romweber, Ben Prestage, Slip & The Spinouts and Grandpa's Cough Medicine. Plus a Pin Up contest with a $500 Cash Prize for the winner! Registration starts @9am. Also don't miss the Pre-Party on Friday with Slip & The Spinouts.

Boston Mike's Custom Cycles Grand Opening Party

2011-04-25T11:11:00.001-04:00

Heavy Rebel Weekender

2011-04-19T11:04:00.001-04:00

Heavy Rebel Weekender 2011! With 4 stages, and over 90 acts, including burlesque dancers, plus more vendors and bands than ever before.

They are expecting over 350 cars and bikes for this years HRW Custom Car & Bike Show! 2011 promises to be an amazing year, registration info coming soon!

For more info visit http://www.heavyrebel.net/

Viva Las Vegas

2011-04-19T11:03:00.000-04:00

One of the hottest show's of the year has got to be the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender!

With the hottest band line up anywhere! With everything from original 50's bands like legendary Jerry Lee Lewis, to the hottest contemporary rockabilly bands in the country! Plus one of the largest cars shows around! So don't miss it!

The Horse Smoke Out!

2011-04-19T10:59:00.001-04:00

Renegade Magazine's Biketoberfest Party!

2010-08-25T20:12:00.001-04:00

Jason and the Punkneckers to Play our Biketoberfest Blowout party!
Friday October 15th

2010-08-09T20:24:00.000-04:00

Hotrod and Kustom Fallout IV

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Coney Island Cockabilly Roadshow

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Chops "N" Bobbers III

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Bean're's Vagabond Parade!

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New 1949-1950 Ford Tail Lamp Assemblies

2010-08-02T21:34:00.000-04:00

New 1949-1950 Ford Tail Lamp Assemblies

Orange, California—Vintique Announces New Reproduction Tail Lamp Assemblies for 1949 and 1950 Ford Passenger Cars.

Vintique Inc., manufacturer of the finest in reproduction Ford components is proud to announce the newest addition to their line of hundreds of reproduction vintage Ford products; New 1949-1950 Ford Tail Lamp assemblies.

These are a complete assembly made from new tooling with chrome cast rims, USA-made ruby-red glass lenses—which are available both with or without blue dots, and Vintique’s REAL cotton braided wires—just like originally manufactured by Ford in 1949. Vintique Inc. is the only reproduction Ford parts manufacturer with the trademark reflective paint buckets for a bright, even glow--all assembled by Vintique Inc.

Besides being an exact replacement for 1949 and 1950 Ford passenger cars, this is also a great custom item for any vehicle needing a cool tail light for a slightly contoured surface. We also have replacement rubber pads that mount between the rim and fender, for a finished, new look.

These new Ford Tail Lamp assemblies are in stock now and available from over 400 Vintique Inc. dealers throughout the USA. If you don’t know your nearest Vintique Inc. dealer, please call us at (714) 634-1932 and we’ll be happy to locate one for you.

8A-13405-D 1949-50 Ford Tail Lamp Assembly $ 54.00 ea.
8A-13405-DBD 1949-50 Ford Tail Lamp Assembly, w/Blue Dot $ 60.00 ea.
8A-134201949-50 Tail Lamp Mounting Pads to Body $ 5.50 pr.

Speed Fetus by Lock Baer of Eastern Fabrications

2010-05-14T09:20:00.001-04:00

The speed fetus is my attempt at capturing some of the Japanese Harley style. I have been amazed at the Jap style for years now and have tried to put my finger on what exactly makes their bikes so interesting. I wanted this bike to have a huge amount of "spirit". What I mean by that is attempting to engineer in a sense of
history, memories, wear and tear, wrenching, and patination. Making something look this way is a lot more complicated than just building a bike and then spraying a bunch of grime all over it! The majority of the bikes finishes are copper plating treated with an etching acid. This creates a depth to the finish. It almost looks as if there is no finish at all, just an oily rubbed look. Other finishes include actual oiled surfaces, leather treated a variety of ways, and as vast and array of metals as I could build with. This includes brass, bronze, copper, polished and dull mild and stainless steel, and some composites. The components themselves were also selected to have a sense of history, but not necessarily an easily recognizable one. For instance, the duel amal carbs on the knuckle, and the Indian chief transmission. The frame is about half Harley duoglide, half eastern fabrications. It holds the motor an eighth of an inch lower in the frame to allow for the dual backbone/sea tube setup. It is also a monoshock rear end now. Ohlins made a special monoshock for me. The bike is a blast to ride, and is very agile. The motor, at 61 inches, is not a monster by any means but pulls perfectly well, especially for a small bike with skinny tires. The flywheels were lightened significantly, which make the motor rev a lot faster than most knuckles. This, combined with the duel carbs and efficient exhaust, allow the bike to hold its own. Special thanks go out to my crew; Heyltje rose for the leather and Alex Lerner for the wiring. Other contributors were kiwi Indian, Ohlins, and allied metal finishing.

