Welcome to the new Concrete Guerilla website, and to be honest I’m happy to be here. Over the last year there has been many changes to the site, I have played with different ideas, themes, and styles. I have crashed, lost, deleted and broke the site more times then I can remember, so with that being said, I hope you enjoy the new Concrete Guerilla site. (untill I break it again)

In the next couple weeks we will be putting up the D12 tour footage, also the Clipse, and KRSone backstage show footage, look out for the full Montreal Skate Documentry and the Akon backstage video, the Guerilla Shop will be updated with all the available product, also the launch of Concrete Guerilla TV, stay tuned lots happening in the the Concrete Jungle.

Duxx of Concrete Guerilla

Concrete Guerilla’s man behind the magic…meet Duxx.

So I was informed I should have some info on myself on the new site, well…being a private guy I wasnt too sure if I was feeling that idea, like really…who writes their own Bio?

So here is a Q&A I did to give you some info on myself, Duxx, the man behind the magic.

How did you get the name Duxx?

It started in Jr High School, I used to talk a lot in class, and one of my classmates started calling me ducky, as in “shut up that dam duck” from there it just spread around the school till everyone called me ducky or ducks, over the years it’s just evolved to Duxx, and that’s just the spelling, its still pronounced ducks, so get it right people.

What does Concrete Guerilla mean?

Oh man that’s a hard question to answer, what does it mean to you?

How was Concrete Guerilla started?

I was working on another clothing line previous to Concrere Guerilla, that project was short lived due to difference of opinions with my partner at that time, having been the creative force behind the line I decided I was going to do the line solo. After a quick name change and a re-structure of the company Concrete Guerilla was formed in May of 2008.

Were you always into clothing?

Previous I was into music, I spent a good 10yrs producing and recording, I owned a studio and everything, but as time passed I really wanted to get into clothing, after closing the studio I changed my path, it was a very hard choice to make, but I’m happy I made it.

How did you first get into designing?

I first started drawing at a young age, progressing I moved through different mediums, watercolors, conte crayons, stencils, and finally digital art, using the computer to create images was something I fell in love with, programs like Photoshop, and Illustrator became the method I used to create my art and it just went from there. I’m self taught, never spent a day in class, I create all of the designs, websites, advertising and media.

What elements make up Concrete Guerilla?

Well you know the gorillas are my main inspiration for most of the line, the different ways I can present
the gorilla imagery, also a lot of people may not know CG was created out of my love for Urban culture and Skateboarding culture, 2 big parts of my life, combing them we get CG, skate wear, street wear, with a gorilla inspired twist.

Walk us through the creation process, when coming up with new designs?

It kinda just happens. I get an Idea, fire up Photoshop or illustrator, play around with the idea, smoke one…play with it some more, smoke another…design starts coming together, test cut it, make a sample garment, show it to my close friends, something like that.

Why did you choose to do a mens line?

Funny thing is alot of ladies ask me that, “why dont I do girls clothing”, this is something I hear everyday,a nd the answer to that is simple …one step at a time, focusing on a mens line allows me to build exposure for the brand among my core audience, and lets be honest I really know nothing about girl clothing. hahahahah (starts laughing)

What can we expect in the “Duxx” blog section of the site?

Its going to be fun, straight up uncensored Duxx at its finest, my personal adventures, and stories also pictures and videos, all the crazy things I do for Concrete Guerilla.

What does Duxx do when he’s not doing Concrete Guerilla?

Dude I live, eat, sleep, breathe my company, I’ve been told I’m in a bubble, I have drive, motivation
and work ethics like no one else, so when I’m not doing CG …I’m probably having sex.

Where do you see you’re self in 5 years?

Still in the bubble.

Anything else?

Thanks to everyone who has helped and supported me, it means a lot and you know who you are, also Its Duxx, pronounced “ducks”… get it right people. Now go buy a shirt!!

Here is some promo footage from the Montreal Road Trip, the final documentry is almost complete, stay tuned for the official release in May.

Concrete Guerilla sponsored skater Vince Baldo sent us some of his throwaway footage, man what this guy throws, others would keep, look out for some exclusive footage from Vince in the next weeks…enjoy!

In this update CGC gives you VIP access to the Never Say Never Tour, featuring D12 Royce 5’9, Joe Budden, Classified and Peter Jackson.

After learning our CGC sponsored artist Peter Jackson was confirmed for this 14 day tour, we wasted no time getting some gear ready to take on the road.

With the tour kicking off from Oshawa’s Big Sexy Nightclub, we headed out to the event and made our way through security, once inside we grabbed some suds form the bar, and moved backstage to scope out a nice spot…

Here are 2 videos from the tour…enjoy.

Short promo featuring the CGC Jr Skate Team - Randy Plourde, Lawrence Hong, Royce Plourde, look out for more footage from these young bucks in the next couple weeks..enjoy.