Artist Gallery

Revolver's own Stephanie Cabral was on hand to catch all the action for KISS, Def Leppard and Kobra and the Lotus' stop on July 8 at the Forum in Inglewood, California. Check out the photos she captured for us below–you can also follow her on Twitter and Facebook.

Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland leads Revolver through a trap door into his basement man cave where he works on music, paints, and stores his collection of oddities.

1. FAVORITE DEAD THING: Human remains collection
"I have a human skeleton, which is complete except for one kneecap. But the gem of my bone collection is a 2,000-year-old stretched-head Peruvian skull. The natives there used to bind their babies' heads so the entire skull would lengthen into a cone."

2. FAVORITE DANGEROUS THING: Bladed weapons collection
"When my career started taking off, I bought a bunch of swords, and I found out there are people that still make them like they did in medieval times. So I started learning how to blacksmith and make my own weapons. I used the hang my pieces on the walls, but it got too stupid-looking, especially because I live with a woman. My wife sometimes asks me if I know that she could kill me in my sleep, and I say, 'Yup. Goodnight, dear.'"

3. FAVORITE FOOD: Korean Barbecue
"I can eat an amazing amount of bulgogi, which is marinated beef you cook at a table yourself. I will eat Korean barbecue in any country anywhere, any time. Strangely, I didn't like it in Korea. Fred Durst's brother, Corey, and I walked back to the hotel from the restaurant, and we both got the most incredible case of fecal urgency. Somehow we made it back without having to use an alleyway, and it was like the scene in Dumb and Dumber."

4. FAVORITE PARTIES: Painting parties
"I'm really good friends with two great painters in LA, Kevin Llewellyn and Michael Hussar, who both host painting nights at their studios. We have between four and eight people there with a model—usually a hot chick that gets naked, so that's a plus—and we smoke cigarettes, drink whiskey, and paint. Usually we'll go from 9 at night to 5 in the morning. You learn a lot being around people that dwarf your ability.

5. FAVORITE FILM: The Holy Mountain
"I try to watch it at least once or twice a year, and I love turning people onto it because it's pretty much the most insane thing ever. Whenever I'm short of creative ideas, I pop in The Holy Mountain. I've found it inspiring for stage moves, video ideas, songs, paintings—everything."

Freddy Cricien has been serving as the vocalist for New York hardcore stalwarts Madball for over two decades. In that time, he's clearly accumulated many tattoos. Here, he shares his favorites with Revolver.

Madball recently released its eighth studio album, 'Hardcore Lives,' and it features a slew of guests including Terror's Scott Vogel, H2O's Toby Morse, Shai Hulud's Chad Gilbert, and wrestler CM Punk.

1. Son's name
"This is one of my more recent tats and is my favorite. My son is my world! He's my main man! I wanted to get it big and bold and that was a nice empty spot for it. The work is clean and really well done. The artist is Adam Warmerdam from Dark Horse Tattoo studios in Los Angeles. He came as a reference from my friend Juan Puente, who is also a great tattoo artist in his own right and has done work on my biceps.  Adam ended up killing it!"

2. Knight slaying the devil
"The symbolism of the piece to me is about fighting your inner demons and 'evil' elements around me/us in general. This one was done by an old friend, Chris Garver, who has done many of my pieces. Chris grew up in Pittsburgh with Will Shepler, Madball's original drummer and one of my oldest friends. When Chris moved to NYC and was just starting out there, we were all his 'canvases.' It was a win-win for everyone! He got instant clientele and we got great art for next to nothing—compared to these days. Some of the older generation was not as fortunate when it came to being human 'guinea pigs.'  They got 'Charley the Hacker' and we got Chris Garver! Ha.. He would go on to be a really well-known artist."

3. Virgin Mary
"I have a lot of religious/Catholic art. I grew up Catholic so that art/symbolism/culture was ingrained in me early on. My 'religious' views have changed some and I don't really follow the Catholic Church in that way anymore. That being said, I am still fond of the art and have respect for some of the cultural aspects. It's beautiful art so I don't regret it really. It was a symbol of those times. I was in a constant battle between heaven and hell—and still am sometimes. This piece was done by my homie, Mike Ledger, one of the best in the game in my opinion and sometimes underrated."

4. Angel on shield
"Probably my newest, and maybe that's why I dig it? That, and the fact that it's well done and has cool symbolism to me. There's an angel with a blank expression, who seems to be mourning as she sit on a lion, a shield. It's actually inspired by a statue I saw in Florence, Italy, which I believe  was a memorial piece a tribute to fallen soldiers or warriors. The artist is Tim Hendricks."

