Tonight I saw Thee Oh Sees destroy the Beerland patio. I had to stand on the patio fence in order to shoot pictures. Dangerous, dangerous!
After the set I talked to Petey Damnit from the band and got these pictures of his knuckles. If you get a chance to catch this band live, don’t miss out.
Don’t miss ’em, you will thank me.
UPDATE: Here are my pictures from the show:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thenathanblack/sets/72157615633852483
Mel Vicious sends us these knuckles and the following story:
My first true love died in 2000 and pretty much destroyed me back then. For me, it’s a reminder of him.
Here is an additional picture to prove the photo is hers:
Frederic Bujold from Trois-Rivieres, Quebec sends us these knuckles:
im a great fan of mike ness and all my life i feel pain after love of course …lol
love is pain
so i make this tattoo but bigger than mike cause im younger and the big tattoos is better than small
Tattooed by Marc Dumas at X9 Clothes and Tattoo in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
Melissa Marler sends us these knuckle tattoos:
I got this tattoo b/c I’m a seamstress and I have terrible luck with relationships.
Sewing is really the only love I get out of life…and I’m ok with that. :)
Jessica from Virginia sends us these knuckle tattoos:
i had always wanted my knuckles done since i started getting tattoos…i figured now that i work as a piercer in a tattoo shop now would be the best time to get them
i wanted love then lust just seemed to be the perfect opposite i guess
Whaddya know, knuckle tattoos on the knuckles! Jim Parris from Trenton, New Jersey sends us these with the following note:
right on the bone a day later still red as hell..tell the rest their all wimps it didn’t hurt anymore than any other tattoo
When asked why PEACE and LOVE and about the other symbols, this was his response:
Double meaning 1st-name of a pogues album 2.a pun if I hit someone I’d say I’m giving them some peace and love
The fingers things came from a Peru mummy, the hand thing is a triskillion…ancient symbol
Tattoo artist: Patrick Tattoo at tattooartist.com
Oddly this is the first set of LOVE HATE knuckles we’ve received here at knuckle tattoo central. Jackie from Boston, MA sends us these classics. It’s the story of the left hand, right hand, but here is what Jackie has to say about his set:
I feel both of these emotions all the time. And im sure everyone in they’re lives have felt love or hate it just suits me.
David Beil sends us these hands from Norway:
Here is a knuckle tattoo from Norway. It is done by Birdie from personal art tattoo.
For me TRUE LOVE stands for the love that Jesus has for all of us.
But also the love between my wife and i.
For me it stands also for the love we need to have for each other in this world, in your own family and for your friends!
God bless knuckle brothers
God bless the knuckle brothers all over the world, my friend.
These are the knuckle tattoos of Bob Sleg, a FleshTransfixer who owns a shop in Lille, France called COLD FLESH, THE BODY PIERCING CRYPT in Lille (FR).
This FUCK/LOVE tattooed in December Y2K by WILL TATTOO from Angoulême, FRANCE (EU), represents a lot to me.
First of all, it says all together FUCK LOVE, ‘koz ‘am a bloody heart-sensitive Dude and I wanted to “protect” myself against other heartbreaking love stories…
Second, the LOVE one is on my left hand, the one of the heart. And the FUCK one his on the right hand which represents the military salute and the fighting fist to me.
Third, when I reverse my hands (left/right) or put’em in front of me, it says LOVE FUCK, ‘koz Hell yeah ‘am heart-sensitive but I still luv’ action !
Fourth, I always had in memories the Robert Mitchum’s LOVE/HATE “tattoo” I saw in The Night Of The Hunter when I woz a child…
There’s sum’ other meanings for my knukles’tattoo to me, like FUCK is my favorite word in the world; bu’ I keep’em for my LOVErz..!
-Bob SLEG.
Check out his shop at: www.myspace.com/coldfleshpiercing or www.twisted.fr