Lock Baer
www.easternfabrications.com

Renegade Biketoberfest Party 09

2010-05-14T08:53:00.001-04:00

“So this is where the real party is during Biketoberfest,” said a first timer to one of our Renegade parties. If you haven’t been to one of our parties during Bike Week or Biketoberfest, then you don’t know what you’re missing!
This year’s Biketoberfest party almost didn’t happen due to various issues like lack of funds and other bull shit issues that I’m not going to go into. So when word got out that I may be canceling the party, several of my good friends came to my rescue and pitched in some serious cash to help pay for it. I have to say I was totally blown away by the generosity of my friends. I want to thank them all again for coming to my rescue. Thanks to Chuck Putman of Sick Build Chops & Dirty Blond Salon, and all my buds from the Hog Farm, Rick, Marvin, Marshall, Mark and everyone else who pitched in to help pay the bands! I also want to thank Paul Sutherland and his band of crazies for coming out and playing at the party for free -- you guys really helped make the party a real blast! I hope to have you back for our Bike Week party!
Despite all the last minute changes and the threat of rain, the party was a total blast! Several hundred of the coolest people in town came to party, and party they did, with Eric Furry and the King Rockers, The Kings of Hell and the Paul Sutherland Band rocking Renegade studios, as the beer and booze flowed, and the crowd wildly danced.
By the end of the evening we had a full on band jam with members from all the bands taking turns at the mike. It was way fucking cool!
When we party, we do it old school! No admission charge, free beer, free booze, free food and live music from the hottest bands around! No five-dollar beers here!
Again I want to thank everyone who came out to this year’s party, thanks to all my friends and readers, and especially all the beautiful women!
After most everyone was gone there are always a few stragglers who hang out to finish off the last of the booze, and this year I made a new friend, “Hillbilly,” who had ridden his custom-built turbo Kawasaki across country solo, just because he wanted to. You can read about his trip in this issue. If you find yourself in Daytona for Bike Week, be sure to catch our party on the last Friday of the week!

18th Annual Yokohama Moon Eyes Hot Rod Custom Show

2010-05-14T00:05:00.000-04:00

Sunday December 6, 2009
marks the beginning of the indoor car show season. One of the biggest shows in the world is held at the Pacifico Yokohama – the giant convention centerin downtown Yokohama, Japan. This is an outstanding location for a premiere world event. Car enthusiasts from all over the world descend on the MooneyesAnnual Hot Rod & Custom Show. Not only do the locals bring their best to show off to the fellow hot rodders, owners ship their rides here in order to have the prestige of telling their colleagues, “Yeah, I showed my car at the Mooneyes in Japan.” This year’s
special guests were Billy Gibbons and Pete Chaprouris from So Cal. The Mexican Blackbird (named after a song on ZZ Top’s classic Fandango!) started out as a really nice bone stock driver that Gibbons had his stable for over 10 years. He described the T Bird as a nice grocery getter that had won some awards in its class at some local Texas shows. With the persuasion of Pete, they turned this stocker to a pure
piece of throwback mastery. This ’58 Thunderbird screams history since it looks as if it’s jumping to life from the pages of Rodding and Restyling or Kustom Rodder circa 1960. This was one of the first shows for the Mexican Blackbird, but certainly will not be the last. Pete stated that there will be some final touches added to the Bird between now and the Grand National Roadster Show. Not sure what else can be added to help this piece of rolling art reach perfection, but it will be cool to see what happens.

Setup at any show is always quite hectic. Since the entire area of Pacifico Yokohama is used for display of hot rods and motorcycles, total chaos was expected. But the Japanese have no troubles, and seem to have this down to a science. Perhaps it is just their innate organization skills that seem to keep everything in order in the land of the rising sun, but it sure seems like indoor shows in the states could learn a bit from the Japanese on this front. Typical indoor shows of this size take at least a day and a half to setup, usually two days. During this set up time there are always old friends to see and meet and this year was no exception.

