Famed tattoo artist Paul Booth – with his imposing stare and head tattoos- cuts an intimidating figure. And that's just his physical person. Booth's art is much more disturbing and dark, depicting, ...
Paul Booth’s Last Rites tattoo studio is a real-life hellscape of macabre art and dark antiques. The legendary tattoo artist gave us an exclusive tour of his studio, where Booth’s subjects end up once ...
The dungeon-like room, lit only by small fluorescent lamps above three chairs, greets the customer with piercing heavy-metal music that sends vibrations through the floor. Flickering red candles ...
Famed tattoo artist Paul Booth, whose ties to the metal world run deep, has decided to close up shop at his Last Rites studio in New York City after two decades in operation. Citing economic distress ...
It’s finally Halloween weekend, and there are cool events taking place all over the country, but if you live in or near NYC, one of the coolest is Last Rites Gallery‘s ninth annual 13th Hour ...
We’ve teamed up with legendary tattoo artist Paul Booth to get the stories behind his most famous works. In our first episode with Booth, he takes us through the process of tattooing his ‘Leaf Man’ ...
It’s the crossover you didn’t know you deserved. We got WWE Superstar Aleister Black to drop by Paul Booth’s Last Rites studio to talk metal and get a demonic portrait inked on his leg. WWE fans know ...
You may have never seen the tattoo, since it resides on the inside of Anselmo’s right arm. As Booth describes in the video above, the Pantera vocalist wanted a portrait of himself as a demon with an ...
Booth has known Corey Taylor since Slipknot were handing out free cassettes at Ozzfest. After becoming fast friends, Booth invited Slipknot out onto the first Tattoo the Earth tour, where Corey’s ...
This intriguing guest blog by Heather Edwards combines insight about what tattoos can mean to folks, along with an interview with an artist in the craft, Paul Booth. The notion of a mark on oneself is ...
When Paul Booth, 39, got his first tattoo, the custom was still the province of society’s outcasts. Not anymore: According to the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 36 percent of ...
For some people, tattoos can be a fun form of self-expression and rebellion. But for artist Paul Booth, tattoos are an opportunity for individuals to confront and overcome their deepest fears. While ...