Graffiti Artist "Helch" rumoured to have died

[Slow.Patrol]

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16092601/He...

Not a fan of graffiti, although "Give peas a chance" did make me smile and it should never have been Helched.

No information on cause of death. He was 34 apparently.

[Wacky Racer]

Never heard of him.

[Randy Winkman]

I have. I'm not convinced his stuff was much good though. Did he do stuff other than write "H" or "Helch"?

[CoolHands]

He is being feted all over social media. Personally I think his work is disgusting (as in, an affront), and should be painted over as soon as possible by the state. But it isn’t cos we’re broke.

[Don Roque]

What a disgraceful legacy.

[JoshSm]

Clunky art and trashed other people's 'work' to boost his own profile.

Can imagine why he might now be dead at 34 if rollering a few HELCH around the place was the peak of his existence.

[paulw123]

Worlds a better place without cretins like him.

[VSKeith]

Don't remember seeing any 'art' of his, but know the name from the bridge over the M25 at about 10 o'clock

[Mars]

Artwork? I will agree he was an artist although not the kind he probably aspired to. Contributed nothing to the world.

[Frimley111R]

WTF is wrong with people glorifying him painting his st all over our buildings and costing taxpayers money to have it removed?! Good riddance.

[VSKeith]

Slow.Patrol said:

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16092601/He...

Not a fan of graffiti, although "Give peas a chance" did make me smile and it should never have been Helched.

No information on cause of death. He was 34 apparently.

I can't click on Daily Hate links, but if he ever did anything with "Give peas a chance" then he nicked it from greeting cards from the early noughts.

Alongside "Peas on Earth" "Pugs not drugs" etc.

[JoshSm]

VSKeith said:

I can't click on Daily Hate links, but if he ever did anything with "Give peas a chance" then he nicked it from greeting cards from the early noughts.

He painted over a well known old graffiti on a bridge to add his tag to it. It didn't even make any sense once he'd fked with it.

[ColdoRS]

Frimley111R said:

WTF is wrong with people glorifying him painting his st all over our buildings and costing taxpayers money to have it removed?! Good riddance.

Baffling indeed. I had no idea he was well known but I have seen HELCH on a motorway bridge, somewhere.

Scruff, I think society will be better off without him.

[Purosangue]

only the other day on our way to Gatwick on the M25 , always wondered who or what HELCH was ,....now I know

[moffspeed]

Yes, the word “art” doesn’t really apply does it ?

If you’ve visited the Algarve in the past few years you will have seen “KAMS” and “WASP” daubed all over the place. Not a good look when plastered over historic buildings in picturesque locations (eg Carvoeiro).

In 2017 he/she seems to have visited the U.K. and buildings in Southampton were Kamsed/Wasped.

[Slow.Patrol]

VSKeith said:

I can't click on Daily Hate links, but if he ever did anything with "Give peas a chance" then he nicked it from greeting cards from the early noughts.

Alongside "Peas on Earth" "Pugs not drugs" etc.

"Give peas a chance" wasn't Helch. It was on the bridge after the M40 junction going clockwise on the M25. It was there for years, until Helch painted over it.

He is no loss in my opinion. I wouldn't shead a tear for Banksy either.

[Biker 1]

Graffiti 'artists' should be subject to capital punishment. What's with defacing buildings, trains, busses etc? It must cost a fortune in paint for a start, then there's travel costs & the risk of ending up with a criminal record. It's no different to vandalism.

[toasty]

Maybe he fell off a high bridge and the last sound he made was HeeeellllLCH. It would be apt.