TEACH DDS for Living Proof Magazine, Issue 8:
The DDS crew began in North London in 1991, originally founded by two brothers. By 1992 TEACH had gotten down with the crew and began painting heavily with one of the founding brothers. Early crew members include SUB, SHU, STAX, DIET, KEDZ, IRISH, FAUM72 and ZOMBY.
TEACH describes everyone in DDS as a “protagonist”, everyone plays their part. He was the youngest member of the crew and was part of their notorious London underground campaign in the early 1990s.
DDS ran the whole London underground for many years. With increased attention from police, eventually the majority of the members were aprehended. At the time, most graffiti crews in London would be active until apprehension. DDS changed things in that even after apprehension, they remained extremely active. TEACH’s graffiti in both approach and volume made him an iconic London graffiti writer that influenced many generations in the UK after him.