Bonez and Stan arrested

Date January 28, 2006

It looks like the graffiti scene in Melbourne has lost at least two of its most prolific members, Bonez and Stan. I’m not a big fan of graffiti, particularly when it’s just tagging, but these guys are unbelievable. I don’t think I have seen a suburb in Melbourne that hasn’t borne the 70k tags. One of the first things I saw when I was up in Sydney was a big Bonez tag written across a run down storefront. It’s not just the sheer amount of work either, some of the tags have been in the most amazing places – tops of buildings, billboards, overpasses. Some have been massive too, going on the train from Southern Cross to Flinders Street you can spot some big tags on the tops of buildings.
So anyway, it looks like Melbourne’s big ‘crackdown’ has caught some big fish. As good as it is for them, it’s slightly disappointing from a viewers perspective.

View Comments to “Bonez and Stan arrested”

  1. JollyMunkie said:

    Thanks for that info, I have been watching their work for the past couple of years. THey are everywhere, still not my fav, that forever belongs to “This is a heavy product” guy.

  2. Raduza said:

    Yeah, that’s pretty cool. I like the superb work of the Melbourne stencillers, they continue to amaze me. And there’s always ‘Dolphins are people too’…

  3. Anonymous said:

    I for one am not dissapointed at all these guys have been caught. Just tagging everywhere is what has given graph its bad name. melbourne is a world capital in stenciling. Stan and bonez work is shit. The price of fame guys

  4. Elinor said:

    THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
    This has been driving me nuts! Bonez Stan appears about almost 10 times on the train trip to school (On the short part, from Finders st to school) and it’s been making go mental.
    Can’t thankyou enough lol.

  5. woody said:

    they ahvent both been caught anyway…only ,bones

  6. Mark said:

    Hey, it’s Boony here, the cricketer. Umm… just wanted to ask stan and/or Bonez what’s up?

  7. Boony said:

    Mark, I don’t know who you think you are, but you shouldn’t be using my name on random blogs. Anyway, what’s up?

  8. Jobe said:

    Bonez is in Japan
    Stan is in jail

    They Are true legends of australias graffiti art No they dont do pieces but they do it in the best places unlike Vosk who just do it everywhere these guys are actually skilled

  9. jme said:

    my fav piece of there’s was as on a building across from the melb aquarium. it was on a billboard at the very top of a building. it was basic but so good how they got up there. good stuff guys

  10. Raduza said:

    Yep, that was the one I was thinking of, pretty amazing. There’s another huge one on the roof of a warehouse or similar somewhere, but I can’t remember where.

  11. Luke said:

    iv been in the werehouse at clifton hill were the pieces of stan and bones is and i dont no how they got on tha roof. they are crazy bombers

  12. Anonymous said:

    Dolphins are people too appeared on the bowl of fitzroy skatepark. Pretty Funny. -d

  13. Rade said:

    So this is the latest, BONEZ arrested 5 years prison plus a huge fine as an add on and Stanley is curently in France, but when his visa there runs the Victorian Police will have him in custody when he exits the airport…. enjoy

  14. Whop said:

    Bonez and Stanley are kings.

  15. prim_OSK said:

    70k still lives, its not just bonez and stan

  16. Anonymous said:

    ahhh….stan bonez 70K….. i love the childishness of the tag but what really trips me out the most is the fact that it is EVERYWHERE. At first i thought it was just in the city but then i noticed it in suburbia…

  17. Anonymous said:

    Thanks for that info, I have been watching their work for the past couple of years. THey are everywhere, still not my fav, that forever belongs to “This is a heavy product” guy.

    —> for your information that was bonez before 70k

  18. yarf said:

    bonez and rencs were piecing and bombing way before 70k was formed. check out a freight yard and see how many rencs throwies you see.

    to the haters who say 70k made graff shit, shut the fuck up, dont talk shit about something you know nothing about.

  19. penisman said:

    haha funally someone caught these toys!, burn bonez and stan, u hav ruined melbourne for too long, toy toy toy, thank god they got u cunts, VOSKOS NEXT MUTHAFUKAZZ!!! TOYS GET CRUSHED, TGC – CI

  20. david said:

    shit guyz ther so much bullshit going on bout those two i wudnt belive anything, a week ago i met one dude that sed that bonez in still in tasmania?:S dunno and then i met a dude hu sed ther on the run in europe and these two noe both of em personally so i just dont believe any shit these days but i think ther in europe. owell i wud like to see more of em those two are not human ther two fukn spidermen!!!ther insane!!!KEEP ON GRAFFEN -BSK-

  21. al.man said:

    mm, whats the deal with ADA, that tag is fucking everywhere.

