BehindTheInk.com Member Azriel says, “i met the lead singer from 12 stones and his ink was very amazing because he had a sleeve that was tyed in with stars.”





Paul McCoy (born September 7, 1981), the lead singer of New Orleans hard rock band 12 Stones was a tattoo artist before starting the band.

BehindTheInk.com Member TattooNeil says, Enclosed is a photo of myself tattooing rock & roll hall of famer, Gregg All man, in Minneapolis on 6-25-79. Gregg has been collecting tattoos for over 3 0 years, & wears art from the lengendary Lyle Tuttle, Spider Cross, Shotsie Gorman, Neil Grant, as well as quite a few others. He is an avid tattoo love r & proudly displays his art onstage, in print, & on film.”





Gregory Lenoir Allman (born December 8, 1947 in Nashville, Tennessee), known as Gregg Allman (sometimes spelled Greg Allman), is a rock and blues singer, keyboardist, guitarist, and songwriter, best known as a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 with The Allman Brothers Band, and personally received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2006.

 


Travis’ first tattoo was the word “BONES” (a nickname when he was a kid) on his leg which he got when he was 17 years old. Another notable addition is the phrase “SELF MADE” spelled out across his knuckles which he got in 2000. Some of Travis’ numerous tattoos include religious art as he says he was brought up Catholic. He has a portrait of Jesus above his left biceps, hands in prayer on the left side of his head (visible with his signature mohawk) and a Sacred Heart. He has a few tattoos that symbolize his love for cars and Cadillacs in particular - two racing flags on the side of his neck with the number 66 which symbolizes the year of his favorite Cadillac and a Cadillac emblem surrounded by mudflap girls on his chest as well as a pair of spark plugs.


Much of his body art is devoted to his love of music such as the phrase “Can I Say” which is the name of Dag Nasty’s first album, a microphone, and a boom box on his stomach for his love of breakdancing when he was growing up. He also has the word “HOPE” on his back because of the Descendents’ song and something positive after his mother’s death. He has another tribute to the Descendents on his leg - the cover art to the album, I Don’t Want To Grow Up, drumsticks and musical notes on his right arm.


Travis also makes several tributes to his family with the phrase “familia” on his arm, Japanese flowers on the back of his neck with a heart that says “Mom”, and another heart with “SHANNA” on the banner. He also has the name of his first wife, “Melissa,” just above the racing flags on the side of his neck.


He considers his right arm his “good luck arm” and so has many luck emblems tattooed on that arm such as a deck of cards, dice, a dollar sign, his lucky number seven, a skull with the number 13 in the eye sockets (13 is a lucky number in the tattoo culture), and a rabbit’s foot, in addition to a martini glass, his initials, a devil from Black Label Skateboards, and a spider web surrounding his elbow.


In explanation of his large number of tattoos Travis has said, “I tattooed my body so I couldn’t fall back on anything. I purposely did that so I couldn’t get a normal job and live a normal life. I did it so I had to play music.” Travis claims to have spent over $30,000 on his body art.

Rockstar Tommy Lee is in New Zealand on a flying visit to promote his new band. The new tattoo design is not yet decided. But in generally he said that Kiwi tattoo artist have great reputation in internationally. He wears innumerable tattoos and now decides, “I just call it like one big tattoo.”

He and the band’s lead singer Lukas Rossi wanted to get identical tattoos to fasten their “brotherhood” relationship as a band mates.