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Guitarslinger

Start a band, write a book, paint a picture, and live your dream!

About Me

My names is Ian, and I'm a tattoo artist at Smilin' Rick's in beautiful Denton TX. 231 A West University. 940-243-9010. I dig westerns, rock music, and skateboarding. I've lived in Denton since '94 and I'm never leaving. I sing and play guitar in my band "Six Gun Saints", as well as play with my friend Batey aka Klaus in "The Swedish Teens".Check out my tattoo work at: http://www.tattooartists.org/Gal3522_Ian_Messerlis_Gallery. You can also find some of my work at www.smilinricks.com,or at our shops Myspace page www.myspace.com/smilinricks.You can check out both my bands too right here on the old Myspace www.myspace.com/sixgunsaints, and www.myspace.com/swedishteens.I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

My Interests

music, musical equipment, tattoos, skateboarding.a

I'd like to meet:

musicians, to talk shop with, tattoo artists, to learn from, or anyone with a good story to tell.

Music:

fugazi,clutch,zz top,scott nolan,two cow garage, little big horn, mescalero,tito & tarantula, record hop, hogpig, dixie witch, jawbox, shellac, shiner, the drams, the heelers, fu manchu, A, ted leo and the pharmacists, minutemen, rival schools, ornett coleman,juliana hatfield, jeff buckley, p.j. harvey, burning airlines, built to spill, quicksand, drive like jehu, minor threat, bad brains,husker du, dinosaur jr., mudhoney, miles davis, john frusciante,citizen cope, massive attack, pixies, rocket from the crypt, ennio morricone, firehose, 764 hero, theloneous monk,helmet, no knife, god and texas, barkmarket, led zepplin, black sabbath,the icarus line, jesus lizard, chavez, smashing pumpkins, gas huffer, superchunk, poster children,hum, murder city devils, superdrag, the life and times, gunfighter, pretty girls make graves,deftones, rollins band, riddle of steel, pilot to gunner,kerosine 454, pave the rocket,zeke, the sword, traindodge, red animal war, handsome, mike v and the rats, neurosis, killdozer, ben harper, soul coughing, elvis costello, jawbreaker, the pavers, jets to brazil, ...and you will know us by the trail of dead, at the drive in, doves, swervedriver, lamb, the cherubs, mars volta, rites of spring, sparta, big black, pitchshifter, black flag, death cab for cutie, torche,modest mouse, polvo, slint, les savy fav, centro-matic, descendents, all, the list goes on and on and on.

Movies:

killing zoe, the professional, city of lost children, the good the bad and the ugly, fist full of dollars, for a few dollars more, drop dead gorgeous, immortal beloved, highlander, raiders of the lost arc, amalee, la femme nakita, raising arizona, spinal tap, best in show, a mighty wind, waiting for guffman, pretty much any will farrell movie, seven, trekkies, american splendor, the magnificent seven, unbreakable, get shorty, any john cusack movie, and anything with gary oldman, christopher walken, lee marvin, yul brynner, steve mcqueen, clint eastwood, or harvey kietel.

Television:

deadwood, scrubs, my name is earl, mr. show, the young ones, reno 911, chappell show, penn and tellers bullshit, black adder, kids in the hall, c.s.i. miami, south park, bones, and lost.

Books:

american scream(the bill hicks biography), how to talk dirty and influence people by lenny bruce, our band could be you life, get in the van by henry rollins, cabal by clive barker, all the bukowski books, and the bible.

Heroes:

my father, Ian Mckaye, Steve Albini, Mike Vallely, J. Mascis, Flea, Matt Sweeney, Mike Watt, Billy Corgan, J. Robbins, and Dave Sardy.

My Blog

Follow them size fives!

So much happening right now. MiniBoss is no more in a way, but Jason and I are still doin' what we do. Those of you who liked the MiniBoss stuff will be happy to know we're still playin' the same st...
Posted by Guitarslinger on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:40:00 PST

What F*king Ian Guy?!?

So much going on! The band is still working on our album, but it should be done by November. It's kind of hard to record when you've only got one day a week! My house is purchased, and being gradua...
Posted by Guitarslinger on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 02:27:00 PST

...And stay out of Wolworths!!!

MiniBoss is about to bring the Rock!!  It looks like we'll be on the bill for our old friend Bryan Denny's birthday show at Andy's.  It's all happening on June 1st!  Come out and check ...
Posted by Guitarslinger on Fri, 18 May 2007 11:32:00 PST

Hey Rocco, are you sure you're oba kaybee?

So I work all the time, and haven't blogged in quite a while.  I've had some killer opportunities to do some really fun tattoos lately.  I've posted a handful of them in my pictures.  ...
Posted by Guitarslinger on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:28:00 PST

If'n I drop, I's gonna be in motion.

So much of the same old same old, I'm getting antsy!  On a better note, the wife and I celebrated our 1st anniversary Sat. and Sun.  We had the rare and exciting opportunity to watch Bo...
Posted by Guitarslinger on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 06:23:00 PST

Mehico was a nightmare!

So I'm unbelievably busy as of late.  I'm working quite a bit, and Robert and I are going to be working at the 1st annual OKC tattoo convention.  All you Okies on my friends list, come ...
Posted by Guitarslinger on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 01:32:00 PST

Not on Rex Manning Day!

As you might have noticed,  I have totally changed my profile.  There is a reason for this.  Most of my friends know what a huge Fugazi fan I am.  I've preached about their greatne...
Posted by Guitarslinger on Fri, 19 May 2006 01:59:00 PST

You're listening to KBilly's super sounds of the '70s...

I did a blog about great movies, so now I'll do a blog on great albums.  Here are a dozen albums that blew me away, and a few reasons why they're so great. 1.  Fugazi- 13songs:  It's ha...
Posted by Guitarslinger on Mon, 10 Apr 2006 02:26:00 PST

If you're gonna shoot, shoot, don't talk!

So any one who knows me, knows that I love the band Chavez.  My friends call me a fan boy, but it payed off.  I got in touch with Matt Sweeney(Singer/Guitar-Stud of Chavez, as well as Zwan, ...
Posted by Guitarslinger on Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:23:00 PST

P.C. load letter? What the f.*@k is P.C. load letter!?

A new year huh?  To all my close friends that I have neglected, I'm very sorry.  I will do better this year.  100proofhero is almost ready to play.  Looks like our first show will ...
Posted by Guitarslinger on Thu, 05 Jan 2006 10:45:00 PST