    OI SOMEONE GET SOME PHOTOS OF MORE BONEZ TAGS AND MAKE LIKE A BONEZ 70K STAN GALLERY THING CHEERS

  22. dickface said:

    wats up with everyone hatin em? bonez and stan got mad bombing skillz. theyre fuckin everywhere.

  23. james said:

    Bonez and stan true legends of the graffiti world in melbourne 70k still lives the fukn true legends of taging really are bonez and stan

  24. godlyk_greek said:

    BONEZ AND STAN WILL STILL TAG EVEN IF ON THE RUN MALAKA POOSTIE

  25. godlyk_greek said:

    BONEZ AND STAN WILL STILL TAG EVEN IF ON THE RUN

  26. ? said:

    i seen stan tags in france

  27. pure ownage said:

    stand bonez and 70k are all legends!!! ffs owned!!!!! my mates always look at threr tags STAN BONEZ AND 70 K FTW!!!!!

  28. TLK said:

    stan bonez 70k…..
    whatcan i say? pure legends
    they have opened up the grafitti scene for me atleast. those little tags that u cant read are stupid and stan bonez 70k have just came out with these fat ass massive things and their fuckin everywhere.well if theyre really in jail well i give em best wishes to get out out of their as soon as possible and get back on the streets to do what they were meant to do. and by the way TLK owns!!!!!!

  29. som1 said:

    stan and bonez work is amazing they should not have been caught they may not have been the best at “graffiti” but there work was excellent.

  30. pozzie said:

    Bonez and Stan seem to hang out with Meow and Renks as well. The really old Renks stuff was in Bubble writing… must have been before he met up with Bonez.

  31. sam said:

    bones and stan are gutsy, they get in good spotts, but bones is a fuken toy cunt, stan is no king, they made melbourne look shit, all of 70k is shitty peices or rollyies, i have only seen one good peice of work from stan, it was a throwie in sth melb, there lucky not to be capped by the modern SKILLED writers, peace

  32. Jughead said:

    So has anyone out there seen the 70k DVD yet? ;) Its nothing but pure Melbourne Madness. 70k Smashing it.

  33. anonymous said:

    graffiti is the heart n soul of melbourne.
    lay off all you oldies.
    if you dont like it its too bad coz its gunna out last all off you. N nyone out there whos a graffer i advise you see the movie stylewars. its about the begginnings of modern day graffiti in New York.
    catch

  34. thatdudefromaus said:

    thats no good!! i heard there in Italy right now from a certain someone.. anyways VOSK did get caught!! i also hear he is an informant now!!! but who nows what to beleive ay…
    the streets are always saying things!! peace

  35. penisman said:

    wwhere can i see the 70k dvd?

  36. Anonymous said:

    &0′s Music is dope – you realise how much these cunts have actrually done. Back in the day

  37. Anonymous said:

    whoops

    70′s Music the DVD is sick

  38. tastes like penisman said:

    anyone know where i can see it???

  39. no name said:

    bonez n stan are some of Australias most prolific and influential graffiti writers, they havnt ruined anything they make people want to go harder, its fools like vosk who go over pieces and slash people they will never be able to compete with(i.e dorps)..

    and for the record stencils are for queers

  40. james said:

    hey does any1 know were 2 get the 70k video from??

  41. james said:

    hey has any1 seen some zime cunt he slashed

  42. david said:

    u all toys m8 i fucking burn those bunch of toy vosk owns u toy cunts

  43. david said:

    u all toys m8 i fuking burn those bunch of toy vosk owns u toy cunts

  44. L.C said:

    I’d like to ask people to tell me the whole story about this stan and bonez so called duo.

    I was on my way from melbourne airport when i first noticed the huge “stanley bonez” gaff. also on my train ride to the city i saw the same tag. but i wouldnt call it a tag. i looked closer and it looks to be painted with a brush. not a spray can.
    i later saw in sydney the same tag. these guys get around.

    whats the deal?

  45. Anonymous said:

    please can someone show me somewhere i can see the dvd? please??

  46. casesensitive said:

    dolphins are tuna too!

  47. Casesensitive said:

    for obvious reasons the DVD is not available in Australia.

  48. FLUKE said:

    ur a fuck head, the dvd is avalibal, i got it last week, its fukin crazy, pitty they got caught

  49. Anonymous said:

    can anyone youtube it???? plz???

  50. Fuckhead said:

    What can I say Bonez style of peace’s are mad so orignal and everywhere I look, unlike all ya week arse copyerz out there with no style! and 2 all ya copyerz fuck off!!! you know who you are!