Photographers from Italy, France, Spain, England, New Zealand, Australia, etc all stand around talking to each other as well as the people that they have shot over the past years. People like Makoto, Grimb, Ghost, Keith Weesner, Jeff Decker, Harpoon, Dan Collins, Max Grundy, Nash, Vintage
Torque Video Crew, Mr. G, The Pizz, Donnie Hawley, The Bean Bandits crew, Matt and Dean from Dice, and many many more are all ready to give each other a warm handshake or hug to welcome
each other back to an old familiar place. One of the reasons that so many people come back to this show year after year is the pure entertainment factor. There is a pre party for all the guests on Saturday night and the Mooneyes crew feed everyone with burgers built to your liking and great live music to keep people hopping. After the official pre party, most gaijin (foreigners) make the trek to a local hangout that is usually sponsored by Dice. This year was no exception, and it was probably quite a sight for the locals to see over 100 white guys and girls all arrive en masse to take over the streets of some out of the way bar close to the Chinatown section of Yokohama. Those that don’t stay out too late are able to get a fresh start on Sunday and hit the show running because the final touches of the show are put in place after the pre party on Saturday night.

So before the 20,000-25,000 people that show up for this one day event it’s
not unusual to see many people scrambling around trying to get the last pictures, before the throngs of humanity show up. Once all the spectators arrive – forget about getting a clear picture of any car. The Mooneyes show is a bit different than any other indoor car show in many ways. One of the big differences is the grand entrance that the celebrities get to make. There is a path made for the cars to actually drive in to the event and drive up to the front of the show. It is like a miniature parade. The spectators line the path in hopes of getting a clear view of the cars driving in. And with this many fans, it is not at all easy to do, since most people are stacked 3 to 4 people deep. After getting introduced, the crowds dissipate into the rest of the show and spend the entire day there milling about.
The car variety this year was nice, but it seems that the motorcycles are getting more and more space year after year. Perhaps this is due to financial reasons (owning a car in Tokyo is not for the middle class – it is usually a joy that only those with a bit more disposable income can afford) or just the trend right now, but the independently built cycles that were there were quite amazing.
Even better, was seeing these show bikes being DRIVEN out of the show. That is usually the highlight of just about any show and this year was no exception. Overall this was another big success for the Mooneyes crew and many people are already making plans to attend December of 2010.

Seeya there!

John Wells
VintageTorque
www.vintagetorque.com

Low Brow 4 Life! The Art of Greg Vaughan aka VonPoot

2010-05-13T23:06:00.000-04:00

Artistic INTOXICATION….”LOW~BROW 4 LIFE” and KILLER KRABS
The off the hook art of Greg Vaughan….aka..VonPoot

Article: Scott Fisk/Studio 669

I met Greg in person a few years ago at the World of Wheels show in Boston. I had previously heard of him as”this fellow” who lived out on the “arm of the cape” in a town called Brewster, Mass. “This guy” who krushed out some of the most insane artwork around, yet kept pretty much to himself like those pipe bomb builders that you read about who live in a shack in the woods…ya, you know the type. Prior to us meeting in person, we spent some time sharing email volleys of our artwork with one another and time~n~time again he’d pop my mind.

When we finally met one of the first things I noticed was his tattooed knuckles that read “LOW4 LIFE”. Yup he was a tall drink of water with a line backers build. You look at this cat with both arms fully sleeved and think that he’d be better suited as a bouncer at the door that no one would mess with…BUT, off those hands that looked like meat hooks spilled some of the most delicate and detailed work that I have ever laid my I’s on.

Real artists strive to mix it up every chance they get never wanting to be pigeon holed or pegged down for one particular style, always evolving. We all have our own “canvas” that we call home…just that some of his canvases happen to be sea creatures…ya, horse shoe crabs to be exact. You think you’ve seen it all?...you haven’t. “DIG” the tremendously unique flow of VonPOOT!

The Artist, the inspiration
A former pro hockey player, Greg spent many years with blades on his feet, checking guys with full blown body slams into the glass; cracking ribs and knocking out teeth. One day the skates got hung up because there was a “higher calling” for lack of a better definition, he had an itch that needed to be scratched.

“I played hockey most of my life and after a year of playing in the pros and a short stint traveling and playing all over Europe I got tired of life on the road. I needed something else, did a TOTAL180 and ended up at Butera School of Art in Boston on the advice of my Grandfather who used to see all my drawings and Rock Band logos that I had hanging up all over my room. He thought a sign painter might be a good idea based off what he saw me doing. My mom also had a big influence on me actually she was the first one to inspire me. She used to paint and I loved watching her with all those paints out..all the colors and the smell of turpentine. I was always doodling, she knew there was an “artist in me”…a creative mind in the works I guess.”

