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Can you name the musical inspirations behind these terrible band tattoos?
by Mark Teo
November 7, 2014
There’s no bigger tribute to your favourite band than etching their name into your skin. But there are right ways to get band tattoos, and there are horrifically terrible ways to get band tattoos.
Want to see some band tattoos done right? Morrissey fans, for the most part, get it. Want to know how to do it all god damn wrong? Look no further than the Drake face-tat girl, Earth Crisis logo guy, and, like, the person who got photorealistic ink of Ian Watkins’ mugshot (captioned with “Mega LOLZ,” naturally).
Of course, most awful band tats aren’t nearly as bad as those examples, but still: There are tons, and we mean tons, of terrible musical tattoos floating around. We’ve compiled a few of our, uh, favourites—can you spot the musicians who inspired ’em? Good luck. We barely can.
ANSWER KEY
1. Travis Barker 2. The Tragically Hip 3. Tim Armstrong 4. Thom Yorke 5. Steven Tyler 6. Staind 7. Sid Vicious 8. Scott Stapp 9. ODB 10. Morrissey 11. Miley Cyrus 12. Michael Jackson 13. Madonna 14. Lil B 15. Led Zeppelin 16. Kurt Cobain 17. Korn’s Jonathan Davis 18. King Diamond 19. Kid Rock 20. Slayer’s Kerry King 21. Justin Bieber 22. Johnny Cash 23. John Lennon 24. Riff Raff 25. Joy Division’s Ian Curtis 26. Hanson 27. Green Day 28. Freddie Mercury 29. Fred Durst 30. Eminem 31. Dave Matthews 32. Courtney Love 33. Chief Keef 34. Bruce Springsteen with 3D glasses 35. Bob Marley 36. Billie Joe Armstrong 37. Axl Rose 38. Notorious BIG and 2Pac