  51. Skae said:

    STAN and BONES are fuking legends! tjose guy are the gutsiest n hardest working graffers ever cn in melb, its a pitty that they had 2 b caught. R.I.P. 70k !!!

  52. NHR said:

    bones and stan R.I.P melbournes best taggers unlike that fuckwit VOSKO who writes shit anywhere and not in notcible places!

    does anyone know about FTK?

  53. Yeh i Rite! said:

    its a fucken pitty.. vosko destroying lots of there stuff was a pitty! well vosko got done as well. what big time bombers are left?? fuck all!

  54. NHR said:

    watch out there is a lot more FTK! coming up, yes vosco did get done but his not been charged or made to appear court, he just has to turn up to cop shop day in day out, also he got done 8 months ago and i see his new tags along laburnum and box hill station…he tags with feret and FTK is free tha krew/fuck tha kops!

  55. NHR said:

    watch out there is a lot more FTK! coming up, yes vosco did get done but his not been charged or made to appear court, he just has to turn up to cop shop day in day out, also he got done 8 months ago and i see his new tags along laburnum and box hill station…he tags with feret and FTK is free tha krew/fuck tha kops!

  56. NHR said:

    watch out there is a lot more FTK! coming up, yes vosco did get done but his not been charged or made to appear court, he just has to turn up to cop shop day in day out, also he got done 8 months ago and i see his new tags along laburnum and box hill station…he tags with feret and FTK is free tha krew/fuck tha kops!

  57. Anonymous said:

    sum1 youtube 70k dvd plz

  58. V.O.G said:

    RiP stan nd bones u were gun graffers nd vosko fuking wanker u could neva measure up

  59. # VeRm # said:

    bonez nd stan u fukin legends r.i.p 70k vosko cappin em is bullshit but vosko is a gun im breakin out

  60. Anonymous said:

    nah sum one should you tube it:)

  61. Anonymous said:

    Don’t hate the players hate the game. 70K still burn.

  62. fools said:

    ok 1st, not ‘peaces’ its pieces. 2nd not ‘graph’ its graff short for graffiti.. 3rd stan and bones are not caught, both were raided and stan was never arrested for questioning. they didnt take it serious enough and released bonez on bail. both fleeing to europe… not that you see that blowing up in the paper like them getting ‘busted’. 4th vosko had to go to court on the 17/1/07 for ‘NHR’ and ‘yeh i write’. long live FTK. get all your facts straight before you run around pretending to know what you are talking about. peace

  63. Anonymous said:

    sooo ummm youtube it

  64. yeahyeah said:

    VOSKO is fucking sick as if hes shit n does it in places were u cant see he does it massive in the most gutsiest places ever and 70k are the biggest fucking ledgends ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  65. sam said:

    stan n bonez were fucken legends ive never caught a train around melbourne n never not seen 1 of their tagz. how do they get up on the billboards n rooftops and free ways n shit??? legens

  66. Peter said:

    They are good!

  67. Lukek said:

    Vosko and bonez

  68. Anonymous said:

    bones fuckin killz vos bones is on every line vosko wishes he was half of 70k hes a jealous toy!! keep killin it BONEZY!!!!!!!!!!!

  69. its true! said:

    vosk loves stan!
    and bones!
    it’s true!

  70. Anonymous said:

    true!

  71. CaMa said:

    RIP – Stan + Bonez + Renks + Vosko

    Always loved – Forever missed….

    or

    Does the heritage continue?

  72. Anonymous said:

    70K are the kings of bombing in melbourne, along with peazer and zork.
    Its Bonez, Renks, Stan, Carl, Peezor, Zork. They are the guys that bombed the hardest and the best. Vosk bombed but is a tryhard toy.
    Anyway 70K beat the cops. Bonez n stan are holydaying in Europe and Renks beat his case. I saw it in the paper the other day. Dude didnt even get convicted.
    70K are geniouses.

  73. Anonymous said:

    sickcunts
    fuck yeah to the above.
    Just saw the paper other day.
    Renks walked free.
    Kingz.

  74. ADM said:

    We’ll still be seeing 70k tags when we’re on the pension. They’re the best writers to ever live in Melbourne.

  75. Anonymous said:

    got any proof of the renks article?

  76. melb bomba said:

    i thought he might be renks, but am not 100% shure, as they only mentioned he had a renks blackbook. can anyone confirm that it was renks? dont bother sayin it was if you have no fuckin idea either.

  77. KERB said:

    stan and bones are ledgends, they have bombed in place what look impossible to reach.Vosko is up, but he capps cunts.