LOW~BROW 4 LIFE
“Low~Brow” art has become mainstream the past few years, seems like everyone is doing it like it’s the latest craze. However, not everyone can do it well. Nothing ever happens over night and if your goal is to be a “rock star” low~brow artist….well, it’s a short road if that is your only objective. It needs to come from your soul otherwise it’s as transparent as cling wrap!

“Big Daddy Roth, Robert Williams and VonFranco whom I am happy to call a friend were all low~brow before it became so mainstream and popular. I always enjoyed hearing from VonFranco all the stories about how he got into the scene as a kid painting on shirts and whatever else paint would stick to. Yup, he’s the “King of Kool” if you ask me. I like the fact that he keeps a low profile and lets his paintings speak for him, I like to think I do the same thing with my artwork. I paint because I love to paint…I am not looking to get rich, just want enough to take care of my family and buy whatever art supplies I need that week.”

Krazy Kanvas and cool gigs
You never know what’s around the next corner. You never know when you’ll simply fall upon something that hits you in the head like a flying brick! Living in Brewster, Mass. near the ocean you find yourself walking the shore. Who would have ever thought there would be an endless supply of “canvases” washing up with the tide on a daily basis?

“I bang out these “monster like” horseshoe crabs using 1-shot paints... These creatures have been around 350 million years and I finally get to give them an attitude with psycho eyes and razor sharp grins! I have painted a pile of these up, for clients all over the world. Get the Black Label Society or Disturbed cranking on the radio, no stopping now. My “Killer Krabs” take on a form all their own, no two alike. When I’m not painting on these “little creatures” I have an airbrush in my hand doing custom work…really dig it, I can go on all through the night…that’s what red bull is for! I figure in ten years I will either be on a first class stamp or the back of a milk carton.”

Fireworks and Glory…nah, it’s WAAAY deeper then that
As mentioned before, it’s about the art and the impact it has…it’s not a black light poster in the poster rack at a record store…or the “fame” of having that poster or the fancy black light bulb that makes it glow…Fame is cheap and comes at the price of selling your soul sometimes. Art is a DIRECT extension of the artist that produced it. A “story” is told in every piece, an emotion that was felt when the energy was spilling off the finger tips.

“I am pretty much in my shop slumped over a piece of art is where you can find me. I have no big plans for the future, just going to keep doing what I have been for the last 22 years since I decided to take a crack at this artist gig; which by the way I wouldn’t change for the world! I love my job so much that words cannot express it. I love painting more then anything else….especially my KILLER KRABS! I am not sure what my life would be like without the ability to talk with my paint brush. There have been some pretty rough spots in my life, paintings I did at the time when I was going through it. I can look at a particular piece and remember the pain or the joy….the emotions I was feeling at the time. The artwork became my therapy and my therapy, the artwork. You learn a lot about yourself when you dig down deep and pour it out raw on the canvas. I feel lucky to be able to identify with my artwork, it’s personal..it’s free expression…it’s mine….Ya, I may paint up a killer krab and now it’s hanging on some guys wall in Australia, but my soul is still connected to it even if it’s not in my possession anymore. It’s not about big fireworks or the glory…that will show up when it’s supposed to..... If that was my plan or agenda (to get famous) when I got this gig ramped up way back when...well I think we know how that story plays out….Ain’t no poser here..and FAME doesn’t drive me. Nah, Oprah will get wind of this one day I just know it..(grin) she’ll call me up on speed dial…it’ll blow the roof off the shop and get my ever so popular underwater arachnids in the brains of millions….meuhahahahahaaa!”

Every day the tide will come in, every day an artist will walk that coast line and collect his canvases; he’ll bring them home and dry them out..and ponder the possibilities while a bird sings on one of his shops window sills…..…ARRRRG!..!! YA RIGHT !!...THEN he’ll bust out the metal flake, shoot the BIRD and throw a mean haze over the carcasssss of that KRAB..drop flames all over it and whatever else grabs his DAMN FANCY!..Put that in your pipe and smoke it, DIG?!

For the full she~BANG on VonPoot and his killer Krabs, visit his website direct @ www.VaughanArts.com or grab his ass on myspace/VonPoot. This interview is just a “blink” let your curiosity get the best of you like it did me…CHECK HIS ‘CHIT OUT!..get a good case of the CRABS….KILLER KRABS, that is.

