Brain Drain Episode 50 with Forde Brookfield & Toby Batchelor 🧠
Prepare yourself for nearly 3 hours of skateboarding, art & death metal geekery with the incredible Funeral French!
In this episode we discuss everything from his intensive back catalog of artwork, designing boards for @heroinskateboarding, @CreatureFiends, @zeroskateboards, @blacklabelskates, the birth of Witchcraft Hardware, 1939 and Dungeon Gateway, insane art commissions, being the driver for @ThrasherMag U.K. vacation, the brilliant P-Stone, working for @ShinerPixels, favourite thrash & death metal bands, sketchy Belgium tours, german sausages, growing up in Aldershot, designing pro boards for Eric Dressen and a whole load more!
00:00 - Coming up on this episode/intro
03:38 - Favorite pastys & the legend of Pin of Werrytown.
07:52 - Skating with Colin Fiske and Dave Vey's fur coat...
11:39 - Where is French from, getting into skateboarding and his first proper set up!
16:20 - Working at Shiner Distribution and the change in board shapes and graphics
21:50 - Truck geekery, the decline of professional skateboarders and the first NFT skateboarding brand?
30:22 - French's early skate crew and venturing out to new cities...
36:00 - When did French start getting into art and his school years.
39:58 - French's distinctive art style, using mixed media and his early graphics for Heroin Skateboards...
49:24 - What was the first commission French ever got and getting hints from James Jarvis & Mark Foster.
1:01:23 - What's the biggest commission French has ever had and working alongside his wife on collaborations...
1:09:39 - Who were some of French's biggest clients and obscure commissions!
1:18:39 - What other big brands has French worked for? (Adio, Nike, Adidas, Emerica, Vans, Etnies, Planet Earth, Kr3w, Volcom, Altamont, etc.)
1:27:45 - Does French keep one of everything with brands he's collaborated with and getting commissions from Zero Skateboards, Black Label Skateboards, Creature Skateboards, Santa Cruz & more!
1:36:49 - Doing artwork for Thrasher and Metal bands, his current favourite bands and where did the name "Funeral French" come from?
1:42:28 - The history of Witchcraft Hardware, creating his own shapes and guests artists!
1:57:11 - Designing graphics for Black Label Skateboards, talking with John Lucero over the phone and giving away decks and clothing to his friends and family.
2:04:03 - 1939 Skates and making graphics for Sleep, Witch, Dinosaur Jr., Earthless, High on Fire & Graveyard!
2:11:39 - Car13 Wheels...
2:15:13 - Being the driver for Thrasher Magazines 2014 Vacation in England and Phelps being an absolute cock.
2:23:49 - Who's got the best Frontside Grinds and Mark Munson impersonations...
2:33:09 - What lead up to French and the Witchcraft Hardware team getting arrested in Belgium?
2:37:45 - If the world ran out of beans, what would French out on his toast and some absolutely incredible German impersonations!
2:42:36 - The origins of the "French" nickname...
2:44:36 - Farewells and credits!
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Presented by: Forde Brookfield (@bagheadcrew) & Toby Batchelor (@tobybatchelor)
Edited by: Forde Brookfield
Audio Mixing: Forde Brookfield
Timestamps: Forde Brookfield
Producer: Handsome Ed (@edward._.pratt)
Thumbnail: Michael Wright
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