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Nothing like a rock band sporting numerous massive tattoos. It shows they’ve done their time and pledged allegiance to the lifestyle if anything else. Plus, it makes them look cool as fuck. Unless it’s the fella from Gallows that is, who brings a bad name to gingers across the land. Here’s a run down of the ten best:

10. Phil Anselmo: Ex-Pantera frontman and southern badass, Phil’s coolest tats include the one on his skull (his skull!) and the ‘Phil Core’ on his arm. Hardcore Phil, now of Down, has technically died before, but it hasn’t shown any signs of slowing him down.

9. Maynard James Keenan: Tool’s tiny singer has had this from back in the heavier Opiate days. In all probability it holds the key to the universe and we should all think about getting one.

8. Henry Rollins: Henry has since gone a bit downhill of recent, appearing in gap ads and full metal scrapheap or something challenge. Still though, he’s nearly as wide as he is tall. Apparently the half coloured tattoo of a bone on his lower leg never got finished cause it hurt him too much…

7. Simon Neil: Again, another tiny man. Surprised they all fit on him actually, but they do seem a tad more thought out than a lot of other’s. His ‘god only knows what id be without you’ and In Utero doll are something which can be expected to crop up with all the kids.

6. Brent Hinds: Mastodon’s co-frontman, of sorts, Brent is apparently a bit of the loose cannon of the metal band. You’d need to be, having a tattoo on your forehead and all.

5. Shelly Brien: The female Mark Lanegan almost. COVERED in tattoos and very, very hot. Her vocals, found on Bubblegum, compliment Mark fairly well. She looks like she could knock the bollocks out of you though, but in a good way.

4. Mark Lanegan: Born to be in a rock band, Lanegan has worked with the best in the business including 90’s grunge band Screaming Trees, Foo Fighters, Kurk Cobain, QOTSA, Greg Dulli…it goes on. His style has rubbed off on some. Don’t think Josh Homme’s stars popped up out of nowhere.

3. Dez Fafara: Dez never used to look this strange. With his Coal Chamber days long behind him, he went on to found hardcore band DevilDriver. And seemingly went a bit insane. You maybe wouldn’t tell him though.

2. Timmy C/Simmering Tim, YTK: An excellent bassist for an excellent band. Rage, that is. Audioslave were never going to be greater than the sum of the parts. While Tim and the rest of his RATM teammates toying with the idea of a full-scale comeback, Chris Cornell went to Timbaland and himself appeared live on a few Temple of the Dog tracks with Eddie Vedder.

1. Joey Castillo: Qotsa always needed an excellent drummer following the departure of Dave Grohl and they got it in the monster Joey. 100% pure, tattooed drumming machine.

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