I was at a local gig last night and one band's lead singer had a massive 'slipknot' tattoo all down his arm.
Needless to say, he got mocked between every song/pause by people at the back shouting SLIPKNOT.
What do you think of band tattoos? Would you ever get one?
I think a band t-shirt does the same job, less painfully.
what was his tattoo like?
my brother has a tattoo of Ace from Kiss that actually looks quite cool
like this
http://www.poster.net/slipknot/slipknot-slipknot-1179705.jpg
but all down his hairy man arm.
actual pictures of the peopl
in slipknot?
oh dear
Kind of unrelated.
But well funny.
http://i26.tinypic.com/141iqlh.jpg
Promise it's not a rickroll.
haha
thats amazing.
when did Johnny from
the Karate Kid join slipknot
I would never
deface my skin in that way. I would get this however...
http://tastybooze.com/wp-content/gallery/tattoos/cuntpuncher-726894.jpg
I dare you
Thing is
I'm so gawky people might think I'm being ironic. I don't want that.
punch them in the cunt then
Genius.
It will be done.
i think if it's a piece of artwork
a band uses or has used, but isn't obviously about that band and looks good without associations to that band, then they're cool.
although, there's a guy who works/worked in nice 'n sleazy in glasgow who had the artwork for 'lift yr skinny fists...' on his arm - i think it's at his elbow or something? - and that looked fucking badical.
I've seen about 10 people with that tattoo
exact same place every time.
My big brothers mate has a good one
When he went to see Biffy Clyro once he met them after the gig and got them to sign his leg, and a few days later got a tatoo over the signatures so now he has all of Biffy Clyro's signatures on his leg.
that sounds so bad
why would you do that. get them to sign on a bit of paper!
fucking so embarrassingly bad.
I've seen one of Jim Morrisson.
Ouch.
I saw one of...
Noel Gallagher. It looked like Jimmy Krankie.
Think Loaded magazien used do a bad tattoo feature.
They mostly seem so cheesy to me
I think I read about someone on here having the crying woman from the cover of Crimes by the Blood Brothers inked on them. I think that's the only thing I'd ever have tattoo'd - s'ace.
only OK if
you are in the band yourself. otherwise shit.
Libertines tattoos are basically a banner displaying your idiocy to the world
there is a lot of those around. Remember that guy who had Editors lyrics tattooed around his wrists and The Guardian did an article on it. It would be acceptable if they had good lyrics, as it's not screaming I LOVE EDITORS LOL. I've seen loads of those hungry bears from Kid A on peoples arms...ew/
my friend has this on his arm
http://a137.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/81/l_9fb8c6fd25bec39a21b40214292ae538.jpg
the less said the better
oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no
*life haemorrhage*
I have the black flag bars
on my arm. Partly because Flag are my favourite band and the moment my 15 year old self put Damaged on the stereo my life completely changed (that's not an exaggeration) but equally because they were the soundtrack to my pretty wild teenage years and it gives the more boring, sedate 20-something me something to look back on and smile. Kind of like a commorative plaque inked into the flesh, or something.
That said, it doesn't half get annoying when asked by pretty much everyone why i've got a 'barcode' on my arm
philistines
i hate it when people, who spot a tattoo, say "why have you got (in this case) a barcode on your arm?"
don't be so fucking rude. if you want to know what the tattoo's about say "hey, what's that tattoo?" instead of being an ignorant twat.
I knew someone who used to boast about her friend having a Good Shoes tattoo...
"but when they're an old wrinkled woman, will they really still want the same of Good Shoes written on their arm?" I asked.
she replied: "yes of course she's like totally obsessed with them, they're her favourite band EVER!! She's been to 6 of their gigs!!"
I'm a band called New Vinyls, and there's a band from Leeds called New Vinyl. When we got a mention in NME, the lead singer from said band emailed us a slightly-threatening message which concluded that New Vinyl would NEVER change their name (not that we'd asked them to) because he had the band name tattooed on his back. "This is a name for LIFE" he said. I mean, come on, your own band name tattooed on your back?? Jesus.
Mind you, I knew a guy in his 60s who had a Beatles tattoo, of the ludwig bass drum, which he had got done after seeing the Beatles live for the first time in 1964. That's acceptable.
new vinyls are good
i haven't heard this other imposter BAND FOR LIFE band
Aww why thank you!
You can listen to the "band for life" here: http://www.myspace.com/newvinyl1
Their little quote thing on the profile actually says "Till we die". Bless.
