This reminds me of a rule I made for when I get tattoos: do not get tattoos dedicated to people, and that includes celebrities.
There are some really badass musicians I admire, ones who even tend to be really nice people in their personal life, and the thought of paying some sort of tribute to them by getting some permanent inking of them somewhere on my leg or something doesn't sound so bad as I know them now, but I always ponder disasters like this pic.
Hell, I even avoid it for dead celebrities because you never know what could be dug up, but of course, the chances are slimmer there.
I give some leeway to works—things like album art and what not, as long as they don't pull a lostprophets. However, I'd expect there to be no problem with me getting a very popular classic like Master of Puppets tattooed on my back for instance. I was actually planning on doing that with Octopus.
This reminds me of a rule I made for when I get tattoos: do not get tattoos dedicated to people, and that includes celebrities.
There are some really badass musicians I admire, ones who even tend to be really nice people in their personal life, and the thought of paying some sort of tribute to them by getting some permanent inking of them somewhere on my leg or something doesn't sound so bad as I know them now, but I always ponder disasters like this pic.
Hell, I even avoid it for dead celebrities because you never know what could be dug up, but of course, the chances are slimmer there.
I give some leeway to works—things like album art and what not, as long as they don't pull a lostprophets. However, I'd expect there to be no problem with me getting a very popular classic like Master of Puppets tattooed on my back for instance. I was actually planning on doing that with Octopus.
Have you considered getting a tattoo of their instruments or something thats not directly them?
Which version of the Octopus cover?
The original UK release cover
Rodger Dean has some great covers