Kurt Cobain
 
I know fully well beauty is in the eye of the beholder. HOWEVER, some of these tattoos of rock stars and musicians are absolutely jaw-dropping, in my opinion. To put it kindly, I feel they lack a certain… well… something. Something is what they lack, but I’ll leave the appropriate adjective up to you.

I have a sneaking suspicion a few of these were either lost bets or drunken mishaps. I don’t know what could possibly be to blame for wanting a geriatric Mick Jagger etched into your flesh for the rest of your life. Still the blame for some (most?) of them would have to rest squarely on the shoulders of the artist responsible. Like the guy who said “Sure I can do Dave Grohl. I’ve done hundreds of Dave Grohls” to the hapless fool who walked into his shop that day (see below). And the Jimi tat. Ooph. Tragic.

Now some of you readers may really dig a few of these tattoos and think I’m dead wrong. So it goes with art. It’s all subjective.
 

Marc Bolan
 

SLAYER
 

Joe Strummer
 

Iggy Pop
 

Kate Bush
 

Jimi Hendrix
 

Johnny Cash
 

Henry Rollins
 

David Bowie
 

Nick Cave
 

Freddie Mercury
 

Mark E. Smith
 

George Harrison
 

James Brown
 

Gary Numan
 

John Lennon, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Flea and Frank Zappa
 

Robert Smith
 

Dave Gahan
 

Bob Marley
 

Dee Dee Ramone
 

Dave Grohl
 

Sid Vicious
 

Mick Jagger