After meeting these guys on a previous tour, The All-American Rejects invited me out to make a few little tattoos for them along the way on other tours as well, it's an honor to be asked to make tattoos like this for people, no matter how big or small the tattoo may be, the memory is unforgetable. This tattoo on Nick is to remind him of a band that inspired him to play music, do you recognize it?

Tattooing a successful band's logo on the band members,
​I'm honored to be a part of this.

April 2006, I was invited to tattoo on the "Black Clouds and Underdogs Tour" with my friends in the band From First to Last, they were opening for Fall Out Boy on this tour.  Looking back now, I'd say that this few months of my life was pretty eye opening and lifechanging in a sense.  I rememeber having a great time on this tour with everyone associated, band members and crew alike,
​making tons of new friends and tattooing a lot along the way. 

Usually people that love tattoos also love to have a good time, especially this guy..  Dirty!  hahahah
Making friends along the way is what makes tattooing special to me, every day is different.

The All-American Rejects were on this tour also, this was the first time I got to know these guys and make a few little tattoos for them too, all around great guys and good times. 
Long with making friends and tattoos for them also comes great adventures, Fall Out Boy played during Grad Night at Disney World during this tour, my new friend Joe Trohman invited me to join them on these few days as well, pretty awesome!  I remember walking into the amusement park with members Joe and Pete and only making it about 20 yards before having to run from group of people wanting to meet the guys. Not long after we had a full VIP treatment of being escorted in a van underground, going ride to ride and taking elevators up to the tops of whatever rides we were wanting to get on. There was an entire world under ground, I've never experienced anything like it. 

Other random bonds were made that I would have never imagined as well.  During a day off we linked up with Mikey Way from My Chemical Romance for a few days and I made a tattoo for him as well.  This also happened to be his first tattoo, pretty cool.  Wes Borland was along a surprise, touring with FFTL playing bass, which he also wrote and recorded on one of their albums as well.