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Bill Bassett Member From: Rimrock, Arizona, USA |
posted 09 August 2004 10:08 AM
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I suspect some steel players have tattoos of one sort or another. From the classic military insignia (SEMPER FI) to the wild gothic designs of the alternative universe, tattoos are now officially a big part of western culture. So, the question is: Who among you have a music related tat? An instrument? A band name? A logo? A musical staff? Anybody? I've been thinking of getting one myself...an abstract Telecaster. Looks as if it were drawn by Picasso. What do y'all think? Should I go for it? |
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chas smith Member From: Encino, CA, USA |
posted 09 August 2004 10:17 AM
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I'm tattooed from the back of my neck to my ankles, but it's all traditional imagery. Four dragons and three Koi with traditional backrounds of wind, clouds and water. |
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Bob Hoffnar Member From: Brooklyn, NY |
posted 09 August 2004 11:39 AM
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I've got one on my arm but I'm not sure what it is. It wasn't the most well thought out thing I ever did... ------------------ |
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Bobby Lee Sysop From: Cloverdale, North California, USA |
posted 09 August 2004 11:50 AM
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I think they're like graffiti. I will never get a tatoo or a piercing. They deface and degrade the body, in my opinion. Our bandleader has the band's logo tatooed on his arm. I was shocked to see that. Seriously! ------------------ [This message was edited by Bobby Lee on 09 August 2004 at 11:51 AM.] |
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Pete Burak Member From: Portland, OR USA |
posted 09 August 2004 12:30 PM
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There's alot of ink in the bars I play in around Portland. Both guys and dolls are seriously into it. Alot of slicked back hair too...(These guys must go through alot of pillow cases!). Alot of band members I play with have tattoos, but I've never been struck with the desire to get one.
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Larry Robbins Member From: Fort Edward, New York, USA |
posted 09 August 2004 01:00 PM
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I have a tatto of "TAZ" holding a "strat" on my right shoulder.That way I can show it or not if I choose. I usually let it show. After all With the very long ponytail and the two earings in my left ear(wich is the correct one if your straight,ha)cant help it. Its just me! ....and I can do ya every song Hank Williams ever wrote..... ------------------ |
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Herb Steiner Member From: Cedar Valley, Travis County TX |
posted 09 August 2004 02:46 PM
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I wore a Cornell Hurd temporary tattoo once, but it washed off when I took a shower. ------------------ |
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Russ Wever Member From: San Diego, California |
posted 09 August 2004 03:05 PM
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I used to see a fella around ISGC and some Nashville functions with the Sho-Bud logo inked on his upper arm. Not sure who it was, but it seems it might have been Charlie Day, kin to Jimmy. ~Russ |
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chas smith Member From: Encino, CA, USA |
posted 10 August 2004 10:35 AM
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quote:Perhaps, or they can decorate and artistically enhance the body, in the same way that make-up and attractive clothing do. They can also be biographical, or "protective". On another level, there's a Japanese word, irezumi, that has a lot of meanings, one of which is, the life of the tattoo. That being that the tattoo has a life of its own, which will make no sense to anyone that doesn't have one. |
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Ricky Davis Moderator From: Spring, Texas USA |
posted 10 August 2004 12:06 PM
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Kevin Owens has "Sho~bud" tattoed on his Forearm...I have nothing. Ricky |
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Bobby Lee Sysop From: Cloverdale, North California, USA |
posted 10 August 2004 12:46 PM
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Obviously, many do not share my opinion, but I will not be swayed from it. |
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Jim Lutz Member From: Austin, Texas |
posted 10 August 2004 01:05 PM
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From the guitar corner...Dave Biller has one of Django on his forearm. I have none. Which is a rare feat in Austin, so I am gathering. I've never seen so much skin art in my life as I have here in the past two years. Mostly on women too...but I digress. ------------------ |
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Ray Minich Member From: Limestone, New York, USA |
posted 10 August 2004 01:11 PM
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If I was gonna wear a tattoo it would be of the socket outline for a 6L6 GTB (or maybe a 12AX7).  |
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chas smith Member From: Encino, CA, USA |
posted 10 August 2004 01:16 PM
