Chains left the Jehovah’s Witnesses at age 22. Chains spent lots of time hiding in music. This tattoo was from the band Silverchair, which made an album called Frogstomp. Chains was hiding from problems, was unhappy, and did not agree with organized religion. The tattoo symbolized Chain’s attempt to stop running from problems and to confront them head on.

This tattoo is from the Judas Priest album, “Screaming for Vengeance.” It’s Chain’s all-time favorite album. It’s all about male bravado and machismo.

The 804 is the Virginia outline, which is where Chain was born. The 919 outline is where Chain became an adult after leaving the “cult” of the Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Chain had a girlfriend who was a tattoo artist that designed this tattoo. They had really good sex, which made Chain a stronger person. She took a picture of herself and made it into a tattoo.

This is described as a hand holding cards and a Polaroid. Reminders of past loves.

“Shut Up Legs.” Chain used to be rickshaw and bicycle messenger. Jens Voigt won the Tour de France. At the end of the race, he yelled “Shut Up Legs” in German. This was because his muscles were depleted.  This tattoo reminds Chains of that.

Slaughterhouse five, written by Kurt Vonnegut, ends every chapter with “so it goes.” Shit happens in the world, and there’s only so much you can do about it.

This is Northern’s only tattoo. The dragon is the Chinese symbol  of power and wisdom. Northern spent 5 years in the Navy and did not get any tattoos. Northern tries to think long term. At the time of getting the tattoo Northern had thought to have figured things out. It was years ago and has now decided it is not the case. The tattoo artiest said it was the largest first tattoo she had ever done. The tattoo was done in San Fernando CA.

This is the kanji (aka Japanese character) that represents “dreamer.” Returner got this tattoo over ten years ago. The Sandman comics were a big inspiration for this tattoo. When Returner got the Dreamer tattoo, an adopted sister got the tattoo for Death. They bought the tattoo’s for each other.

This raven comes from Returner’s necklaces. When Returner first got this tattoo, the meaning of the tattoo was “The Morrigan,” a character from Irish mythology. Later, a stronger connection was made between the tattoo and Odin’s Ravens, Hugin and Munin. Most recently, Returner made the deepest connection between this tattoo and a female descendant. The symbol powerfully represents this close relative.