Nick's Rocking Leg Tattoos (Van Halen and Aerosmith)

At the end of July, while searching for <a href="http://www.greenday.com/">Green Day</a> tattoos, I met, perhaps, the ultimate <a href="http://www.van-halen.com/">Van Halen</a> fan.<br /><br />Nick was hanging out at the side of <a href="http://www.thegarden.com/">Madison Square Garden</a>, talking with a friend, and I spotted several rock-themed tattoos on his legs.<br /><br />Nick has seven tattoos and let me photograph three of them. His outer right calf has this Eddie Van Halen piece:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_XTQHWnv9mFsN4aW4mwWRPvwbLKMKcWyrSZ5BY5qp0eGA-eDeGjCk6ax6n7dPNSIEyWq9tDrWUNa1_t477xcaGJSt3XDovVXNuvQbxQnAPL_BqTXV1W_oX8dEl-ekrVJIpNlRPgeQZck/s1600-h/Eddie+2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372571954123176770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_XTQHWnv9mFsN4aW4mwWRPvwbLKMKcWyrSZ5BY5qp0eGA-eDeGjCk6ax6n7dPNSIEyWq9tDrWUNa1_t477xcaGJSt3XDovVXNuvQbxQnAPL_BqTXV1W_oX8dEl-ekrVJIpNlRPgeQZck/s400/Eddie+2.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 186px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />This was done by a visiting artist at one of the <a href="http://www.tattoolous.com/">Tattoo Lou's</a> locations on Long Island. Work from Tattoo Lou's has appeared on Tattoosday previously <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/search/label/Tattoo%20Lou%27s">here</a>.<br /><br />The better of the two Van Halen pieces (in my opinion), on his inner right calf, is this one, inked by Thom at <a href="http://www.tattoofrenzy.com/">Tattoo Frenzy</a>, in Lindenhurst, New York.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPj54HY8qb_BVd0Gr8cG01Kvb-W0qNJB7NomooAyzKDTJDrj6u51fpAn1MLxRaUKMzvYW5-kF-cnm6nKA8DNTSlD0KPTAM_QFioROvPvtKFDnxv2obqT2oRu8uhgTjQ-WH-FSdL_FyrCw/s1600-h/Eddie+1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372572157566836802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPj54HY8qb_BVd0Gr8cG01Kvb-W0qNJB7NomooAyzKDTJDrj6u51fpAn1MLxRaUKMzvYW5-kF-cnm6nKA8DNTSlD0KPTAM_QFioROvPvtKFDnxv2obqT2oRu8uhgTjQ-WH-FSdL_FyrCw/s400/Eddie+1.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 223px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />The detail on the guitar is incredible:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPp8lmk-zMOMGKCfths_CzEooQz2GeVQChv3UyjEEiJAvSPDKBR5_FyafiT1y07lraSagxU55Q19W9JQRhXzLBi2gu2dWgf4O0Zx3gawwgaEig_D-7JbkcawCxS5N6qV6y2S1X3nM4gro/s1600-h/Eddie+1+detail.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372571601493224066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPp8lmk-zMOMGKCfths_CzEooQz2GeVQChv3UyjEEiJAvSPDKBR5_FyafiT1y07lraSagxU55Q19W9JQRhXzLBi2gu2dWgf4O0Zx3gawwgaEig_D-7JbkcawCxS5N6qV6y2S1X3nM4gro/s400/Eddie+1+detail.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 352px;" /></a><br />Nick says, with certainty, that he has seen Van Halen in concert 394 times (as of July 2009).<br /><br />He also shared this other tattoo, from his left leg:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZsxfom9bnzjdaucGzZjj0yLou3Nt_a1Hb2iiJOqZHhov_SQQ8sVYs3qPnKVUMrgpTZ8VBhhdjg-i2Cc7nyigNh4vqSdKJmRLnMeB1wFcNgFu3rPcrjRGLBh9vb06EIE_9tOspM4_AElI/s1600-h/Aerosmith.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372570871917472642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZsxfom9bnzjdaucGzZjj0yLou3Nt_a1Hb2iiJOqZHhov_SQQ8sVYs3qPnKVUMrgpTZ8VBhhdjg-i2Cc7nyigNh4vqSdKJmRLnMeB1wFcNgFu3rPcrjRGLBh9vb06EIE_9tOspM4_AElI/s400/Aerosmith.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 221px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />This piece is based on the cover art from <a href="http://www.aerosmith.com/">Aerosmith's</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Push_Play" style="font-style: italic;">Just Push Play</a> album:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEeWxMJ_J9ndIhnBr6stAOHFm58-XyuEhGObw_v2HgxRG2hOADwsIzfNqUuFRE69D5UjGCchqRD753GIO1jNrrS4uv9aAR30S6Md4EOICwQjB3BlmcvSFrIaTgBgGNRR5o_ZWuQHhOY3E/s1600-h/Aerosmith_-_Just_Push_Play.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372573811923090322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEeWxMJ_J9ndIhnBr6stAOHFm58-XyuEhGObw_v2HgxRG2hOADwsIzfNqUuFRE69D5UjGCchqRD753GIO1jNrrS4uv9aAR30S6Md4EOICwQjB3BlmcvSFrIaTgBgGNRR5o_ZWuQHhOY3E/s400/Aerosmith_-_Just_Push_Play.JPG" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" /></a><br />Thanks to Nick for sharing his rocking tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!

Nick's Rocking Leg Tattoos (Van Halen and Aerosmith)

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