ROD~ON!
669

Atomic Boogie - Slung A Rod CD Review

2010-05-13T23:00:00.000-04:00

Atomic Boogie - Slung A Rod!
Hot damn it’s time to Boogie! Boogie Woogie all night long!
When I first slipped this disk into my cd player it was like I had
just slammed down four cans of Red Bull, and chased thewhite
lines! The engines was revving and the world was going
by at a blur, before I knew it I had totally forgot where I was
going and I didn’t care, I was just grooving to Atomic Boogies,
new disk “Slung A Rod”.
This three piece band sure can thump out some kickin’
tunes, with songs like Slung A Rod & ‘67 Ford Mustang, you
can tell they have a love for fast cars and faster women!
Hot rods, whiskey, wild women, honky tonks, dive bars and
Atomic Boogie go together like Jack & Coke.
This disk has you rocking from beginning to end with fast
paced rockers like the title track “Slung A Rod” to some kickin’
& grovin’ blues tunes like Broken Hearted Blues King Catfish.
Chad’s thumping bass along with the sweet twang of
John’s amazing guitar and Steve on the drums, these guys
just make you want to get up grab your woman, or someone
else’s girl and shake your ass on the dance floor, or wherever
you may be!
So next time you’re out cruising around on your scoot or
rumbling around in your mean hot rod, and you see Atomic
Boogie on the marquee of some little out of the way dive bar,
slam on the breaks and head inside for a cold beer, a hot
woman and boogie down!
If you would like to have your music or products reviewed
in Renegade, sand them to:
Renegade Magazine
163 Carswell Ave.,
Daytona Beach, FL 32117

Creepin' Cadavers Interview

2010-05-13T22:48:00.000-04:00

Rotting Corpses and Concrete Shoes ….the HIGH VOLTAGE HEARTBEAT of the CREEPIN CADAVERS!

Article: Scott Fisk/Studio 669

Out of a DEVIOUS town in Massachusetts known as ARKHAM comes one of the most vicious, “out for fresh blood” bands to hit the Northeast…the band in mention? ….the“CREEPIN CADAVERS”.

I came upon this band in question on total accident…at a hot rod show..go figure. Their music is maddening, so maddening that if you drop one of their cd’s in your car stereo you’re guaranteed to have bruises on your forehead from smashing it against the steering wheel.. They also claim no responsibility if you get a speeding ticket…

“3 pieces” is all they need when on stage. As a spectator down on the floor you are most certain to have your ears bleeding, your nose bleeding…and anywhere else that can bleed….bleeding…(well its happened to me anyways). On stage they are quite the show, off stage they are very charismatic and genuine…and yes, very professional.

So sit back, grab that glass of jack and read on.

RM: What got the band started in the scene?

CC: “We've all been playing our instruments since we were just little cadavers; however Jeff is the only member who has actually been trained in guitar. He studied classical guitar for a few years. Jeff and Al were in a horror punk band and Scott was in a different band of the same nature. As luck would have it both bands broke up around the same time. Scott picked up a King Double Bass (ELECTRIC LIME GREEN) and called Jeff and Al with an idea of something different. Soon the fearsome three some were jamming out old rockabilly tunes such as Eddie Cochran, Elvis and more. After putting their horror punk twist on things the Creepin’ Cadavers were born and soon released their first CD "Welcome to Arkham" after only 3 months of being a band!”

RM: The inspiration behind the band?

CC: “We each have different inspirations...
Al's drumming is greatly inspired by the swinging sounds of Kurt Sodergren, with the originality of Nate Young and the punk rock beats of Adam Carson and a ton of others… too many to write.
Jeff, on the other hand grew up idolizing classic rock guitarists like Jimmy Page and Angus Young. However, his rockabilly guitar influences

are greatly inspired by Brian Setzer. Although, for the past 10 years Jeff has had a bit of a man crush on the guitar playing of Chris Cheney.
Scott's biggest double bass influences have to be Vic Victor, the great Kim Nekroman and Sting. All in all, The Misfits and The Damned are probably the biggest reasons Scott is playing music today.”

RM: Does the band belong to any cool organizations…kicked out of any states?

CC: “Al owns his own production company, "Kirby Productions" and we all sort of help out. He has a degree in digital filmmaking and will shoot and edit anything from music videos to feature length films and more. We've been kicked out of quite a few bars for playing too loud, spitting on the ceiling, taking off our clothes and walking on the bar. We almost got arrested on tour in Texas by the border patrol at 7 am because the drug dogs wouldn't stop barking at our van.”

RM: Coolest gig that comes to mind?

