our friends at SKUNK WEAR just brought in some new goods. SW Tee and SW Baseball 3/4 sleeve now in stock. Come by and get one before they sell out. 
GROG at GCS Santa Ana
GCS always tries to bring you the best products out there. We proudly introduce GROG to our clients. We’ll carry a variety of their markers, drippers and mops, GROG is heavy duty tools and media for your heavy duty messages. So whether its the FMP (full metal paint), BPI (buff proof ink) or XFP (xtra flow paint), come in and try one for yourself… but be careful, you may get hooked.
Cypress Hill at The Observatory Dec 2013
Dec 27th, 2013- Today we look back on a great night at The Observatory. B Real and Sen Dog a.k.a. Cypress Hill blessed the stage on this friday night in Santa Ana. The perfect show for the holiday season, who doesn’t like to get in sane in the membrane between christmas and new years. Here are some photos we captured during the night.
Pre-Holiday Art Show and In store July 3rd, 2015
JULY 3rd, 2015- To commemorate the Independence holiday, we decided to throw an art show and in store to start the weekend off right. The 4th is the kind of holiday that no one wants to work and neither did we. We were very fortunate to get a great line up going for the night which featured the art work of Susie Cue and Tanya Rose. Music for the evening was provided by Os One, Vision and Mando the Dj a.k.a. G.I.A.N.T.S. Music, Okira Myth and Dulok Shaman of GRIZZLY STATE. Also, NAMEK and Josiah Deadflowers of Chamber Records. Backing up the whole night was DJ AB, Real and Deejay Great Daine. Live painting for the night done by Nick Macaulay a.k.a. NMAC and KENOS ONE. Enjoy some pictures from the night…. and as always, more to come. 
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Action Bronson at The Observatory June ’15
June 15th, 2015- Action Bronson came through to Santa Ana and rocked a great set at The Observatory. Not bad for a monday night! Big ups to the Observatory crew and to Out Da House for promoting this great event. The house was packed and Mr. Bronson brought his A-game. Here are some photos from the night.
THEYDRIFT art show at GCS June 6, 2015
June 6th, 2015- KSRA and Carlos Aguilar a.k.a. THEYDRIFT came all the way down from Washington to be our featured artists in our gallery for the JUNE art walk. GCS was honored to host these amazingly creative minds. Here are the original pieces that were shown in our gallery for the show. In addition to the gallery pieces, they had a chance to rock a piece in front of our shop and it has quickly become a welcomed addition to the neighborhood. These pieces will hang until the end of the month, so don’t hesitate to come in and see them for yourself.
NECRO at The Observatory June 9th, 2015
June 9th, 2015. Every so often, The Observatory in Santa Ana offers great shows at the unbelievable price of $5. This tuesday night, not only did they have Andre Nikatina booked for the show, but they added a very special guest, NECRO with Mr. Hyde. The homies at UGHHblog brought Necro out for a few shows in the southland and they were able to add him to this great show. Here are some photos we snapped from the show. Enjoy!
GCS Block Party Re-cap
JUNE 6th, 2015- This month’s art walk had a lot in store for everyone. Not only was it the monthly first saturday of the month art walk, but East End Santa Ana held their second annual EAST END BLOCK PARTY, as well as the traveling beatswapmeet. This post is an attempt to capture all the happenings at GCS on this day. I’m sure this will take more than one post, so here we go.
THEYDRIFT a.k.a. Carlos Aguilar and KSRA were our featured artists of the month in our gallery. In addition to the great pieces that they brought with them, they painted live through out the day for the art walk crowd.
JROZ, MC Prototype and Jook blessed the mics this evening.
DJ’s Daine, Real, AB and Neuropunk gave the gallery a great vibe through sound vibrations.
3rdi, Hippieone and Q-Vo also had a chance to share their art with the public.
And to top off the evening, Burst Rock and Tic Tac hosted our first breaking and popping battle held in our new location. B-Boy Tekken and Popper Chris won the night.
And as stated before, many many more photos and videos to come. 
June Art Walk ’15 – GCS BLOCK PARTY 6/6/15
GCS is happy to announce our event for JUNE ART WALK. We’re calling it GCS BLOCK PARTY in keeping with the theme of the EAST END BLOCK PARTY. What is that you ask? Well, its like the art walk amplified 10 fold. 4th street will be blocked off to allow for a few music stages. The Beatswapmeet will also be the neighborhood so saying that the day (and night) is going to get busy down here is an understatement. 
GCS welcomes Black Book Sessions #20
GCS clothing store and art gallery is proud to host our friends from Black Book Sessions for their 20th event. The organizers are happy that they have made it to the big 2-0. If you do not know about the event, it is billed as a “free community event” that combines a youth art contest with guest artists painting live along with Dj’s and music. We had the pleasure of hosting them in ’09 at our Broadway location. This event is scheduled for MAY 30th, from 1pm to 6pm. Of course its free and all ages, but if you know some artists that would like to participate, contact www.blackbooksessions.org. 