And here is a wonderful poem written by the lead singer:
We Are Nothing
I am nothing, nothing at all
The world is so big and I am so small.
Compare me to you, we are the same
It's the ones with the guns who are going insane.
Those government satellites are tracking us down
We will never be free, there watching us now.
They give us the truth but still it's a lie
They've convinced themselves and forgotten what's right.
There equivocal statements and things they promise they'll do
Are just creations to brainwash all of you.
Your taxable income is feeding their war
You stand to attention and obey every law.
We are nothing, nothing at all
They think there so big and we are so small.
Compare me to you, we are the same
Let's take all there guns
And throw them away.
written by Danny Allison © 2007
^ that is rubbish.
I have nothing more to say.
The poem is pretty gash
but what really aggravated me was the use of 'there' when it should be 'they're'.
Fucking sort it Danny Allison!
surely it would be
their?
o.O
an awful thought:
i bet there's someone with a pigeon detectives tattoo, or something equally as shit.
...
with an actual pigeon and one of those tweed hads with a peak to the front and back.
Good Look.
I bet......
there's someone with a scouting for girls tattoo *vomits*
this thread
immediately makes me think of this:
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=19700933&albumID=344830&imageID=16360409
ooh this link might only work if you're logged in to myspace... but at least if the guy ever lost interest in justice he could claim it's cos he's christian.
at least that's just an image
no writing, no piss-awful 'poetry', no pictures of band members etc...
it is ok.
I think
that it would be the ultimate Rick Roll, to tattoo Rick Ashley to a random unconscious person's back.
I'd consider getting one.
in fact I know which one I would get...Lift To Experience probs.
nope,
i definately wouldn't. Say for example someone was a big Gary Glitter fan in the 70's and got a huge tat of him on his arm..........
Could happen to any one of todays heros!
Not all of them,
but of course a few spring to mind instantly ...
When I was about
17 or 18, I almost got a Levellers sun tattooed on my arm. The tattooist said "Thats ugly, and would take me about 2 minutes to make".
If you are reading this tattoo lady, thank you for refusing my business.
I have...
The Mew drunken angel. Still love it.
I have a tattoo of Arthur Russell on my face
i have a tattoo
of a face on my face.
It's really quite convincing.
No, it isn't.
*Shakes fist*
Why i oughtta...
I think they're a pretty bad idea.
Unless they're the kind you can wash off.
I know it's hard to imagine when you're in your late teens or early twenties but you will be 40 one day. It's a year away for me. Your favourite band will have had 15-20 years to get shit or disgrace themselves and you'll have had the same amount of time to get tired of them.
I'm so glad I never got a tattoo of a band back then.
This is pretty bad....
http://www.bmeink.com/A70611/high/bmepb533909.jpg
woah
that is pretty bad.
If anything, I would get something from a song rather than a band name. A band may disintegrate and be really shit, but if it's a song (and it's good then) it will always be alright, even if it sickens you to hear it because you over-listened
Oh dear
What about film's?
i have the jurassic park logo tattooed on my arm.
Ive got
Prince tatooed on my face.
oh
and i've also got a heart with Mum emblazoned across it with a dagger going through it on my fore arm. I look well no-way.
i'm..
getting "Meat is Murder" somewhere, but haven't decided where yet. Either my chest above my nipple area, or on my upper arm. The album is my most favourite album and I am also a Vegetarian so it goes with my beliefs of not eating meat.
Therefore I think it's a worthy tattoo.
When you are older
you will think WHAT THE FUCK HAVE I DONE??? And then you will realise that Morrissey has been fucking you from behind for the last 20 years.
yep
and I bet you'll drunkenly eat a McChicken sandwich, and then theres no going back.
why do you need a tattoo which represents your beliefs?
is it in case you forget you're a vegetarian, or so you can impress girls with how caring and sensitive you are?
and you're 20 - i'm willing to bet that this album will not stay your favourite.
DO
NOT
DO
IT
if..
i was going to forget i was a vegetarian surely it might've happened by now? im not gonna change my beliefs, i wouldn't be able to eat meat ever again, id be sick. there is no way on a drunken night out id even consider meat, im not fucking stupid.
on impressing girls, its nothing to do with that - and i have a girlfriend who is also vegetarian and has been for over 10 years.
the age thing is a joke, i am POSITIVE that the album will remian my favourite.
Haha how could you possibly be sure it will remain your favourite?
You're TWENTY you berk, you're most probably still in education and you're self righteous and immature to boot.