5. "Cricien"
"That was one of my first tattoos ever. It's not the prettiest but certainly done in the grittiest manner. My boy MQUE who's a legendary graff head, was starting to tattoo and of course a few of us became his human 'guinea pigs.' We did it in [Madball bass player] Hoya's basement in Corona, Queens, and it took forever! By far the most painful but that's probably because after hours of tattooing my man realized the needle was set too deep and wasn't actually lined up correctly. [Laughs] I think he was tattooing my organs and I'll never let him live that down. He did finally figure it out and end up doing some cool stuff. I believe he's delving back into that world actually."

SUBMIT YOUR TATTOO! Do you have a tribute tattoo dedicated to your favorite band or artist? Email a photo of your ink (along with your name and the name of the tattoo shop/artist) to submit@revolvermag.com.

Punk and country artist Hank 3 has been getting tattoos as far back as when he was living with his mom. But one tattoo the sometime Superjoint Ritual member will never forget getting is the goat-mule beast that artist Paul Booth placed on his left arm.

"The night before, someone put a shot onstage, and I guess they dosed it with a bunch of acid," he recalls. "I couldn't shake it off. Sure enough, with no sleep, I freaked out in Paul Booth's chair."

Equally memorable are the cowboy and punk skulls on his arms, which he refers to as Jekyll and Hyde. "There's something about them that fans feel connected to," he says, "and we have to keep making them proud."

Below, he discusses the artists and events that influenced him to get inked.

1. Unknown Hinson
"He's a musician-slash-genius, as far as the characters that he's created, like on [the Adult Swim show] Squidbillies. I've known him quite a while. He's always in character. The only time I've ever talked to him out of character was when he called me a few months ago when he was having some personal stuff go down. But he said, 'Hoss, I always appreciate all the respect you gave me.' He was just very humble."

2. Smiling Sun
"That's my first tattoo. It's a straight-up Deadhead tattoo. The Grateful Dead were a country-western band in their own little way. I totally identified with that."

3. Hank III Logo with Checkered Flag & Pistols
"I got this after I won a truck-racing video game called Monster Truck Madness out of 40,000 people. I made it into the Final Four contestants, and the other three were, like, computer nerds. I was trying to psych them out, like, 'Well, y'all never been onstage in front of a bunch of people and I have, so don't get the jitters up there.' We raced in front of the whole Toyota factory, with the game up on a screen. My racing name was Rip Buzzed. I won a Toyota Tundra. I ended up having to sell it to a guy in Montana for the money to keep doing what we're doing. It was an awesome memory, man."

4. "Risin' Outlaw"
"That's what I wanted to name my first record. The record label, of course, is giving me shit. They wanted to call it Hank Williams III. The image is just flash art."

5. "Honky Tonkin'" Native-American Design
"My grandfather had [Cherokee and Creek] in his blood just a little bit. That tattoo is just trying to pay respects to them in my own way, trying to say, 'hats off,' to them. It looks more like an Eskimo, though. 'Honky Tonkin'' on the Harley badge is just because I've always played to a lot of bikers. I've played in every bike club that's out there."

SUBMIT YOUR TATTOO! Do you have a tribute tattoo dedicated to your favorite band or artist? Email a photo of your ink (along with your name and the name of the tattoo shop/artist) to submit@revolvermag.com.

Are there any fans out there who are more intense and dedicated than Slayer's? If so, we haven't seen them.

Although most Slayer fans thankfully don't go as far as the dude who actually cut Slayer's logo into his arm, many have had the band's name, emblems, and T-shirt designs, and even the guitarist's signature, permanently etched onto their bodies.

Here's our tribute to a few of our favorite Slayer tributes.

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Unless you've been living in a cave (and if you have—badass!), you've seen the "sexy" mug shot that has apparently gone viral enough to make news headlines. All we could think on seeing said headlines is 1) our world is fucked, and 2) this dude is set. Hello, modeling deal!

Of course, the newly famous Jeremy Meeks is hardly the only celeb to find himself on the wrong side of the law—and of police department cameras. Many hard-rock and metal musicians—from Marilyn Manson and Axl Rose to Scott Weiland and Ozzy Osbourne—have fought the law and seen the law win.

"I don't get tattoos to present some image of myself to somebody else," says Scott Lewis, vocalist for the deathcore group Carnifex. "They're just for me, so they're not gonna make sense to anybody but me."

Lewis is nevertheless happy to oblige us in talking about his ink, which he has been getting since he was 16. In the years since he's become a professional musician, though, he's had to to take a break from going under the needle.

"I'd like to finish all the unfinished stuff I have," he says. "Being in a metal band means you don't make any money. So unless there are tattooists that wanna do it for free—which there aren't—it just is what it is, until I go back to working." - Anna Blumenthal

1. The Chances We Take
"A lot of my tattoos deal with everyday life. You know, you quit that good job and you go out on tour, and you don't know how it's gonna work out, but that's just life, making decisions and taking chances. I got this one almost six years ago, before every other guy in a band had throat tattoos," he laughs.

