Ed Kenney

Hans-Olof Dahlbom Frit

Rick Hamilton

Lucas Sisovsky

Nikki Seven

In March 2010, sixteen-year-old Gretar says, "Mötley Crüe has been my favourite band for a long-ass time and I've always thought Vince Neil was the coolest, so I got his snake wrapped around a musical note tattoo to show my dedication. I'm planning on getting many more Crüe tattoos. I'm seeing them for the first time at Sonisphere Festival in England next summer and can't wait!" Almost a year later, Gretar sent through the second photo of his Nikki Sixx hand tattoos, plus a further update in Sept 2011 shown in the third picture. view ink 1 / view ink 2 / view ink 3 / view ink 4  >>

Angela Cox

In September 2009, Tracey said, "I have two tattoos inspired by Mötley: I have Wild Side in a Dr. Feelgood inspired font on my side. It really sums up a lot about me as I love to live a little on the wild side and it happens to be one of my favourite songs. The other is a Sixx:A.M. tattoo - I have Tomorrow, in the Sixx:A.M. font on my forearm. My uncle passed away and the last thing I said to him was "I'll see you tomorrow." The song captured the essence of what I wanted to say. I love the song, and I loved my uncle. And I live Nikki."  view ink 1 / view ink 2  >>

Author and film director Alan G. Parker sent in photos of his Motley tattoos during 2009 saying, "Saints of Los Angeles - Full back piece, because I love the album so much. I'm getting a big red Dr. Feelgood logo below it next month, Which means it will look even better! Vince Neil - The VN bit was done by Dano at VNI in Vegas, and paid for by Vince, while the portrait was added by my tattooist and the guy responsible for most of what I sent you, which is Gino at Diamond Jacks in Soho, London. Generation Swine - Is on my chest, just loved the logo from the minute I got the promo CD (Vince loved that one!) Sixx A.M. - I always wanted a picture of Nikki, and my tattooist knew how much I loved the Sixx A.M. album, so it was blended in, so to speak. Crüe - Which is on the fingers of my left hand, and was done by Dano at VNI in March this year, while I was in Vegas working. I spent that much money on merchandise, they gave me the tattoo for free! Girls, Girls, Girls - Was another from Diamond Jacks, don't know if you spotted it but the girl with the smoking gun is a comic book version of Barb Wire, but with black hair not blond, thus keeping the Lee family connection! I'm getting a picture of Tommy once my back is complete. The last picture is a top hat and two eyes on the third finger of my right hand in tribute to Mick!"  view ink 1 / view ink 2 / view ink 3 / view ink 4 / view ink 5 / view ink 6 / view ink 7  >>

In May 2009, Jerome said, "I've been a Crüe fan since 1993. Here are some pics of my tattoos inspired by Crüe members: The first was the Vince's barb wire in 1996, before I made the prolongation with my daughter's name like Vince in 2004. I then added the Theatre of Pain masks in 2006. Tommy's peacock was also inked in 2006, taking about 6 hours to do it. In 2008, I decided to do a full-sleeve with Tommy's top hat skull, Nikki's haired skull, the Dr. Feelgood-era logo and Nikki's playing cards. After the right arm was done, I started my left with a koi fish, flowers in Japanese style (not exactly like Tommy but this spirit was the idea). I also preferred a tiger instead of Tommy's leopard."  view ink 1 / view ink 2 / view ink 3 / view ink 4 / view ink 5 / view ink 6  >>

Cliff Ponish

Robin Källgren

Vicky Pfeiffer

Vicky says, "When I was 13 years old, I used to listen to a rock radio station in Toronto called Q107. It was on this station that I heard Mötley Crüe for the first time. (Live Wire to be exact.) When I heard it, I lost my mind! Skip forward to 28 September 2007, which was honestly one of the best days of my life: Meeting Nikki and having about 60 seconds of his time was worth the 25 year wait. So a couple months after that, I grew a set of balls and finally got my Mötley tat. I got Hollywood underneath it because I lived there for a few years and I really miss it." view ink  >>

Lisa Axelsson

Liz Morellato

Liz from Toronto says, "The first one was done 14 Dec 2006 at Yonge Street Tattoos by Steve. It was my first tattoo, and this one came to me kind of by accident. I have an attitude a bit like Nikki to the effect that everybody can 'fuck off'. I knew I couldn't get that inked on me permanently (although I do write it on my body somewhere visable for every Mötley show I go to), so I improvised. Feelgood is my favourite album as I am also a big fan of Bob Rock's work, so I decided to use that logo and have it say s'Crue You. The second one was done 28 Sept 2007 also at Yonge Street Tattoos by Ben. I had just met Nikki at his book signing for The Heroin Diaries, and got to show him s'Crue You. He liked it, so I asked him to sign it. He picked the spot, told me to hold still and voila - custom designed, custom-placed, hand-drawn tattoo by Nikki Sixx. An hour later it was permanent." view ink 1  / view ink 2  >>

"I have been a Motley Crue fan since before I was born. Mom says I've been listening to them for over 20 years. For my sweet 16, I asked to get a tattoo. Knowing I wanted something original and relating to Nikki Sixx, the tattoo artist created this one of a kind cartoon creation! I absolutely love my ink and hope to be able to get Nikki to sign it one day."  view ink  >>

Jonas Källström

Paul Edman

Daniel Kajava

Tiffany Sanders

Doug Tatum

Marty “Motley Twin” Rubalcaba

Rhonda Basch

Rhonda contributed this photo of her right thigh and said, "Nikki has always been an inspiration to me and so I figured this would be my tribute to him. I had the tattoo done in Jacksonville, Florida while there was a tattoo convention going on. I won Tattoo of the Day! The artist was Mark Longenecker."  view ink >>

