
TERROR 161 "Ancient History" Drawing
TERROR 161 "Ancient History" Drawing. marker on paper. Measures 8.5x 11, from 2013. TERROR 161 began his career on in 1973 under the name TARANTULA 235 with a spider icon dominating the virgin territory of his neighborhood, the Riverdale section of the Bronx. By 1974 he had developed style and the new name TERROR 161, an homage to the two great writers JUNIOR and CAY 161. From 1974 to 1977, TERROR 161 and his crew The MOB ( Masters of Broadway ) went to the One Yard – located in their backyard in Riverdale – every weekend. TERROR started a string crude pieces that he began numbering. He hit the insides hard as well. In 1977 he retired with a reputation as a strong blue-collar writer on the One's – but there were a lot of those, and TERROR 161 wanted more. In 1980 he bumped into his old crew mate AMMO. The two old friends got to talking and before either one of them knew it they were climbing the fence to the One yard with a bag of paint. TERROR changed his name to JAYSON(J.SON