The Misfits.

American Psycho.

A version of The Misfits resurfaced from the swamps of New Jersey in the mid 1990s. They released a new album on Geffen in 1997. A partnership between a horror punk band and a skateboard company that likes spooky stuff totally made sense.

Speaking of New Jersey, Thrasher has a new Out There story with Fred Gall. Fred is out there in the overlooked parts of the state building DIY spots with concrete and still ripping.

The photo is by Frank White. It's probably not the same guy who played second base for the Royals. I'd venture a guess that the little photo of Jason and Eddie is by Jai Tanju.

Thrasher - September 1996 Volume 16 Number 9

Hanzy Driscoll #2.

Hanzy stands up on a tall 50-50 in the dead of the night.

enjoi's Bag of Suck turns 15 this year. Chops has an entertaining interview with Louie Barletta up at the Chrome Ball Incident and the new Thrasher has a feature on the making of the video.

Thrasher - August 1997 Volume 17 Number 8

Joe Nemeth.

Joe is from Las Vegas, Nevada. He made the switch from one monster squad to the next in that he rode for Toy Machine and then switched to Scarecrow. He's got a pretty good command of flip tricks and upped his game to include handrails for his part in Disturb Not the Sleep of Death, the Scarecrow Wheels video from 1996. Joe is not related to Crazy Eddie Nemeth.

Thrasher - April 1997 Volume 17 Number 4

Thom Hornung #2.

Haunted ollie.

Thom is from Louisville, Kentucky. He has ridden for a few companies over the years, including G & S, Maple, and Scarecrow. I think he is or was involved with the Otherness, a small board brand that sponsors Brent Atchley, Barker Barrett, and Shannon May. Thom also helped launch Home Skateshop in Louisville back in 1994.

Props to Mark Suciu and the British Tom Knox on the music choices in their latest video parts. See, we don't have to be stuck listening to oldies. You can use far better contemporary bands like Siouxsie & The Banshees and Cluster. It's easy.

Thrasher - March 1997 Volume 17 Number 3

Scarecrow Team 1996.

It's spooky season.

This is the Scarecrow team from 1996. The crew included Jason Adams, Thom Hornung, Ben Horton, Dorian Tucker, the late Crazy Eddie Nemeth, Joe Nemeth, and Ronnie Marshall. They timed out a Halloween advertisement perfectly with the calendar.

Thrasher - November 1996 Volume 16 Number 11

Adrian Mallory #2.

Adrian locks into a scary noseslide.

Did they Photoshop Navs into the background?

Thrasher - December 2011 Volume 31 Number 12

James Hardy #3.

Snakebite.

James preforms a difficult nollie to frontside feeble down a handrail. He was quite the rail and gap destroyer in his prime. There's an extra sick kickflip over a grass gap in that old Fallen video, too.

Thrasher - December 2011 Volume 31 Number 12

Ben Raemers #3.

The dearly departed Ben hops out to 5-0 grind on the gritty streets of Merry Olde England.

What were we collectively thinking on giving up on supporting skater founded footwear companies in the early 2010s? That was the dumbest thing ever.

Thrasher - May 2011 Volume 31 Number 5

Emmanuel Guzman #4.

Eman reels in a frontside feeble over some difficult waters.

I thought the new Former video with Austyn Gillette and Jake Anderson that had a stop at Grant Taylor's turf in Atlanta was sick. More weirdo noise jams for video soundtracks, way less oldies.

Thrasher - April 2011 Volume 31 Number 4

Elissa Steamer #9.

Gnarhunting the chapel.

Elissa is a well known mini ramp ripper and is seen here taking a backside tail to a large concrete bowl.

Thrasher - August 2011 Volume 31 Number 8

Leo Romero #9.

Leo won SOTY ten years ago and hasn't really eased off the gas ever since. Who's got it for 2021?

The photograph is by Aaron Smith.

Thrasher - April 2011 Volume 31 Number 4

Nyjah Huston.

A fine Joy Division song turned into a board brand.

I feel like picking on Nyjah is low hanging fruit. It's too easy to do, so why bother? There are other things to gripe about. Of course, skateboarding has a natural tendency to be critical of other skaters for whatever reason. Sometimes these reasons are valid and other times they are somewhat arbitrary. Perhaps this is a good thing overall. I thought after the Heroes & Heavies of Black Skateboarding issue of Thrasher with Clyde Singleton's introduction for Nyjah's interview, we were going to dial it back a tad.

