Since August, tattoo demon, Paul Booth, has provided the Headbangers Ball Blog with column (first weekly, then bi-weekly) about his adventures tattooing musicians and touring with rock festivals. Sadly, the lifespan of “Thrashin’ Ink” has reached its end. Paul hasn’t exactly run out of stories, but he’s determined that anything else he has to say [...]
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I always thought having a stalker would be fun. I was right.
This guy showed up at my shop one summer afternoon and was clearly not entirely sane. I had been away for almost a week, and when I arrived home my crew informed me that this guy had been sleeping under the front window of [...]
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The first time I visited Eastern Europe, I was on a train with some friends from Germany to Prague. I was with a couple other tattoo artists and as we approached the Czech border at about three in the morning we were talking about getting recognized in strange places, and how weird it was. [...]
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I get asked a lot of tattoo-related questions in my travels. But for some reason, the question I always hear the most is, “Did you ever get puked on?” Unfortunately, the answer is yes.
I had been tattooing at a street shop for less than a year, and, obviously still had a lot to learn. While [...]
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“Neglect” painting by Paul Booth
Golden Showers
Here’s a quick story about some typical behind the scenes antics. While I can’t disclose which band did this, I can at least reveal what happened. I think it was on one of the Ozzfest tours. Anyway, I’m walking down the side area of the stage, and I see [...]
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