Every since 1995, the one constant summertime staple for alternative music fans has been Warped Tour. Over the past 23 years, it has been mostly responsible for the success of many bands, who had previously…
Within the Metal world, lead vocalist Dez Fafara (Coal Chamber – now disbanded & currently DevilDriver) is somewhat of a “Renaissance Man” in terms of what he’s accomplished fronting two major bands, putting his own…
Melvin Tay is a tattoo artist from Singapore who specializes in Chinese Oriental abstract, he’s also a dear friend of mine. I met Melvin for the first time in 2011 during a convention in Belgium and…
If you’re a fan of Paramount Network’s hit show Ink Master, then no doubt you know who Robbie Ripoll and Jayvo Scott are! The brothers appeared on the show’s Rivals Edition to battle out their…
I wasn’t sure if I should’ve laughed or cried when I heard a fan at Rocklahoma say “Diamond Head was really good. Did you hear them cover that Metallica song?” The song the fan was…
Proving he’s not just a pretty boy actor playing the lead part in a monstrously talented U.K. Punk Rock band, James Campbell Bowar – whom you may have seen in movies such as Harry Potter…
Compared to the rest of Europe and the US, in Italy tattoo culture spread itself fairly late. Gian Maurizio Fercioni is certainly one of the main advocates of this spread and certainly the most charismatic…
Tattoos and the military have been wrapped in a long-standing love affair since the beginning of written history. For as long as tattooing has been documented, you can find traces of the military interspersed throughout.…
Download Festival is a mammoth five-day rock event, based at the spiritual home of rock at Donington Park, Leicestershire, UK. Download Festival is filled to the brim with the best entertainment, stalls, food & drink and a…
Founded in 2006 on the ashes of FURYFEST, the HELLFEST festival is the brainchild of Benjamin Barbaud & Yoann Le Neve. Now in its 13th year, and still hosted in the little town of Clisson…