You are still young, i'm sure you're VERY IN LOVE with your girlfriend and you sit and listen to the Smiths together and talk about how you could never feel the same way about anyone else EVER and think up names for your future children, but eventually you WILL split up, you'll stop being a student, you'll (maybe) grow up, get a boring job, and grown old.
Yeah I'm sure it's all fine now BUT YOU WILL CRINGE WHEN YOU'RE OLDER.
Plus, vegetarians like you make me sick. It's people like you who give vegetarianism a bad name. I'm vegetarian but would never dream about being so blatant, and basicially showing off the fact. It's just a fact of my life- I'm vegetarian, some people are autistic, some people don't like Indian food, some people never learn to drive, some people grow up on the Isle of Wight.
As I said, you're an obviously impressionable self righteous prat. Go and fuck off.
hold on a minute..
You're 18 mate.
I am still young - I have no idea what the problem with having a girlfriend is. We've been together for two years my friend, how do you know we're gonna split up?
I don't show off about it, I hardly mention it to people and most of my friends are meat eaters - it doesn't bother me. I want "Meat is Murder" tattooed because it is my favourite album firstly. But, it also goes with my opinions of not eating meat. There is a 99.9% chance that it will be tattooed out of the view of anyone so I will not be forcing an opinion on anyone.
I think you need to calm down and stop being so "grown up" considering you're only 18.
well i'm older than both of you
i'll leave the point about vegetarianism - i've never understood why people get 'meaningful' things tattooed on them.
but SRSLY DUDE, I know you are totally sure that this is your favourite album and it will remain so. i don't question your sincerity at all, but REALLY.
things in your life will change and stuff will happen and you'll hear more music or maybe morrissey will turn out to be a mega-paedophile, or the NME's longest-running joke or whatever...
my point is not necessarily that this won't be your favourite album in years to come, but it could very easily be displaced.
TOO RISKY.
I agree with the man above.
And yes, I may be 18, but at least I'm able to accept that my opinions and stances on things will change over time. And MY GOODNESS you've been with your girlfriend for TWO YEARS?! Wowee, it's 4LIFE then, definitely. Jesus.
so
you can't see yourself being Vegetarian forever then?
I have no doubt been vegetarian longer than you
so I suspect I will be vegetarian forever.
4EVA.
^^ I love this kid!!!
you
make some good points, and don't offend either.
things in my life will change, most definitely. but sometimes when you're young you want to do things that mean something to you when you were that age. maybe i'd regret it in 20/30 years but at least it's something from my days when i was younger. its not like im gettin my girlfriend's name tattooed on my body.
you're right morrissey COULD turn out to be a mega-paedophile or whatever. i doubt it though, surely something would've come out already?
it's a risk, but sometimes risks are worth taking.
why not get
a Múm tatoo?
that way mum is impressed, it looks a bit fancy and they're a sweet band.
covers all bases.
My friend
has the HIM heartogram on her back and Pete Wentz from Fall Out Boy's logo on her stomach.
I don't think I'd get one because it probably wouldn't go with the ones I already have and I want all mine to be in a similar style. But I don't disagree with band tats per se.
Pete Wentz has a logo?
That's fantastic. I can almost be bothered to google it. But not quite.
Call yourself a Misfits fan?
http://modblog.bmezine.com/2006/11/13/you-call-yourself-a-misfits-fan/
that looks like camping
it's so intensely in tents
The most intense thing about that are the state of his ears.
holy shitting fuck
SURFER CONTROL: ACCESS DENIED
Same here, but i saw it earlier
It's annoying because I got halfway through reading the comments before work this morning. Apparently he works in a convenience store...
thats
one angry, probably jobless man!!!
i have a huge
wu tang symbol tattooed on my leg.
like the nissan nivera it earns respect.
I do hope the wu tang will disband-they've lost all their mystique and so has my tattoo.
:(
I saw a girl with the 'unknown pleasures' symbol on her lower back
I liked it because it wasnt' too ugly and the band have disbanded obviously so they can't do anything too horrifying.
I'd be slightly tempted by a Circle Takes the Square tattoo (I love their artwork, not with their name on it) but then who knows? In 2010 they might release a record of Kooks covers and hammond organ solos...
Never!
They are, in their own words, maximum shred.
And you're right, their artwork is gorgeous. They have a fan tattoos section on their website that has some nice stuff on it.
earth crisis face
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/tempingasashaman/smegmaface25ch.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/tempingasashaman/smegmaface1eq.jpg
and NYHC
in flames across the back of his head
he looks surprisingly feminine
somehow.
That's a man?