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The angel that stretched from one side of my collar bone to the other and ay below nized piece I also had a Japanese dragon that covered one whole ar out, and my other forearm was covered froe of Salvador Dali paintings that Rowdy had recently finished It lookedon flesh than a tattoo

All of the guys had their strengths Rule was all about heavy lines and gothic pieces that covered huge amounts of skin, and he tended toward the traditional style Nash loved big color and bold design It was easy to see his street style and new-school aesthetic in everything he did Rowdy, though the most irreverent of all of us, really treated his work like art He believed in creating custoned pieces that no one else would have, and honed his talent like a true crafts was just another art form to him, and I think he took what he did uys In fact, I had enlisted hins for the band

Cora’s hands and needles had been in places that I didn’t care to think about, but all the staff at the Marked did a great job I had zero complaints and didn’t hesitate to refer anyone who asked about them

"Yeah, dude, it was badass I totally nauy with the flames tattooed on his head worked me in on the spot" He rolled his eyes dramatically and looked at me like I should have disclosed pertinent infor they hit the shop "You didn’t tell me the place was packed with talent The blonde that ran the desk, holy shit, irl"

I bit back a laugh because Cora was every rock and roller’s dreairl until she opened her eneral cuteness, her looks were deceiving Guys like Ryan were attracted to her crazy hair and the fact that she had a full-sleeve tattooed on her left ares in each ear The fact that she was artners never cauy was already head over heels in love

I shook my head at him and warned, "She’s too old for you and way et done?"

He peeled the protective covering off and proudly displayed a snarling gargoyle It was cool, well done, but honestly kind of generic I could tell Nash had done his best to put some flare into it to make it unique, but it was really just a tattoo that so ol’ piece of ink would e and in photos Because they were paying rand an hour for et into the studio with the rest of the guys in the band I could tell he wantedwith people’s shit today, so I just kept et me in trouble

For the next three hours I tweaked vocals and s done The rest of the guys in the band were pretty coether a solid debut albu irritated that I kept deferring to Jorge, the band’s druwriter

I needed to understand as behind a song before I could do it justice, but Ryan clearly wanted all the attention on hi laid down hard The kid had decent pipes and a butt load of charisma, but if he didn’t pull his head out of his ass all they were ever going to be was a really good opening act for far better bands

The recording session ran so long that when the guys inup for our practice, I was still working on getting the bridge for the chorus in song nu to kick it while I paid the bills, and when the kids saw that they had an actual audience to iet everything hauitar player and songwriting partner, Catcher played bass, and Boone roup; had to be since we spent soto therunt and a narrow-eyed stare when they jokingly asked hoas going

The kids ca out of the studio to say hey to everyone, and I wanted to s around and watch our practice I was over teenage metal heads and had just wanted to knock out a quick practice so we could go grab a beer and so Ayden I knew I should stay away fro Our band had a big show planned for Valentine’s Day the folloeekend and I figured it would just be easier to agree to let theue about it

I led everyone to the back roouys and I took our places like we have at least twice a week for the past five years We were a well-oiledand that no band worked when soht that ht help Ryan get off his pedestal Boone tapped out a lead-in beat and looked at onna play the set for the show or you need to do some harder stuff?" They knehen I was in a mood, really ere friends first and a band second, they just understood where I was at

I shoved hands through my dark and usually messy hair and rolled my shoulders around The microphone felt like an extension of my arm when I pulled it out of the stand I met curious looks all around and nodded at hio black and then do the normal set"