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Tattoos that rock!
Albums and bands who have written the history of music and tattoo.
The Hots: gimme gimme ink treatment!
We met Foxie & Ronnie, a real tattooed rock‘n’roll couple playing dangerous music with The Hots. And they stole our hearts… Australian born, The Hots, are a rock duo and…
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Imminence: heavier and darker with a touch of gentle ink
We had a chat with Eddie Berg, frontman and violinist of this intriguing Swedish metalcore/alternative band. A true Black & Gray connoisseur! Hi Eddie, do you remember your first experience…
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Duff McKagan: a record on the way to defeat rage and fear
The blond tattooed musician will be bringing out his new album‘Tenderness’ on May 31st, with a preview song you can listen to here… Duff McKagan, the much-tattooed bassist of Guns…
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Bad Religion, are you ready for chaos?
New European gigs are on the way (see the list) while the new album, ‘Age of Unreason’, is scheduled for May 3. More than a record, it’s a testament to…
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Being As An Ocean: waiting for ink to come
The new BAAO album is almost ready and scheduled for this spring. In the meantime we have reached their tattooed singer and that’s all, folks… We asked a few tattoo-friendly…
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Dimmu Borgir, tattoo art in the rabbit hole
Interview with the Norwegian guitarist Silenoz: «Recording ‘Eonian’ was like working on a beautiful tattoo. And you never have to rush the tattoo artist!» Eight long years have led the…
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Eloy Casagrande (Sepultura): my second heart is tattooed on my arm
The young drummer of Brazilian metal band explains us the secrets of his ink. Giving us also some fresh anticipation on the sequel to ‘Machine Messiah’… Eloy Casagrande (twenty-seven years…
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Marilyn Manson & Courtney Love together in a tattoo-clip!
The Reverend has acted with the Hole leader in ‘Tattooed in reverse’, a tune taken by his last album. And there is a gorgeous tattooed exotic model too… Reverend shocker…
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Slayer, Reign Ink Blood
The tattoos cult discovered during the ‘Seasons In The Abyss’ era. The Tribal trademark. His respect for Paul Booth, Dimebag Darrell, Jeff Hanneman and Oakland Raiders, of course: Kerry King…
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Rich Meyer (Highly Suspect): the boy who bled ink
The Cape Cod modern rock band is gathering more and more success, but we have asked to bass-player Rich about tattoos. «In mash-up I trust», he told us Some hours…
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Will Hunt: I love tattooing, but surfing is cool too!
The Evanescence drummer tell us about his passion for tattoo art: «Now I know that a tattoo needs time to heal. I don’t want to repeat that Static-X incident…» Will…
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Harley Flanagan: Bob Roberts is my favourite tattoo artist ever!
The ex Cro-Mags bass player told us about the noticeable differences between the old tattoo scene and the contemporary one. A true hardcore chat! Some weeks ago, in a cold…
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Gabriel Dubko, LoveLetters on my face
The frontman of the Implore (that just released its second album ‘Subjugate’) has a body plenty of amazing tattoos. And we talked deeply about that… Gabriel “Gabbo” Dubko sings and…
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Jacoby Shaddix: Stay away from darkness, be happy with your tattoos!
The Papa Roach frontman discusses with us his friendship with Chester Bennington, talks about his favourite Californian parlour and much more else… Papa Roach, the modern metal combo from Vacaville…
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Logan Mader, ten ton tattoos
Why the ex Machine Head guitar-hero has a little dog tattooed on him? This and other pretty anecdotes are the core business of the following very heavy chat… We interviewed…
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Tricky: My skin is a tribute to the great Horiyoshi III
Mister Maxinquaye has released another great album called ‘Ununiform’; and, during our chat, he spent time to tell about tattoo art and Japanese style… Tricky (real name: Adrian Thaws) has…
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Jeremy Spencer (5FDP): If I wear Oni masks, that’s because of Ozzy!
We have met the Five Finger Death Punch tattooed drummer just minutes before their last Italian show. And we talked about ink and new album, of course The dressing room…
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My true friendship with Megan Massacre
Chris Cerulli, the leader of Motionless in White, explain us why the famous tattoo artist/painter/model/reality star is so important for him and his reckless metal band «My artistic partnership with…
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John Corabi: «Music and tattoos bring me happiness!»
The Dead Daisies frontman (and Mötley Crüe legend) has spent time with Tattoo Life fellows and this is our heartfelt report… A few hours before their last Italian concert (at…
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Are you ready for the Summer Campaign by 5FDP?
The heavy metal Nevada band will tour this June across the major European festivals. See all dates. Waiting for a new album still missing in action… Five Finger Death Punch,…
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The Haunted become stronger and stronger
The tattooed Swedish metal band has talked in advance about its brand new album ‘Strenght In Numbers’: «it’s insanely heavy!», told axeman Ola Englund The respected swedish band The Haunted…
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Rancid, The Return of the “Trouble Maker” Combo
New album (and new video streamed online) for Armstrong, Freeman & Co. The Berkeley gang will tour Europe festivals and US venues very soon… Rancid, the ultra tattooed legendary punk…
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