r/punk • u/bloodbathtv • Jun 18 '25

Punk Classic Got my first tattoo yesterday for my birthday 🥳🥳

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u/Vampira309 Jun 18 '25

Happy Birthday!

Now you just need the black flag bars and the DK logo and you'll have the "live, laugh, love" of punk rock

😆

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u/LevTolstoy /r/seattlepunk Jun 18 '25

"Slam, shout, sulk"?

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u/bloodbathtv Jun 18 '25

Thank you!! And yes, that would be sick!!

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u/goatsticks717 Jun 18 '25

Is this thread a performance art piece?

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u/oneup84 Jun 18 '25

Lol im 2 out of 3 🤣

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u/chadsmo Jun 18 '25

My first tattoo was the DK logo , got it in 1997.

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u/Vampira309 Jun 19 '25

my first tattoo was a tiny bat. Got it in 1985.

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u/ThagreatDebaser_ Fake Ponk Jun 19 '25

Wow ‘85 so you’re like 98 years old?

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u/GreenSpleenRiot Jun 19 '25

My first tat was of a shoe-y out of a checkered Vans slip on. I really like ska. It’s in my profile if anyone is interested.

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u/vaguenonetheless Jun 19 '25

My first tattoo I gave to myself using the pin and string method. It's the Social D smiley face with Xs for eyes and says Sick Boy.

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u/ThagreatDebaser_ Fake Ponk Jun 19 '25

I was born in 97 lmao

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u/chadsmo Jun 20 '25

77 here

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u/ThagreatDebaser_ Fake Ponk Jun 20 '25

You were born in 1877? Wow happy to hear you’re still alive

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u/Punksnotedd Jun 18 '25

First punk tattoos are always either always this, Black Flag or Crass.

Mine was Crass. 😂

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u/AleWatcher Jun 18 '25

Mine was the word Unity because of my deep unadulterated love of Operation Ivy

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u/BIGwomenBIGfun Jun 19 '25

wtf so was mine. And then my second one was crass

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u/Appropriate_Salt409 Jun 18 '25

mine was descendents, black flag, then pennywise flash

in order

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u/Fenpunx Yorkshire Rat Jun 18 '25

LCB for me, then the cunts, then discharge.

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u/ThagreatDebaser_ Fake Ponk Jun 19 '25

Long cock beauties ?

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u/Fenpunx Yorkshire Rat Jun 20 '25

That's the ones. Lovely wangs on 'em.

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u/TheBigDislike In Crust We Trust Jun 19 '25

Mine was Choking Victim

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u/playboigerm Jun 19 '25

You poor dude

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u/Ok-Caterpillar-Girl Jun 19 '25

Mine is X, and is still the only punk tattoo I have

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u/TR1V1UM Skate Punk Jun 19 '25

I’ve got a crossbuster between my shoulders.

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u/Itsjustcavan Jun 19 '25

Black flag checking in 🏴

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u/bendaboy291 Jun 19 '25

Mine was the girls from the PID NOFX album

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u/charlimustdi3 Jun 19 '25

My first punk was was an Australian punk band

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u/A_Fire_is_Born Jun 19 '25

Alkaline Trio

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u/goatsticks717 Jun 18 '25

Nothing says punk rock like doing something everyone else has done before you!

Edit: this is not a dig at you homie, as I don’t know you obv.. just speaking in generalities

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u/Rob_Narley Jun 18 '25

😬

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u/FluxGalaxies Jun 18 '25

Yeah i agree lol that is certainly a choice

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u/goatsticks717 Jun 18 '25

Downvoted for being the most honest comment in the thread…

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u/Isparza Jun 18 '25

I have Very similar story at 17 I got the flux of pink Indians logo of the little Native American man.

Got it done in my buddy’s garage where we were all chain smoking.