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quote:As long as "nothing" is spelled right, that's pretty esoteric.... quote:The first question Cliff Raven asked me was, "Why are you getting a tattoo, you certainly don't need one." |
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P Gleespen Member From: Lakewood, OH USA (I miss Boston!) |
posted 10 August 2004 02:10 PM
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Mine's a circular "Just Kidding" in Old English style print on my upper arm. Sure, It's not directly music related, but it is a direct reaction to a lot of the tattoos in the old hardcore scene. (I got it when the old rock band was on tour with Biohazard...those guys had some serious ink!) Oh, and one of the guys in Skrew (early 90's industrial metal from Texas) had an AMAZING Hank Williams portait on his arm. It practically looked like a photograph! [This message was edited by P Gleespen on 10 August 2004 at 02:26 PM.] |
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Gene Jones Member From: Oklahoma City, OK USA |
posted 10 August 2004 02:28 PM
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My tattoo has been a reminder of my youthful lack of judgement ever since all the boys of my class had tattoos applied while on our High-School sponsored end of school Junior trip. Unlike today, and fortunately for them, the girls decided not to participate. When we returned home, the reaction of our parents was predictable and swift. The tattoo artist closed shop and disappeared overnight to avoid prosecution, and the well known Recreation Park where it happened was extremely lucky that the event did not occur in the litigious climate of today. My army records describes my tattoo as "Horseshoe and Roses with scroll and name Gene". Fortunately, I was between girl friends at the time and was egoistic enough to have my own name inscribed! |
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David Cobb Member From: Chanute, Kansas, USA |
posted 10 August 2004 06:20 PM
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Bobby Lee, I'm with you. And I'm particularly averse to tattoo's on a woman. [This message was edited by David Cobb on 12 August 2004 at 07:16 AM.] |
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chas smith Member From: Encino, CA, USA |
posted 10 August 2004 06:30 PM
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quote:How do you feel about body modifications, such as implants? I live in Los Angeles, need I say more. |
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Steinar Gregertsen Member From: Arendal, Norway |
posted 10 August 2004 06:34 PM
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quote: Judging from what I see on TV these days it seems like silicone brains are the latest fad. Don't like it at all....... Steinar ------------------ |
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Hook Moore Member From: South Charleston,West Virginia |
posted 10 August 2004 06:46 PM
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I`ve even rode Harleys for years but I`m with you b0b, none for me. Hook ------------------ |
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David Cobb Member From: Chanute, Kansas, USA |
posted 10 August 2004 08:03 PM
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Chas, I guess I just like the girls to rely on their natural attributes. If they aren't interesting enough as is, the silicone,hardware and ink aren't gonna improve anything. Which reminds me, Dolly P. even has implants on her calves. That explains why her legs always looked peculiar to me. I can't imagine Connie Smith looking better with a bolt in her tongue and a dragon on her back, but then maybe she has that and we just don't know it. Only Marty knows for sure. |
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chas smith Member From: Encino, CA, USA |
posted 10 August 2004 08:59 PM
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quote:Bill, in all seriousness, if it has a lot of meaning for you and you think it will retain its meaning and value 20 or 30 years from now, maybe. What looks good on paper doesn't necessarily look good in skin, that's in, not on, skin. That's why a lot of tattoos look like decals that were just stuck on. The tattoo is in reality a form of make-up, that should follow the flow and shapes of the muscle groups where it's applied. For instance, back tattoos should enhance the "V". Also they don't do well in sunlight and over time, whatever-it-was starts to look like an over-cooked pizza with everything. Of course if it's small enough, you could put it anywhere. I was going to get a small dragon and Cliff asked if I wanted a dragon or a lizard...... |
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Jussi Huhtakangas Member From: Helsinki, Finland |
posted 10 August 2004 10:50 PM
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Hey Jim, you ever ran into Enigma in Austin?? Now, there's a guy who better not get any second thoughts about getting his tattooes!  |
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David Doggett Member From: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
posted 10 August 2004 11:37 PM
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Well, I was like b0b up until recently. Now I'm seriously considering getting a sax on one deltoid, and maybe a short musical passage on a wavy staff on the other. But what should the music be? There's only room for a couple of measures. I would go for a pedal steel, but no one would know what the heck it is. |
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Chris Forbes Member From: Beltsville, MD, USA |
