Ick Bio
Ick was Born & Raised in a small town on the shore of Lake Ontario & lead a relatively normal childhood … his early antics involved eating crayolas, hiding under tables & rubbing women’s hosiery, & running amok in the Family’s Auto-Wrecking Yard. Daydreamin’ & Drawin’ his life away.
His Ma who was a country-singer tortured his poor lil ears with constantly streaming Roots Style Bluegrass, Country & Western music which in turn forced him outside to play most of the time lol…(This would later come back to Ick in the form of the Stray Cats & Rockabilly in early adulthood)
His Pop a softhearted-hardass … showed Ick early all the sports he was no good at (he used to sit in center field ‘on’ his glove & got yelled at a lot =P ) That was Until the ripe ol’ age of 16 arrived, then his Pa the ‘Gearhead’ took over …since then between the 2 of they’ve built/owned over 100+ Heaps, most of ‘em were beaters or drivers (we owned a wreckers remember), a good portion of ‘em were down-right HOT & all of were COOL!!! Ol’ Pops even at 60 is still twistin’ Ick’s sorry lil brain-pan to this day with nasty visions of evil hot rods.
My First Car
Around the 17th year of Ol’ Icky’s life he was doin a bondo job on his new ’70 442 W-30 Junker (at that point lol) & he rolled across the street to the local corner store to get some refreshment & his eyes beheld a sight that flat-out staggered him… a lil brown eyed cutie workin’ the counter … now I wish I could write how suave Ickabodd was but that would be the exact opposite of how he actually was … So shy was he in-fact, he had major trouble makin’ eye contact with this lil honey … but he did ;)
My Second Car
Now Grab yer barf-bags folks ‘cause … 20 odd years later She still takes his breath away ,dazzles his eyes & makes his heart beat like a Nitro Burnin’Hemi-in-heat …
Ick & Tina are the real-deal ‘High school-Sweethearts’ (gag-choke) LoL!!
This is my Baddass Buick With my Sweety @ the helm =P
They ran with the local Street-Poundin’ Crowd from the early 80’s on… Draggin’ & Drinkin’ the nights away for years until everybody started getting’ married, sellin’ their wheels & havin’ kids … somewhere along the line Ick discovered Low-Brow Art ,Tattoos’ & alternative music ( Robert Williams & Rob Zombie I Luvs Ya!!). Ick became a small town Tattoo Artist in the mid 90’s, unfortunately shop politics & BS in general ended that career far to quickly, actually it ended the desire to artfully jab people again period …
During that time, Ick fell head-over-heels in love with the whole subculture art/music scene & started drinking in all it had to offer… Williams, Coop, Pizz, Xno, Von Franco, Crumb, Ryden were only part of the crew that injected Ick with a Voracious appetite for Art in general!!
Socialize with people who dig this freakshow & You Start to realize that the attitude was amazing, people were just plain cool-to-you ‘cause you were a FREAK/WEIRDO juss like them =P
WE WERE MISFITS… ALL OF US!!!
It’s been an ongoing love-affair ever since & with the Rat-Rod Psychobilly Culture blossoming at an alarming rate … Ick’s lil art niche is broad & expansive track now … He’s quite happy stompin’ all over the place like a kid in a candy store … drooling, gushing & deriving inspiration from the Culture he loves so much…
Tina, Icks lovely wife is a fantastic artist her-bad-self (… but she can get her own damn website & tell ya alla’bout it ;) LoL
More Later .... Updated March 11 2009
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