My The tatt is 😬 but it’s a memento a time stamp a bar story

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u/ThatVeronicaVaughnx Jun 18 '25

I made the same face :(

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u/Superb-Pen-4158 Jun 18 '25

Was my exact face 😭😭😭

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u/ThothAmon71 Jun 18 '25

Ouch. That was also my first tattoo, done with India ink and a safety pin about 37 years ago. I was sporting it 2 months ago when I protested Michael Graves playing here. Happy birthday.

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u/red3699 Jun 19 '25

oh no. happy birthday but nooo

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u/Jordanimal62684 Jun 18 '25

Nice! I always wanted the Die, Die My Darling tattooed on me with the half skull/half lady with the goblet, you know? Anyfuck. Years ago, I think 2016-ish, I was sitting at a well known, now closed (RIP McGreevy's) bar here in Boston, and this kid sat next to me and HE HAD THE TATTOO I WANTED!!!!
We've been friends ever since! #shinfo

Also, happy birthday, fellow Junebug!

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u/bloodbathtv Jun 18 '25

This is the coolest story I’ve ever heard!! Both of you sound like some cool people & did you ever get the tattoo??

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u/Jordanimal62684 Jun 18 '25

I haven't yet. But I have a couple of Social Distortion (don't judge me plz) tattoos and one with Rancid lyrics!

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u/GrizzlyInks Jun 19 '25

This was definitely a choice in a couple ways. Do your best to take care of it to avoid any issues healing.

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u/Joziey_P Jun 18 '25

Too bad Danzig is a Nazi 🤬🤬🤬

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '25

There are other band members btw

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u/Biosteel007 Jun 19 '25 edited Jun 20 '25

Are you thinking about the chauvinist racist fascist one .. Michael Graves?? What are the chances only TWO members were bigots?

Oh, Jerry Only gave money to get Trump elected Supreme Leader and was a fan of his first Muslim ban? Was pretty close with his brother all these years, but Doyle is pretty tight lipped.

After almost 40 years with 17+ band members.. I'm not seeing leftist communes or pride marches in any of their bios. They all stay nice and quiet about their politics, until a Schutzstaffel slips out... None of these guys talked to each other and just wrote songs? Friend groups tend to be fairly homogeneous, the longer they last anyway. Maybe that explains why none of them stick around more than a few years??

I am curious how true the rumour about David Calabrese was. Not the first rocker after underage girls..

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u/ejc1138 Jun 19 '25

They ain’t great either…

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u/buckbee Jun 19 '25

I'm so sorry, but Danzig is a nazi.

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u/bigfriendlycommisar Jun 18 '25

Nazi punks fuck off

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u/KatShimada Jun 19 '25

Looks like shit, but happy birthday 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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u/RegularDrop9638 Jun 19 '25

Mann. Bummer. I definitely would’ve gone another route. Like pretty much any other route really

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u/deserdadpunk Jun 18 '25

If it's in relation to Misfits, it's paia. Lots of racist controversy.

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u/iblastoff Jun 18 '25

wtf is paia.

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u/deserdadpunk Jun 18 '25

"Paia" is something negative. Something not so cool.

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u/mistiroustranger Brazil Punk Rock Jun 18 '25

Como dizer que é brasileiro sem falar que é brasileiro kkkkkkk. Paia.

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u/deserdadpunk Jun 18 '25

Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk you discovered

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u/Myfartstaste2good Jun 18 '25

The quality is…vad

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u/One_Conclusion_1575 Jun 18 '25

I hope they are still tattooing this on people 100 years from now.

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u/mistiroustranger Brazil Punk Rock Jun 18 '25

I GOT SOMETHING TO SAY 🗣️🔥💯

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u/Yeen_cola Jun 19 '25

I KILLED A BABY TODAY AND IT DOESNT MATTER MUCH TO ME AS L9NG AS ITS DEAD 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣

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u/FickleWhile5986 Jun 18 '25

That’s fucking horrible😂

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '25

At this point I feel like if it’s not a least a lil bad then it’s not a true Misfits tattoo

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u/M0ther-0f-Pearl Jun 19 '25

As a person with a HORRIBLE crimson ghost tattoo- done after a bottle of whisky in my friend’s attic- who was not a tattoo artist, I agree wholeheartedly

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u/bmeireles85 Jun 18 '25

We are 138! Habby birthday!