2. Bettie Page
"A buddy of mine was apprenticing and I had some space so we went at it. It's not finished, obviously—it's been lines for, like, five and a half years. I just think she's pretty and I've been looking at her pictures ever since I was growing up. Everyone thinks she's doing something… She just has her hands in her lap! It's a little ambiguous, 'cause it's just lines, but if you saw the photo it's copied from, you see her hands are just in her lap."

3. Cradle Of Filth, Cruelty And The Beast, Special Edition Cover Art
"Cradle of Filth are one of my favorite bands, and that record in particular is one of my favorite records. That record has had a lot of influence on me musically. Plus that cover art is amazing."

4. Only Love Can Fill The Void
"Those are lyrics by [now-defunct Christian hardcore band] Strongarm. When I was getting into heavy music, they were one of the early bands I heard. The angel saving somebody is just a representation of love."

5. Stay True And Lost In Love
"I'm straightedge, so 'Stay True' is a representation of that. My knuckles say 'Lost in Love.' The reason I got it like that is because it can be Lost Love or Lost In Love, just as easy. It comes and goes."

6. Unashamed/This Is Conviction
"'This is Conviction' are Hatebreed lyrics off the Perseverance record. I'm not really a hardcore fan but there are a couple hardcore bands out there that are amazing, Hatebreed being one of them. And that Perseverance album is just awesome. You can't listen to that record and not feel inspired. It's the best hardcore record ever written, in my opinion. The 'Unashamed' with the three X's is a hardcore piece. I got sober in April 2004 and in December I made the commitment to take on the three-X symbol for straightedge and everything that goes with it."

If your favorite band is a bunch of masked maniacs who regularly punish their bodies onstage and retch out their emotional torment in the studio, all for your sick amusement, you pretty much owe it to them to go through a little pain yourself in gratitude.

And many Slipknot fans have done just that, going under the tattoo needle, waiting and bleeding as it inks their devotion to the Nine permanently into their skins. You crazy Maggots.

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When Miss May I formed in 2006, vocalist Levi Benton didn't want tattoos. "I had the old mom-and-dad mindset, like, 'I'll ruin my life if I get tattoos,'" he says. "'I don't really need them.'" But all that changed when he saw himself on Headbangers Ball. "After I saw us on the TV, I was like, I should get tattoos because we're legit now."

And so he did. His first was a grandfather clock/tree trunk, which the Devil Wears Prada guitarist Chris Rubey inked on him, but one of his most impressive is the beast on his chest. "It's like my alter ego tattoo," Benton says. "I'm a quiet, chilled-out guy. But I'm not like that when I'm onstage." The combination of a leopard's face with wings was completed over three sessions, spanning 20 hours.

Below, Benton shares the stores behind his most meaningful tattoos.

1. Grandfather Clock and Owl
"There's no hand on the clock, which means my life is short. It was done in Chris Rubey's kitchen. I was probably 18 when I got it. The owl is the animal of protection. Instead of getting a big, cheesy four-leaf clover, I got that. The moon is the light source. All the shadows on my arm come from the moon. [Tattooist] Tim Knecht had to go over the clock, too, to fix the light source. Chris was bummed a little bit that I redid it, but he understands. I told him, 'It's on my body and I have to look at it every day.'"

2. Three Red Lions
"If you look from the top line to the bottom line, they go from crazy lion to old, noble lion. They represent me and my little brothers, who are 8 and 12. I'm the old, noble brother. The roses are the colors of our birthstones. Whenever I'm hanging out with them and they have friends over, they show it off."

3. Panther Head, Snake and Knife
"I was looking at really old-school tattoos and the design was a spur-of-the-moment thing. I wanted a snake killing a larger animal. Then we ended up picking a panther and having the snake holding a dagger. It was like, 'Don't underestimate the snake.' I don't identify with snakes. I just think they're badass. I like exotic animals, I guess."

4. Skull and Crossbones
"I was getting in the shower the day it was done, taking my sock off, and I caught the tattoo with my thumbnail. I scratched where it had already scarred. After that, it scarred up really thick. It was, no joke, like, as thick as two quarters. It was the thickest scab I ever had in my life on top of where I ripped it off. So bad. Now there's a big chunk missing in his eye, but I'm going to keep it there because I'll remember that."

5. Pomegranate Flower and Compass
"The pomegranate flower represents birth. Underneath it, I still want it to say, 'Ever since 1991,' because that's the year I was born. The compass is pointing north. Together it all means, 'Ever since I was born, I was going up.' I listen to a lot of hip-hop so that's sort of my cocky hip-hop tattoo."