For nine years, Mojo has worked at Santa Cruz Skateboards, where he now heads the art department. He started playing guitar at 13 and switched to drums for the Diesel Queens. It was a total nightmare. Mojo, who wears his brown hair in a modest rockabilly-style coif, has drawn since childhood, and much of his artistic energy has been directed toward music and skateboarding. His repertoire includes record covers, T-shirts, skate decks and show posters.
Music is way more energy.
I enjoyed playing live more than doing art. Actually, with the Queens, Mojo had the opportunity to do both. I illustrated the lyrics with drawings, and Velvy would peel them off as he sang them. Those became collectors items. After a while, we had so many shows I had to photocopy them.