In preparation for this class session (and my presentation), I watched so many videos of musicians being interviewed about their tattoos. I actually had a lot of fun doing this, and I found several of the musicians’ statements helpful for my presentation/paper. Something that I’m not sure if I expected, but that definitely makes sense, is that many of the musicians had tattoos (either portraits, logos, or lyrics) referencing the musicians who had inspired their own work. At least two musicians (maybe more) had Nirvana-related tattoos, which is a testament to the cultural impact the band had. When I told my dad about the Nirvana tattoos, he wasn’t surprised; he said that, as someone who was alive during Nirvana’s skyrocket to fame, it was “crazy” how much of a pop-culture mainstay they were. I also was not surprised that several musicians had objectively terrible tattoos. I think, especially before celebrity tattoo artists became more common, it was seen as cool for musicians to go to a completely random tattoo shop and get a crudely-done tattoo for the “rock ‘n roll culture.” I honestly love seeing peoples’ “bad” tattoos – there’s almost always a great story behind them, and the tattoos are worth something for that alone.