CC: “I would have to say the “Double Down Saloon” in Las Vegas. One of the coolest dive bars we've ever been to. All the way across the country and people went nutty for us! It was great plus in Vegas you can rock and party 24/7 there is no “last call” so we had a lot of fun. Try the "ASS JUICE" and "BACON MARTINI" you are in for a treat.”

RM: Where does the band see itself in 5 to 10 years?

CC: “Hopefully we'll be touring the majority of the year whether it be the US or Europe or wherever people want us. We love to play and we love inspiring people with new ideas. If we can live off of touring and playing our music then that’s what we want to do.”

RM: Europe and the U.S. sound cool, but where can we find you now?

CC: “RENEGADE readers can find us all over the country, however it would be easiest to find us somewhere in New England. We play everywhere and anywhere we can. Be it a giant concert theatre or a tiny dive bar, if there are people willing to hear us rock our undead hearts out we are willing to play!”

The CREEPIN CADAVERS have melted many brains, they’ve even inspired me to bust out my yu~ka~lay~lee and wax paper/harmonica on occasion, though I keep the beat like a cracker. Check out this “Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream meets Chocolate Cadaver Blood Blast with extra NUTZ!” band. Their latest album out now is called “THE LAST RIDE”…bring a cushion for the steering wheel, or use the air bag…your choice!.. And hey, if you’re a “gamer”; then listen to their krushing music featured in the video game “WET” from Bethesda and A2M for Xbox and PS3.

ROD~ON!
669

You can visit the Bastard Sons of Psychobilly on Myspace/CreepinCadavers for tour dates and locations. SO GIT OFF YER ASS and check them OUT!

* RENEGADE disclaimer* No animals or corpses were harmed during this interview.

The of Adam Mulcahy

2010-05-13T22:27:00.000-04:00

Post industrial wastelands and the smell of welding fumes..the art of ADAM MULCAHY

Article: Scott Fisk/ Studio 669

As with any artist there is a pile of “mediums” to choose from when we create. Whether it’s paint, a tattoo machine or even a pencil; there is a “comfort zone” that we call home and establish it as our own. However one artist in particular chooses none of the above and uses a wire feed and welding mask. With his “weapons” he grabs various pieces of post industrial waste like old nuts, bolts, expanded metal, even old phones…stuff you’d toss in the bin…you name it, he turns it into a 3 dimensional “vision” for lack of a better word. Adam Mulcahy of Holyoke, Mass. never wanted to be “normal”, as with most artists’ he wanted to break a fresh path seldom taken. For this direction taken he has become highly recognized in the north east as an incredible sculptor.

The Artist
There is a `46 Willy’s Jeep that sits outside a crowded work shop, where smoke and fumes drizzle from out of the beaten and weathered door. Birds drop out of the sky from the toxins in the air as they fly by.. inside the mad scientist blows a haze glow well into the night. Pieces of “material” from the stock pile are chosen at random…actually they aren’t chosen at random…rather they are laid out skillfully. Every object that is to be implemented into the finished piece has many sides, many angles where you can’t simply place it “anywhere.” There is a concrete direction to where this is going…borderline “visionary” kinda’ stuff where it all just seems to come together with fluidity.
Grabbing a respirator that was hanging from a rusty nail, I put it on and found a milk crate in a cool dimly lit corner of Adam’s shop to sit a spell and take it all in. There has to be an inspiration to all of this, a reason he does what he does…my gears were instantly turning, so if your curiosity gets to you like it does to me….then read on cuz I had a handful of questions~

.. Dimly lit corners
As you sit there confusion sets in, randomly I’d watch him hold a part up to the light…spinning it….digging it….heavy ponder and then a slight smile would grow on his mug. “What the hell inspires you, how did you know that was the piece you were looking for?!” I ask like the pain in the ass kid that you hated in gym class because he needed directions on how to do jumping~jacks….where’s that kid now?...he ain’t here. “First off, that’s a 2 part question…what are you, that kid from gym class?!” Adam muddled..”I’ll tell you what inspires me. First off I fell into this without even knowing. I grew up reading all of my Dad’s hot rod magazines and drawing rat fink on all my notebooks at school. Skateboarding was a huge influence, the art, the movement and danger. It all just seemed to fit into what I do now; it just makes us who we are.” (Still having only part of my 2 part question answered I squeaked out the word “AND?”) with a sigh he continued..”I’m pretty much self taught, I tried school but honestly I couldn’t sit still for any period of time unless I was making something. The lessons I learned at the school of hard knocks always seemed to last longer anyways. The things I see, how I’m feeling..HELL, even if I see someone who did something different on a car or bike that I haven’t seen before..well to me that’s “INSPIRATION”….better then a trip to the museum. As for “knowing what piece I was looking for” when I am putting something together, well that comes over time. We progress, we learn, we evolve.”

