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  • Surprisingly Enigmatic Looking Tattoo

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    Jonny and his bandmates had traveled from the UK to Chicago to record their debut album, after putting in a ton of work into getting a record and publishing deal, a good manager, and writing songs and touring them. On the third of March, the album was finished, which he describes as “the best five weeks of my life”. To record this landmark moment in his life and to remember all the people he met in Chicago, he got his first tattoo — the date of completion, and the Chicago flag. The tattoo was done by Josh Howard at The Chicago Tattoo and Piercing Company.

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  • Stuck Septum

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    So, Evan swears that his septum (initially pierced by Silentwes at Electric Chair in Riverside, CA, and then self-stretched) is quite loose at 3/4″, but the first thing I thought when he sent me this photo of his wearing a large ear weight through it was that there was a good chance that the shape of the plug guaranteed it would be stuck there, and he’d be left cutting toward his face with a hacksaw! Luckily, no such misfortune befell him.

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  • You don’t know where that finger’s been!

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    I’m loving BevelsNBreakdwns’s new finger and hand tattoo by Thomas Hooper at New York Adorned in NYC.

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  • I think you missed your mouth

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    Freakboy and Gnomoweb in Sao Paulo, Brazil demonstrate the advantages of having giant labrets. A second photo continues after the break.

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  • Zombie (“Skullboy”) Interview Posted

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    Edit/Update: After being offline for ages, here’s an archival link for the first-ever published interview with Rick Genest / Rico / Zombie Boy/ Skullboy.

    Sorry about not getting this online earlier — it’s been a long day, which among other things, includes having a transport truck smash into me while I was driving with my daughter to an appointment! Ack!

    Big thanks to Veronika for scoring (and doing) an interview with the infamous “Skullboy“, more appropriately known as Montreal’s Zombie. Click through to check it out, and as always, come on back to comment.

    PS. You may remember Veronika from her cat portrait neck tattoo as well as her half-sleeve — she’s no stranger to both being featured and creating features!

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