  78. Anonymous said:

    fuck vosko the toy cunt he needs 2 get a style 70k have there own style vosko just a try hard wanna be 70k toy!!!!! rip 70k vosko still cant compare

  79. MIER said:

    VOSK IS A TOY, HE CRAPPY LITTLY THROW DOWNS ARE SHITTY, I THOUGHT HE GOT FINED 100,000 FOR HIS SHIT

  80. osh said:

    it sux

  81. mj said:

    someone’s got to get the 70k vid up

  82. Anonymous said:

    Do a search on the herald-sun newspaper site. Renks escaped conviction but was ordered to pay $30,000 for damages.

  83. Anonymous said:

    Renks wont have to pay $30,000. Ive known a few people that have got big fines, they pay a couple of grand and then it gets forgotten.

  84. BDSM said:

    if you cant get the 70k vid yourself, then you dont desurve to see it

  85. frainkinstine said:

    I just wanna say that i dont have a 70k tag in my suburb in melbourne and its near train lines

  86. fuzzy said:

    stan and bonez are kings of graff in my eyes ive been watching them 4 years stan would be my bigest idol, sad to see them go down, but ya do the crime ya gota pay 4 it…

  87. ben said:

    bonez nd stan have done a good job gettin up every wer i wish i was as good as them.
    raze rtd bitch!!!!!!!!!!!!

  88. ben said:

    sum dick hed said dat bonez is in japan
    wat a tool he is in eorope u retarded fag!!!!!!!!!!!
    raze rtd bitch!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  89. dw said:

    bonez stanz wot guns they are eveywhere in melb cant believe lol

  90. bones is toy said:

    bones is a TOY

  91. JOSH said:

    SPOOK RTD SPOOK SPOOK SPOOK SPOOK SPOOK SPOOK RTD RTD RTD RTD

  92. john said:

    stenciling is very very gay.. that is all.

  93. jordz said:

    leaders of rtd uneek gee scarz members in rtd sPoOK raze kronic dumbo zapaez tazer sinz kosta spaz

  94. jordan said:

    bonez and stan r the fucken best u see them every where i m a fan of graffiti i like them guy from rtp marblz and bunzen

  95. jordan said:

    bonez and stan r the fucken best u see them every where i m a fan of graffiti i like them guy from rtp marblz and bunzen

  96. jordan said:

    fuck rtd the fucken toy dogs bunzen fuckes us up the only alright 1 is raze. sinz and kosta arnt in that toy ass krew

    bunzen marblz beloe kripels
    kraze drift mortal author
    kenny RTP rtp rtp rtp rtp rtp rtp rtp rtp rtp rtp rtp rtp! and any way bonez stan renks meow are thr fucken best in melbourne by fare

  97. jordan said:

    bonez stanly vosko rawts sick i think run melbourne bro

    bunzen rtp! marblz rtp rawt the public

  98. raduza sucks bigones said:

    raduza is a big toolface dicklicker and he probably is happy and stan bonez and 70k are better than him

  99. renks one said:

    your all toy

  100. johhno said:

    Stan and Bonez want their heads kicking in. Defacing the rocking ‘Ahhh Fosters Lager’ sign on the top of Markillies hotel is an act of ignorance and extreme conciet. Fuck them

  101. Anonymous said:

    fuck rtd toys, should be retARdS. hahah renks got 3 months the poor cunt…

  102. anon said:

    word up… vosk is clearly the king of melbs.. stan and bonez get around heaps but they are wak as fuk man……
    whos this fukn goose a couple of posts up sayin that FTK stands for
    “fuck the kops” … mate FTC is fuck the cops…
    FTK is “Famous to kops, Full time Krime”
    peace…
    props to FTK-tomart paybak vosk…
    ps stan is still hittin up trains, i saw a 70k stanley train roll into the station a couppla weeks ago mate at bout 9.30… and connex buff that shit like daily… laters

  103. twizzle said:

    i heard most of their work got all buffed n shit before commonwealth games ? n where the fuk r they are they both in europe or????

  104. nervez said:

    stan and bonez r fkn sickk!!!

    70k is the greatest

  105. juxta - "fright" said:

    sup graffin peeps. startin to get into tha scene now. stan n bonez were good but they did not good pieces. but they got in tha fken hardest places eva, can sum1 tell me how tha fuk they got up there??????????. there are sum new 1′s along the city now like “gh”. any 1 know what tha fine is if u get caught, on tha net it says $26,000 n 2 yrs jail????.wtf, fuk that. any1 actually been caught recently???????