The Psycho Realm at Psycho De Mayo ’15
May 5th, 2015. The act that everyone came out to see. Cynic and Sick Jacken took the stage in front of a nearly sold out room. Judging from the crowd and the energy in the room, this years event was an outstanding success. 
Evidence at Psycho De Mayo ’15
May 5th, 2015. Evidence put in a great performance to boost the Psycho De Mayo festivities. Never a dull moment when Evidence takes the stage. Here are some photos that we snapped. Enjoy.
Delinquent Habits at Psycho De Mayo ’15
May 5th, 2015. It’s that time of year again, time for The Psycho Realm’s premier event of the year entitled Psycho De Mayo. This year, they brought it to The Observatory in Santa Ana. Although there was a strong line up of up and coming, young artists on the bill, by the time GCS got to the venue we were only able to catch Delinquent Habits, Evidence and of course Psycho Realm. Here are some pictures we grabbed of Kemo The Blaxican and Ives Irie while they rocked their set. 
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony performing “E. 1999 Eternal”
May 3rd, 2015. This event was definitely one for the history books. Layzie, Bizzy, Wish Bone, Flesh-N-Bone and Krayzie Bone otherwise known as Bone Thugs-N-Harmony performed their album “E. 1999 Eternal” in its entirety. The Observatory has done a great job not only booking high quality music acts, but they have been successful in getting these acts to perform some of their more classic albums for these special shows. Nothing against new material but it never hurts to take it back to those albums that made people die hard fans to begin with. The main room at The Observatory was treated to a piece of hip hop history that they will soon not forget. 
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J-Live In Store Apr 19, 2015
April 19th, 2015. Thanks to the guys at Undergroundhiphopblog.com for setting up a great in store performance that featured J-Live while on the road with “His Own Self” tour. It was such a nice day that we decided to have to performance right outside our front doors. Others on the bill for the night were Gotta Be Karim, The Villain$, International Maverick, Clockwize, Born Allah, Daejo x Karim and backing up all these MC’s all show long was DJ Lala. GCS extends a huge thank you to everyone that came out to see the show. And of course, a lot more to come.
Vel The Wonder in store May ’14
May 30th, 2014. Vel The Wonder a.k.a. Vel9 paid us a little visit as she ramped up her “Adventures to Warped Tour” meet and greet tour. 
OHNO in store MAR ’14
March 20, 2014. GCS Santa Ana has happy to host OHNO for a in store performance and ticket giveaway, and on a thursday. These cats have a strong fan base and they’re only getting bigger. Look out for more from these fellows. 
“Frank Martinez Declares W.A.R.” art show MAR ’14
March 15th, 2014. “Frank Declares W.A.R.” art show in our broadway gallery. Our friends We Are Rodents and Frank Martinez compiled a great body of art work for this fun show. Live music and refreshments were enjoyed by all who attended. 
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Sick Jacken and Big Sleeps signing at GCS Apr 12, 2015
April 12th, 2015. This wasn’t your typical lazy sunday afternoon at GCS santa ana. Today we had the honor of hosting Sick Jacken of The Psycho Realm and world famous artist Big Sleeps for an artist signing and exclusive product release. Chosen to be one of two locations for this release, the GCS customer base came out in full force to snatch up the new merch and say what up to the guys. Kenos One came through to do some psychos inspired body art to add to the ambiance. Our doors will always open to Jack and all The Psycho Realm family, we can’t wait to do this again soon.
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“All You Can Eat” art show Apr ’15 art walk
April 4th, 2015. There it goes again. That time of the month that we look forward to and build up to. The first saturday art walk. The goal of this month’s show was to fill the gallery space to the brim with friends, recently made as well as the tried and tested. And it went off without a hitch. We had 3 music performances spaced out throughout the night, we had two artist painting live outside our doors and most of all, we had a great crowd of eager patrons and art fans come out and enjoy some of their night with us. Here is a photo re-cap of the show that will be in our gallery for the rest of the month, enjoy!
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Lastman in store during artwalk Apr ’15
April 4th, 2015. And capping off a night of hip hop performances, Lastman rocked the mic. Backed up by his DJ Dat Kidd, Last definitely put the exclamation mark on the art show. 
Top Dime and Jaxx In Store during art walk Apr ’15
April 4th, 2015. Top Dime and Jaxx came out to bless our gallery with a performance during the last art walk. The music was outstanding and the crowd was loving it. 
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Acid Reign in store during Art Walk Apr 4, 2015
April 4th, 2015. We were thrilled to have Beond and Gajah a.k.a. Acid Reign join us in our gallery for the last art walk. GCS has known these cats for quite some time and they never cease to amaze. We copped their latest release “Losaka” which they released with Japanese MC Gebo. Make sure to get you copy today!
new Psycho Realm merch in the shop
We just received some new Psycho Realm merch. Come in and see what we have. 
introducing “One By One” by Joe Ded
April 4th, 2015. Joe Ded came into town to do a great piece of art for our “All You Can Eat” art show during the art walk. Joe Ded created “One By One” for the whole community to enjoy. Check out the transformation below. Big ups to whoever did the piece before, it ran for some time. 