..pieces~n~parts…music
As time was being spent in the shop you couldn’t help but notice all that there was to choose from. There were various piles of salvaged metals in the shop with no rhyme or reason for their placement. I felt another question coming on. “What’s with all the stuff lying around” I muttered. “Stuff, it isn’t stuff..some of these parts are older then me and have a sense of history about them. Sometimes I get to use someone’s great grandfather’s wrenches or a fender from someone’s first bike. It’s really cool to actually know some of that history. If those pieces could talk they would have quite the story to tell, I try to tell that story with my art..not just what it looks like visually; BUT what it’s actually made of when you really study it. The music really helps out the process too, really enjoy a lot of older punk, 50’s rock and roll…you know, the kind of stuff that gets you speeding tickets.”…he laughed…”SO the pieces, the history and the music all melt into one…is that right?”…”sure, something like that.”

Well it was all starting to come together.

5-10 with no parole…
With all this madness about there was also a sense of calm like this “CAT” had already walked down several side streets and knew which garbage cans to knock over and which ones to leave alone. There is no such thing as a free ride, no ticket to the sure thing. When you stand on the edge of that cliff and watch the stones fall from beneath your feet, that if when the dust settles and you’re still there?….well then it was meant to be. It takes major courage to do what we love and “luck” has nothing to do with it. Follow your path, knock over the cans that are right and stay true to yourself. He was proud of what he was doing and passionate when he held the part up to the light for inspection. It all seemed to be a journey I reckon.
“The people I have met through my artwork have been amazing. Trading work with other artist’s that I have looked up to for years. Bartering artwork for access to junkyards, it’s always something different. Random piles of parts that “mysteriously” get dropped off in the driveway at home. When people do stuff like that, it’s like them saying that they know who I am and know what I do..that I will take those parts and show them respect by making something amazing out of them. I figure in 5 to 10 years, SHIT 30 years even! I will still be doing what I do. I’ll be a bit heavier, maybe less hair, traveling to shows in the north east…definitely a lot more tattoos. I never want to be paroled from this..this is what I am and what I want to do…forever. I’m just gonna keep doing what I do and let it lead me where it leads me. Out west, down south…really couldn’t tell ya.”

Stayed late into the night watching the latest creation evolve, periodically going out doors for some air and to see if any more birds dropped out of the sky from the previous time. “Yup, there were 4 out here before, now there are 7.” Burning the wire feed late into the night seemed to be the normal fashion for this fine sculptor. “If you really dig what you do, you’ll feel like you never worked a day in your life.”

ROD~ON!
~669

To have your very own Adam Mulcahy artwork (like I do..yee~haw), or to simply per~ooze his stuff you can hit him up on myspace.com/jeeppunk49 or email mulcahyjunkart@yahoo.com

Miss Renegade - March/April 2010

2010-05-13T21:13:00.000-04:00

In this issue our Miss Renegade is the lovely Jenn from Victory Tattoo in Ormond By The Sea Florida on US1.

Rnegade Magazine's Church of Chop - Old School Rod & Chopper Show!

2009-11-06T12:15:00.000-05:00

Brothers and sisters, come one come all!
The next Church of Chop Old School Hot Rod & Bike Show!
Is scheduled for Saturday Nov., 28th at the Iron Horse Saloon!
Turkey Rod Run weekend. Live music with the Kins of Hell, second band TBA!
Miss Renegade Pin-Up Contest with a $200 Cash prize for the winner,
plus a chance becoming the next Miss Renegade!
Registration for the Rod & Bike Show is 9AM - Noon Awards at 3PM "Custom Trophys"
Bands start at 2PM.

Don't miss the original Church of Chop show!
Accept no imitations!

Biketoberfest Party!

2009-10-10T12:32:00.000-04:00

ATTENTION! CHANGE OF PLANS!THE RENEGADE MAGAZINE BIKETOBERFEST PARTY IS BACK WHERE IT BELONGS! AT OUR STUDIOS! Friday October 16th - Party starts at 5pm Live Music with the Kings of Hell Plus Eric Fury & The King Rockers! FREE BEER and BOOZE While it lasts! Renegade Studios are located at 163 Carswell Ave Daytona Beach, FL 32117 Google it!