posted 11 August 2004 02:18 AM
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I was thinking of getting a tattoo all over my body of me, only taller. |
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Janice Brooks Moderator From: Pleasant Gap Pa |
posted 11 August 2004 05:12 AM
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quote: One Thursday at Joveta's Cornell had his son's for dinner before the gig and Katz and Enigma sat down at their table. Miss Debbie had an interesting moment listening to that discription from young boys. ------------------ |
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Richard Argus Member From: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, |
posted 11 August 2004 07:34 AM
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I remember Jimmy Buffet's song where he described tattoos as ".....a permanent reminder of a temporary feeling...." Does anyone know if he has any? Richard |
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Jan Nolie unregistered |
posted 11 August 2004 08:55 AM
Mother Nature tattooed me...but it’s not for public viewing. She has a sense of humor, by the way! |
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W Franco Member From: silverdale,WA. USA |
posted 11 August 2004 09:14 AM
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I have never pondered anything longer that what kind of tatoo to get once I made up my mind to do it. Going 50 years without one gave me a lot of time to think about it. I have a Japanease/Chinese symble on me left shoulder that means "lucky" in Chinese and "Prosperous" in Japanease. It is very symetrical and I think looks great. I'm proud of it because I have never seen this on anyone else. After looking for months in tatoo parlors as I casually encountered them I realized that most all of this stuff comes from Tatoo Central. The art looks all the same. I mean from here to Hawaii. No way do I want something that I'm sure several hundred thousand people already have. Its kinda like having a kid on purpose instead of by accident. |
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Pete Burak Member From: Portland, OR USA |
posted 11 August 2004 09:40 AM
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Not a tattoo, but, I've concidered having an image of the front view of a Pedal Steel Guitar shaved into the back of my head (think crew-cut/flat-top) the day before the next steel show I attend. I think this would be Kewl! |
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Jason Stillwell Member From: Soper, OK, USA |
posted 11 August 2004 11:02 AM
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A few years ago, when I was in college, a bunch of us were at Braum's (Who says nothing good comes from Oklahoma?) having some ice cream. The conversation turned to tattoos, and a lot of the girls were talking about getting them. I said, "It looks to me like y'all could think of less painful ways to look cheap than getting a tattoo." That got a lot of mixed looks! |
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W Franco Member From: silverdale,WA. USA |
posted 11 August 2004 11:16 AM
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Pete...Great idea but not an option for all of us. I'm proud of my hair...all 3 of them. |
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Michael Johnstone Member From: Sylmar,Ca. USA |
posted 11 August 2004 11:39 AM
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My sister,who's a world class oil portriat artist among other things,used to have a boyfriend back in the 80s who was heavily tattooed and she got into it for a while as a tattoo artist herself. At a tattoo convention once she introduced me to a guy who had a large photorealistic piece on his chest of a skeleton in a Hawaiian shirt playing a two-tone ZB D-10. The attention to detail was amazing and it was the coolest tat I've seen before or since. I've considered getting a tattoo a few times but could never settle on something that I could be sure was "future-proof". -MJ- |
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Rich Weiss Member From: Woodland Hills, CA, USA |
posted 11 August 2004 11:52 AM
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I don't think you're allowed to be a mechanic these days, unless your arms are covered with tatoos. This fad, (for the kids at least) must've somehow come out of the punk-era, and popularized by MTV. It's amazing to me that it's morphed into something so maintstream. When I see a beautiful woman with a big old tatoo on her arm, or back, it makes me sad. |
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John Steele Member From: Renfrew, Ontario, Canada |
posted 11 August 2004 02:43 PM
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What gets me is that the kids' attempts to be unique often results in them being just like everyone else. Around here, the owners of barbed-wire tattoes around the upper arm think the message it sends is "I'm a wild rebel", when in fact it actually just says "I'm just another clone born around 1980". -John ------------------ [This message was edited by John Steele on 11 August 2004 at 02:44 PM.] |
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Toby Rider Member From: Fort Worth, Texas, USA |
posted 11 August 2004 02:55 PM
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I have Airborne wings & the regimental insignia of the airborne infantry regiment I served with. "Just the other day, I heard a black hat say, Drive on Airborne!" |
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