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Up Rock crews

A crew is a named group of rockers who battle as a team and wear the name on their backs. In the 1970s dozens of Up Rock crews battled in Brooklyn and the Bronx; today crews from Russia and Poland to Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, China and France carry the dance.

Ink comic illustration: two crews in matching vests face each other in a dark gym. In the aisle between them, one rocker lunges and throws his arm high, stopping short of a gray-bearded opponent who leans back; nobody touches

Each crew gets its page when its story is checked from start to finish: name, year, members, colors and the sources behind them.