Judi Seiber

On the last day of July 2005, Judi sent in her first contribution. "Just wanted to send in a pic of my Crüe tat I just got today. The work was done by Devo at Glenn Scott Tattoo in Dayton, Ohio. I have been a Crüe fan since 1982 and have wanted a tat that had something to do with them for a long time, but couldn't really decide what to get. I didn't want something that was common or that a lot of other people have. Finally after looking at all of Nikki's tats I just loved the roman numeral VI he has on his right upper arm, so I had Devo design mine to look like his and had the GGG Mötley Crüe logo added above it." Now that's a fresh piece of work!  view ink >>

Justin Morgan

In July 2005 Justin wrote in, "Mötley Crüe puts on the most kick-ass shows I've ever seen! Here's my Mötley tattoo: it's the Dr. Feelgood snake and dagger. Next, I'm getting the Theatre of Pain masks tattooed on the back of the same arm and also the Nikki Sixx caricature from the Greatest Hits DVD cover. Hopefully, as soon as I get stationed out of Alaska, I'll be able to get Nikki to sign my arm so that I can have his signature inked as well! My Mötley tattoo was inked by Ben Wallenborn at Slave to the Needle Tattoos in Seattle, WA. He's also a big Crüe fan and is planning to do the rest of my Mötley work."  view ink >>

Jeff Schnaufer

Jeff sent in these pics of his Crüe tatts in May 2005 saying, "I had them done at Bonehead tattoos in Fort Worth TX. My right arm has the Decade logo - my favorite one - and my left arm the Theatre masks. I plan on getting more - hopefully have the band sign my arms and have them inked over!" Four months later, Jeff sent in the third picture saying, "I met Tommy Lee at Vintage Vinyl in St. Louis at the meet and greet for the release of his solo album Tommyland the Ride. He signed my arm and I immediately went down the street and had it tattooed!" view ink 1 / view ink 2  / view ink 3  >>

Les sent in this photo of him with the Crüe in London, Ontario on April 26th 2005 as he shows off his Sixx tattoo.  view ink  >>

Juan says he has been a Crüe fan since 12-years-old and he's now 27. "My tattoos are the faces from the Theatre of Pain cover on my right and left shoulder, the fish that Tommy Lee has in his arm, and the symbol from the Greatest Hits album."  view ink 1 / view ink 2  >>

In April 2005, Deb sent in her picture and said, “I recently had a Nikki Sixx portrait done. My tattoo artist was Bob Paulin, owner of Studio 123 Tattoo & Piercing in St. Catharines. I’m a big Crüe fan - love them all! You have a kick ass site. Thanks for all the work you have put into it. I love looking at everyone's ink.” Three months later, Debi sent in a pic of her next tatt inked by Bob: this time a portrait of former Crüe front-man John Corabi.  view ink1  / view ink 2  >>

Keith has sent in this pic of his great Dr. Feelgood band name logo saying, “I was lucky enough to have been born and raised in Southern California. At 14 years old a friend took me to a club in Hollywood to see some no-name band. Twenty four years and almost seventy shows later, I'm still going to see that band every chance I get! So I thought I'd put a small tribute to them on my back.” The second photo of Keith's tatt was taken at the Crue's Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony.  view ink 1  / view ink 2  >>

Five-year-old Cole from Great Falls is the youngest Crüehead with a back-job! (No - it's paint silly, but I thought you'd like to check it out for a smile anyway... no copycats please)  view ink  >>

Clean and simple. She says, "I wanted to get a Mötley Crüe tattoo and this fit perfect for where I wanted to get it." Looks what she's got in her pants!  view ink  >>

Tony airmailed these pics saying, “I’ve been a fan since I was 6-years-old. They changed and shaped my life, and for that I’ve decided to set tattoos of their album covers as a life-long dedication to the four rock’n’roll Gods who have been the soundtrack to my life.” You can see Tony has a banner of Girls, Girls, Girls, down his chest with another banner of song title All In The Name Of. A strap of barb wire like Vince Neil’s borders the base of his short-sleeve, with the Theatre of Pain album masks as the center-piece. A flaming pentagram from Shout At The Devil sits above. You’ll also be able to see: the skull and crossbones from Dr. Feelgood, a Nikki Sixx replica moon and bat, the Generation Swine pig on his shoulder blade, the demon head from the New Tattoo art packaging, a snake wrapped around a music note a-la Vince Neil’s (and done at Sunset Strip Tattoo), as well as the Gibson Blackbird bass logo. The sleeve is filled with the green tiles from Dr. Feelgood. Tony hoped for many years to have the band autograph his arm so he can ink their signatures, and this finally happened in 2005 as seen in the fifth images linked. The final images shows Tony's recent Saints of Los Angeles tatt on his left forearm and the Theatre of Pain style logo on the back of his neck.  view ink 1 / view ink 2 / view ink 3 / view ink 4 / view ink 5 / view ink 6  >>

Here's some more Mötley ink from Marshall, sent in after getting all the black work done on his new Crüe Girl. It's ready to be coloured in June '01.  view ink 3 >>

Marshall sent in some more photos in April 2003 of his new Nikki Sixx portrait. The first pic below shows the original JVC ad with the tatt alongside. The second shows the position of the tattoo on his upper left leg. (Which Mötley member has a similar scorpion tattoo on their hand?) view ink 4 / view ink 5  >>

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