  106. lol said:

    lol vosko still writes.. you’ll see it up alot very soon haha. clue: got something to do with toys starts with t ends in a 5 letters. btw everyone dissin vosk is a toy. you’ll never get in any of his places i.e victoria st richmond for one. has big vos throwies on every roller door. try strolling down richmond after 11 at nite.

  107. jake said:

    yo
    i like 70k they chucked alot of shit in hard places its no secret but with all do respect they arnt good at piecing

    piece v.s place quality v.s skill 70k are excellent but they can not piece

    vosko=legend he pieced tagged everywhere props

  108. JAMES said:

    YOUR ALL FAGGOTS

  109. JAMES said:

    VOSKO IZ A SIK AZ CUNT

  110. spherix said:

    Thanks for that info, I have been watching their work for the past couple of years. THey are everywhere, still not my fav, that forever belongs to “This is a heavy product” guy.

    THAT WAS BONEZ BEFORE THE 70K days, when he used to write “bob”

  111. john woodstone said:

    You people do not have the slightest chances wat you are on about. These guys are just doing what they do, Graffiti is not a reason to go to jail for…its pointless vandalism that can be cleaned off anyway. 70k have got to be respected in the 'graph' world. And for the people who think they are just taggers, maybe you should look around for wat some pieces say, “STAN” “BONEZ” “RENKS” “GEEK” etc…
    This is just my opinion

  112. THE TRUTH said:

    Stan and Bonez are kings for many reasons, any cunt who says theyre toys are fucking ignorant wana-b's who are without doubt toys themselfs, just because you dont like the style, dosnt mean its shit. VOSKO IS A INFORMANT DOG, how can you be done graffin and dealin smack so many times without convictions and jail time?

  113. pumpunikl said:

    you fuckin idiot how has tagging given graph a bad name when it originated from people tagging

  114. Stan said:

    We will be back in 2010 suckers with two new words, reviving 70k! 1970's kids will never die!

  115. jordan said:

    stfu
    vosc is fresh

  116. jordan said:

    no they dont arse wipe

  117. jordan said:

    ur a gimp

  118. braydeskies onaaa said:

    i thought they gapped it to britain :S

  119. nameedeeeee said:

    Stan, Bonez and Renks are the same person.

  120. asif0ner said:

    Fuck connex
    fuk the pigs

  121. pitbull said:

    You can purchase the dvd for cheap from http://www.thepitbullpress.com

  122. hollo09 said:

    Stan 5 months ago
    We will be back in 2010 suckers with two new words, reviving 70k! 1970's kids will never die!

    if that's you stan, your a fucking legend, cant wait to see you get up again. anyone who hates 70k and vosko you're a fucking dumb cunt, they got up more then any of you cunts could!

  123. Name said:

    zimer is the biggest in mts wouldnt fuck with him

  124. 0__________0 said:

    MY FAVORITE MELBOURNE ARTIST'S:

    - ZORK – PEEZOR – INTENZ – SCREAM – STANLEY – BONEZ – REIFY -

  125. 0__________0 said:

    + PEEZOR + ZORK + SICK + INTENZ + SCREAM + STANLEY + BONEZ + REIFY +

  126. 9MiL said:

    vosko is a goose kunt, all you wak rats bunch of fkn snitches dropping names n shit!!

  127. REASM.oner said:

    Stan Bonez & Renks along with Meow, Are by far Melburns BEST! And are the notorious Kings and always will be!

  128. aphuckinveteran said:

    They make no effort in style and flood the place with shit. Mainly give graff a bad name from an outsider perspective. I give these guys credit for HOW MUCH they have got up, but where has the style gone, seriously.

    I take note of above comments about toys saying these guys are toys, but their stlyes are seriously coming out of kindergarten and if you cant see that then your the ignorant one.

    Leave bombing to people with a diverse bombing stlye, eg. zork and peaser.

  129. gerfri said:

    yeah me to i thourgh that they went there and got cort graffin there :S

  130. city oner said:

    have you seen thair piece's in thair vid they burn any graffers nower days

    they reck frankston south ;)

  131. asdf said:

    26,000, u have to do so much for that

  132. asdf said:

    yea they went to britain. dunno if they got caught there or not. probably did tho

  133. omer said:

    i heard he an informant too snitches are a dying breed

  134. omer said:

    vosco is a rat

  135. ROGERR said:

    dont be a dumb cunt. you dont know fuck all about the scene. There real writers because they hit panels and you cant call yourself a true writer if you dont hit panels, there style is their own style, thats how what there known for? stan is known for his absorb letters and bones is known for his bones and lines. thats his style. shut the fuck up and stay out of this scene because you obviously dont belong or no anything about it.

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