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Bud Bundy, Original Gangsta
David Faustino parlayed his Married ... With Children fame into a hugely influential hip-hop party. Now he wants back into the scene.
The work didn't take off. "I wasn't old enough to tell a story yet," he laments. "I just kind of did the couple of poppy songs that they helped me write. And when it didn't go over big, I just put the whole rap-artist thing on the back burner."
Balistyx itself wouldn't last much longer. After moving to a new venue — which the organizers describe as too big — on Highland Avenue, the party began to fall off altogether following the L.A. riots, in April 1992. "Suddenly it was not OK for 500 white kids and 300 black kids to be listening to hip-hop in the same club together," Adler says. "Race relations made it almost unacceptable for us to act like we were hard-core black kids."
PHOTO BY KEVIN SCANLON
David Faustino
PHOTO BY KEVIN SCANLON
David Faustino, right, and business partner Todd Bringewatt chill in Faustino's garage.
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Twenty years after the Whisky opened its doors to this motley crew, hip-hop has become the dominant musical subculture. Even Justin Bieber is rapping. The death of Balistyx coincided with West Coast rap's golden age, and talents who performed at the party went on to dominate the industry. Will.i.am's Black Eyed Peas, of course, have become one of the most successful groups in pop history.
The music industry's fortunes, conversely, could hardly be more bleak. After sales reach peaked in 2000, they have slowly declined and recently bottomed out. It's a tough time to run a label, but Faustino recently established his own, Old Scratch Records. The imprint is focused mainly on promoting Patience Price, a Portland native whom Faustino initially recruited to help run his weed dispensary. (Despite calls to name it Bud's Buds, the Reseda spot — which opened in 2005 — was dubbed Natural Care Collective.)
Price was moving weed down the coast to dispensaries when he and Faustino were introduced by a mutual friend. They poured their energy into the shop but shuttered it in 2007, when it became clear that the legality of such dispensaries wouldn't be resolved anytime soon. It didn't help that another partner in the business accused Faustino of cutting him out of it. (Faustino says that allegation is bogus.)
During that time, though, he and Price discovered their shared interest in hip-hop, and Faustino found his style tremendously appealing. Last spring — the night Faustino's father died, in fact — the pair decided to partner up.
Price has recently relocated to Southern California, allowing the two to record together three or four nights a week. Faustino says he feels more invigorated than he has since Balistyx. "I feel like I've been sitting on a powder keg of a dream that's been dormant all these years."
Price is 27, a muscular white guy who has written for Fred Durst. In his sartorial and rapping styles, he's certainly not a hipster a la Kanye West, but he's not a 50 Cent–style thug, either; he wears all black and has a tatted, slightly rugged look that wouldn't look out of place among the denizens of the Sunset Strip.
His hip-hop persona alternates between introspective thinker and party guy. (The former incarnation is more compelling.) On his debut work — a free album released this week, called Adrenaline and Vodka — Price draws on both East and West Coast influences. His songs feature his own sung hooks, oft-compelling production and a solid flow. They don't sound like radio hits, but it's easy to see how the album could be a favorite of true-school hip-hop fans like Faustino, who fairly gushes when describing Price's sound. "I fell in love with his music, his lyrics, his poetry and his ability to make melody," the actor says.
Faustino, meanwhile, has been recording his own music at a prodigious pace, though he has no plans to release an album soon. As a rapper, his skills don't approach that of the greats he's worked with, but he has his moments. "I have dreams where I'm 7 feet tall," he rhymes on a track called "Mr. Funny Man. "But instead of playing hoops I play pro racquetball/ Maybe because I like to paddle my little blue balls."
Tonight their energy is high, as Price is scheduled to perform at a hip-hop gathering called the Soulstyce Festival, held at a rodeo arena in Pico Rivera. Faustino plans to spit a few bars of his own at the show, and the crew amasses at his pad before heading over. On hand is their friend Todd Bringewatt, a co-owner of Old Scratch, who also worked on Star-ving. (Like Price and Faustino, he sports a fedora.)
Faustino first pilots his black Audi S4 to pick up his girlfriend, Christiana Leaucas, a feline, brunette actress who is set to travel to New Mexico for a role in the upcoming Arnold Schwarzenegger film The Last Stand. Faustino met her out on the town a few years back and promptly cast her in Star-ving. "I was, like, 'She's so gorgeous, I've got to have her on the show.' "
In the car, the passengers take nips of Ketel One and tokes on a weed pipe as Faustino drives past the Sunset Boulevard studio where he spent years taping Married ... With Children. Spirits deflate a bit upon arrival at the festival, however, which seems poorly attended and chaotic. BMX riders do flips off of giant dirt half-pipes next to the main stage, and no one seems to have any clue what time the side-stage performers — including Price — are scheduled to start.
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Really enjoyed the Faustino profile. In fact, I gotta give general props to LA Weekly for its profiles. They're well written and almost always reveal something new and interesting about the subjects. Keep up the great work!
"he's actually an influential figure in the history of West Coast rap, as responsible as anyone for bringing a then niche genre to the masses here "
hey Ben Westhoff, you gotta leave that crack alone..He threw a party for some spoiled, under aged rich kids. End of Story..
Agreed. This reporter got spun hard by faustino, and ended up producing a story that is stunning. I don't know much about hiphop, but I know this story is straight up ignorant.
not to say he's not an original fan and that it's bad that he got some artists paid but if you are gonna do a cover story about L.A. folks who brought West Coast then maybe feature 1580 Kday or Freestyle Fellowship (the Ramones of WC Hip Hop) . And If you wanna actually talk "West Coast" and peeps who were pioneers in the beginning then you had better locate your nearest Born To Mack album and listen to it. Maybe do a feature on Freddie B...There is an amazing history to our Coast, let's make sure we get it right
Get back to me when you read the story, which you clearly didn't if you think Balistyx was only for young rich kids. Oh, and read our recent big story on Freestyle Fellowship while you're at it.
never saw FF on your cover..Never saw a headline about them starting a movement...missed that..and according to your article that party was for rich kids and people who got paid to show. That's called a Rich Kid Party.... Do your research young buck. Learn your history. West Coast was started by a lot of folks that never got covers..LA WEEKLY should be celebrating them
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Faustino used to come to our record store in pomona and come to the open mics. Yes he is a real rapper and got serious skills. Its a bit shocking cause people have stereo types of what a rapper should look like but this guy has been rapping since the 90's.
He seems like a very nice guy, but boy did this article depress me about LA! Like every other mega-insecure, talentless wanna-be "entertainer" in LA, born in BH or not, he is "addicted" to the attention he gets from the tour buses and promoting his new "rapper" - I use quotes 'cause they still had to mention Married w/ Children before taking a crappy stage for 10 whole minutes...just sad, like Vegas sad...
Seriously?David Faustino is awesome but to attribute him to being the catalyst for West Coast rap is ridiculous. The Hiphop Nation was well established by 91 when his club night started. Also Will.i.am as seminal figure, please.
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i really hope this guy doesnt put out an album. way too many rappers popping up and they all suck badly. especially this lil scrub
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