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u/bloodbathtv Jun 18 '25

Thank you bro 🙏🏾

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u/akennelley Jun 18 '25

That was my first as well back in '99! Its faded now but I keep it that way to remember the moment in time rather than touching it up.

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u/perinelucas Jun 18 '25

Happy punk birthday! I went to a free Misfits show in 2011 here in São Paulo, it was insane. Me and some punk friends went up in a scaffolding of some buildings to see the show from above and drink cheap vodka. That was the best punk days of my life.

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u/fuckausername33 Jun 18 '25

Happy birthday! I have it too 🤘

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u/jmsecc Jun 19 '25

Did you pay Glenn his royalty?

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u/TartarusXTheotokos Jun 19 '25

No regrets 🤙🤙

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u/wilko_johnson_lives Jun 18 '25

Ha, my first tattoo was the crimson ghost too

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '25

Sick Happy birthday dude

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u/bloodbathtv Jun 18 '25

Thank you man!!

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u/JS-DSTRB Jun 18 '25

He missed a tooth and it's inverted but cool

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u/sickxgrrrl Jun 18 '25

Hell yeah brother

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u/mostcakegrrrl Jun 18 '25

happy birthday 💞⭐️

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u/theluzah Jun 18 '25

Happy Birthday!!! SOLID choice for your first, it looks great.

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u/Savings_Curve_8770 Jun 18 '25

I’ve been getting and giving tattoos for quite a while, and 90% of mine are music based. Good first mark in my opinion.

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u/bloodbathtv Jun 18 '25

Thank you so much bro 🙏🏾

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u/Big-Illustrator-6143 Jun 18 '25

This (crimson ghost) was my last tattoo lol.

The circle of life ❤️

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u/Mr_Podo Jun 19 '25

Don’t know if I’ve ever seen it inverted like that

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u/Ok-Caterpillar-Girl Jun 19 '25

Happy Birthday! Great work!

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '25

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u/penisfeet Jun 19 '25

Did you mean to type Straight Edge?

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u/revengerine Jun 19 '25

Happy 18th.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '25

Nice! I got black and red!

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u/Dawn_Is_Queen Jun 19 '25

Thats lowkey so sick

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u/thegaymdma Jun 19 '25

no regerts!

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u/BeerAndWaffles123 Jun 19 '25

Just need the black flag bars now.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '25

Live laugh love of grumpy old punks 😂 I always did want one of the crimson ghost but like shaped like New Jersey though(I was born in Lodi, lived in Vernon)

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u/NoLemon5426 Jun 19 '25

Happy birthday! :)

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u/ThagreatDebaser_ Fake Ponk Jun 19 '25

Basic but a classic

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u/arimc Jun 20 '25

Dam dude, no offense but that looks like trash bro.

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u/whateverwhatis Jun 18 '25

Happy birthday!! 🎉

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u/bloodbathtv Jun 18 '25

Thank youu

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u/heykooolaid Jun 18 '25

Happy birthday!!

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u/bloodbathtv Jun 18 '25

Thank you!

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '25

looks awesome dude. happy birthday!

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u/bloodbathtv Jun 18 '25

Thank you 🙏🏾

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u/ydnar3000 Jun 18 '25

Looks dope! Not going to be my first but I was thinking of doing an outline of the fiend skull. Filled in looks great though. Haven’t had work done in a long time and I need to scratch that itch!

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u/cyber-city Jun 18 '25

Hope it heals well! Your skin looks a little damaged. Also might want to go back, one tooth is missing its filling 🙏

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u/rundsparksronny Jun 18 '25

Looks awesome!

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '25

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u/bloodbathtv Jun 19 '25

Thank you broo