Iris Berry, Stan Corona, Shane Enholm, Hudley Flipside, Rob Silva.
Stan Corona, a tattoo artist on the panel, shared his experiences traveling worldwide as a tattoo artist. Notably, he mentioned Brisbane, Australia and looked at me.
I about stood up and shouted Halleluiah… the band The Saints come from Brisbane, Australia!
From L-R Stan Corona with his son, Rob Silva, Hudley Flipside, Iris Berry, Shane Enholm, and our fearless leader Nathan Peterson of Nathan’s Tattoos & Piercings!
The five panel members had close friends in common. Three characters who have passed away. Big Frank, Snickers and Mad Mark Rude. Where Tattoo & Music Collide.
My theory is that those punks who died are looking over us. They bring us together in synchronistic ways, intimate and beautifully measured ways.
Similar to the work Nathan does at his Tattoos & Piercings shop. I called him a Hub Master. Crystal was not running the show tonight, but I don’t believe that. It was fun watching them working tight in action as a team.
Big Frank, whom we met in the 1980s while he was in Whittier, CA, joined us for our first Charged GBH interview at the Hollywood Troubadour Hotel, and his connections through Flipside Fanzine led to opportunities with Goldenvoice and Zed Records.
He sure inspired a lot of people and all on this panel especially. I heard stories about Frank’s work as an amazing Tattoo artist. GBH mentioned that they visited him in San Francisco and obtained one or two from him. Rob Silva shared an intimate and moving account of visiting Frank close to his demise. A very moving story to share that grabbed at my heart.
Similarly, stories were shared about Snickers, the singer of The Simpletones. A smart-ass kid when I knew him in the early punk scene. When we still did the pogo. I will never forget the night he jumped in front of me, and we danced the Tiger Beat Twist together live in front of his band.
I never met Mad Mark Rude, yet the rest of the panel knew him very well, especially Iris Berry. Once her boyfriend, yet his influence is massive. I only knew him through correspondence where he ended up in our Flipside Fanzine # 33. The 1982 Comic Relief Issue with many upcoming and amazing punk artists.
47 years give or take. Tattoo & Music did collide last night. The night will be rolling in my heart for weeks, as the whispers from friendly punk ghost friends. Fine by me.
I got the hat from Nathan and now a T-shirt to go see GBH soon. A fun show.