Billy Lane gets six years

2009-08-14T12:30:00.000-04:00

Billy Lane, one today's most talented custom bike builders was sentenced to 6 years in prision with 3 years probation to follow and a lifetime loss of license today.

Lane, 39, faced up to nine years in prison after a judge in June OK’d a plea deal in which prosecutors agreed to drop a charge of DUI manslaughter due to a Sept. 4, 2006, crash that left fellow biker Gerald Morelock dead.

According to police Lane’s blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit when he crossed a double-yellow line at 68 mph to past three cars on State Road A1A south of Melbourne Beach. He crashed his Dodge pickup head on into 56-year-old Morelock’s small Yamaha motorcycle.

Today Billy’s lawyer plead his case focusing on the positive aspects of Billy’s life and the public service he has done with children, the military, and local organizations. He emphasized the good that Billy can do and has done and his ability to reach out to the younger generation.

While The Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte' Stallworth who is black, was sentenced to only a month in jail, and got two years under house arrest and eight years on probation for his DUI manslaughter conviction.

Von Dutch artifact

2009-08-05T13:19:00.000-04:00

A member of The Jalopy Journal recently stumbled upon a pretty incredible find and I figured you guys might be interested as well… It’s not often that you see freshly recovered Von Dutch artifacts.

re-posted from Jockyjournal.com

New Website

2009-08-04T00:06:00.000-04:00

As you may have noticed there has been a lot of changes to our website, we are currently up dating our website. Please have a little patients as we complete the site.

Our intention is bring you the best online experience as possible, with thousands of photos in our galleries, for you to peruse through, with photos from our shows and events plus more of the stunning photos that appear in Renegade Magazine! The hottest pin-up girls, the coolest hot rods and choppers, from across the country and around the world! We will try to keep you up to date on all the latest custom culture news, from our Church of Chop shows, other car and bike shows from all across the US, plus concerts, products, and more, here on our renegade blog.

We have also added a forum for our readers to connect with each other to talk tech, talk trash, buy, sell & trade whatever you want. We just want to create a place to help support the scene.

While we encourage you to subscribe to Renegade or purchase our single issues from our website, showing your support for the scene you love. You can also view each issue, on-line, in its entirety for FREE that’s right you can view each issue for free on line. But in order for us to continue to bring you the coolest custom culture magazine around we need your support, so please subscribe to the print issue, and tell your local news rack owner that they should carry Renegade Magazine!

Kick It!

Scharf

Bruce Rossmeyer Killed in motorcycle accident

2009-07-31T08:50:00.000-04:00

Bruce Rossmeyer, one of the nation's largest Harley-Davidson dealers and a major supporter of the Boggy Creek charity that has helped thousands of children, was killed Thursday in a motorcycle acident in Wyoming while on his way to the Sturgis, S.D., motorcycle rally.
Rossmeyer, was traveling in the western part of the state on Highway 28 about 11 a.m. with five other motorcyclists when they came up to a pickup pulling a camp trailer and tried to pass, according to the Wyoming Highway Patrol.
"The pickup slowed and activated his left signal," Lt. Shawn Dickerson said. "Four of the motorcycles passed to the left . . . When Mr. Rossmeyer attempted to pass, the truck made its left turn and he hit the driver's side door. The sixth motorcycle swerved to the right and avoided collision."
Rossmeyer, who was not wearing a helmet, was ejected from his bike and came to rest under the camp trailer, Dickerson said. He was declared dead at the scene.

Rossmeyer had attended a Harley dealers meeting in Denver and was headed for Thermopolis, Wyo., where he planned to meet with the Hamsters, Grady Pfeiffer, a friend of Rossmeyer's and spokesman for the Hamsters told the Rapid City (S.D.) Journal. From there they were planning to ride to Sturgis.

"The family isn't ready to make a statement. The media will be notified when they are."

Bruce Rossmeyer will surly be missed by many in the motorcycle and business communities.

Check the teaser for the upcomin' H9 Movie:

2009-07-20T19:28:00.000-04:00

Check it out...

2009-07-18T15:16:00.000-04:00

The Church of Chop! That's right brothers and sisters the Church of Chop is bring it's Custom Culture Circus to Saints & Sinners Pub in Destination Daytona, in Ormond Beach, FL off I-95 & US1. You don't want to miss it! Kick ass Hot Rods, Rat Rods, Pin-Up Girls and some ass kicking music from the Hollowbody Hellraisers and Knock Down Drag Out! Be there or be square! Saturday August 29th Show starts at noon.