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the day i got the cobra pictured above by Robert Ryan, Marco was guest spotting at Electric and he did this AWESOME black and grey rock of ages on a local tattooers throat. the tattooer also had black and grey ladyheads on both sides of his neck, also tattooed by Marco. very nice guy and a super solid tattooer. Apparently he's coming back in the spring and I can't wait to get tattooed by him.

Robert Ryan is one of my favorite tattooers, and the majority of my tattoos were put on by him.

Cobra design originally by Sailor jerry, repainted for the asbury park tattoo convention. the script underneath was tattooed by Rich Heller, also at Electric tattoo in Bradley Beach NJ.

and the girl was tattooed on my 20th birthday, lots of fun.

the dagger on my shin was designed by Dan Higgs. One of my favorite tattoos so far

ALSO, an extremely underrated tattooer is Tom Yak, also at Electric Tattoo

I meant to put Chris Smith in here before. He tattoos at Deluxe Tattoo in Chicago and also makes machines I think (Workhorse Irons))? I think he does some really clean-looking, bright tattoos.

I am almost sorry I went ahead with Japanese chest plates when I see these kinds of trad front pieces:-

this is on the singer of a great chicago hardcore band called Harms Way, and is one of the coolest straight edge tattoos i've seen (Firm Standing Law is a Chorus of Disapproval record). nice fellow.

I was tattooed by Steve Delgatto at Black Panther in Brick NJ recently. He put a small pantherhead and dagger on my bicep. Hell of a guy with a lot of great stoires

tattooed on my calf by Mike Schweigert on my 18th birthday at Electric Tattoo, Bradley Beach NJ

Last winter i was able to see Dan higgs perform at Robert ryan's studio/apartment in Asbury park. At the time, I was staying at my dad's place in Bradley beach, a town away, so I walked over about a half hour before the show and got there before anyone else had really shown up. I went upstairs and entered this dark apartment illuminated only by candlelight, hazy with incense, decorated with eastern deities and inhabited solely by Bink himself, who was prepping for the show, and three huddled masses sitting in a circle in a shadowy corner, conversing and sharing a joint. I didn't recognize the two facing me, being of the traveller/hippie variety, but I recognized the voice of the bearded, sunglassed man sitting with his back to me as he said "and that's not when I SAW yellow, but I FELT yellow..."

I said to myself, "I don't do nearly enough drugs to get this shit", and i went and sat down by myself in the opposite corner.

That's my higgs story