I don't remotely keep up with all that Nyjah does, but I've always given him a free pass because of the family discord he went through and and that he kept on skateboarding. His interests and skating don't really appeal to me. He's great at what he does. I'll gladly watch a Dakota Servold skate some rails, but when Nyjah does a gnarlier trick on a bigger rail, I'll pass. I'll give him his credit for sure. It's weird how that works.

Was this the first stand alone part you had to buy?

Thrasher - December 2011 Volume 31 Number 12

Danny Dicola.

I just liked the photo.

The picture is by Jehonathan "J-Hon" Poellnitz.

Thrasher - May 2011 Volume 31 Number 5

Dakota Servold #4.

No Ground.

This would have been some of Dakota's first big time coverage. He had a Thrasher cover in November of 2011, too. He would go on to turn pro for Foundation and is still riding for them. His shoe sponsor changed from the now defunct Dekline to the currently active Emerica. I'm not always a huge fan of handrail skating, but Dakota makes it look interesting. He's also been blasting some big street grabs over bump to bar scenarios.

Thrasher - August 2011 Volume 31 Number 8

Mark Gonzales #25.

I didn't remember this ad at all, but upon rediscovering it, it might be my all time favorite Gonz pic.

Thrasher - February 2012 Volume 32 Number 2

Dan Drehobl #27.

Bank King.

It was recently announced that the Kearny Street Pedestrian Bridge in San Francisco, better known as the China Banks, is slated for demolition. It was built in 1971 and numerous skateboard tricks have been documented on it over the decades. I've never visited the spot, but from the assorted anecdotes and photos, it has to be a completely difficult monster to skate. The banks don't have much bank to them and it is all brick so anything landed is worthy of celebration. I imagine you would get used to it after enough trips there, but it is probably not a fun learning process.

Thrasher - January 2012 Volume 32 Number 1

Brian "Slash" Hansen #2.

Alan Petersen for the new generation.

Beagle is filming in the background.

The photo is by the late Joe Hammeke.

Thrasher - December 2011 Volume 31 Number 12

Chris Miller #16.

Snakes and lizards.

Chris finally used up his surplus of old Mercury trucks and got on Thunder.

I think this is at Bucky Lasek's giant bowl.

Chris had a Bones Wheels ad on the same board, but at a backyard pool.

Thrasher - January 2012 Volume 32 Number 1

Evan Smith #3.

Punch a hole in the sky.

Evan has been on DC a long time. This ad would have been from the time he was heading in the pro direction for Element. Evan presently rides for Thomas Campbell's newish UMA Landsleds company.

Weren't a bunch of these DC ads from this period at constructed spots?

The photo is by Mike Blabac.

Thrasher - May 2011 Volume 31 Number 5

Dan Plunkett #2.

Let's go, Buffalo.

Dan takes a bluntslide down the large bannister outside of the long since closed Jim Kelly's Sports Bar in downtown Buffalo.

Thrasher - January 2012 Volume 32 Number 1

Dan Drehobl #26.

I wound up revisiting a bunch of Dan's parts from the early 2000s. He was on a serious spot wrecking spree in the 1990s and 2000s. The anniversary of Phil Shao's untimely passing was what led me to rewatching all of Dan's parts. I thought I'd compile a list of his highlights from that era.

2001: Thrasher cover in May and a sixteen page interview in October

2002: Think's Free At Last - This was a free video you had to write in for. Dan's part isn't very long as he was probably getting ready to switch to Krooked. He also had a 12 page interview in the August issue of Big Brother.

2003: Transworld's Free Your Mind

2003: King of the Road - part of the winning Deluxe team for the first run of the contest.

2005: Thrasher's Beer Helmet - This has basically two full parts of footage.

2006: Krooked's Kronichles

I'm going to end this meandering look at the mid 1990s that has been going on the last many months and check out some stuff from 2011 for the next few weeks starting on Monday. I'm also putting together the annual Halloween week to close out October.

Thrasher - July 1998 Volume 18 Number 7