Martin XW8 - ProfilesArchive

About Me

First and foremost, I'm a Tattooist. I've pretty much devoted my entire life to tattooing . I'm not some glory hunting idiot, my interest started at about 7 years old and it's never left me. I turned professional back about 10 years ago; back before it gained half the mass-media hysteria it's got today, I didn't get into tattooing to be "cool" and I can tell you it's not half as glamorous as it's made out to be!

Please note: I don't book appointments by message/ email and I DO NOT draw designs for people without seeing cash first. This is a personal profile not a business one. If you want to contact me on a professional basis: see the link below.

Also do the musician thing. Visit FILTH: MySpace page for more info.
I'm currently the Treasurer of The Condom Rally a local biker group that raises money for various charities.
It's back.......
So if you think you recognise me from somewhere that might be because I'm a busy bastard, eh?
I DON'T REPOST BULLETINS. IT DOESN'T MEAN I'M NOT YOUR FRIEND AND I DON'T GET HIT BY A TRUCK/ STRUCK DOWN WITH CANCER EVERY OTHER DAY. Junk bulletins piss me off. I delete fools who don't understand the difference between a bulletin and a blog.
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My Interests

Body Modification --Music--Rusty old things--Shiny new things--Aesthetics--Masks--

I'd like to meet:

Pretty much anyone who's on the same wavelength as myself.
I Don't Want to Meet:
BANDS.... FUCK OFF. If you don't sound like ANYTHING I'm into quit trying to be my friend, I'm not going to promote you, I'm not going to come to see you, I'm not gonna buy your lame-ass material... just FUCK OFF. I'm not a friend-whore and I'm not interested.
Update: I've disabled bands from being able to send me a freind request. If you know me then send me a message and I'll go to your profile and I'LL ADD YOU.
Oh, and I'm known for speaking my mind. I don't mince my words so if you are easily offended by blunt truths it might be an idea to give me a wide berth.... you've been warned!
Links:

My Tattoo Studio website:

....and if you're looking for the best hand-crafted jewellery this side of a rainforest go visit Cavewizard at:
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Music:

INDUSTRIAL--METAL--PUNK--GOTH--(and a wee bit of SKA!)
Ministry--Skinny Puppy--Tool--White/Rob Zombie--Paradise Lost--Perfect Circle--Gravity Kills--Soundisciples--Union Underground--Anders Manga--Faith No More--Bella Morte--Alec Empire/ ATR--Cure--FLA--Prodigy--KMFDM--Damage Manual--ICP--Killing Joke--New Model Army--NIN--Last Dance--PWEI--Rammstein--Sheep On Drugs--Chaos Engine--Leech Woman--Pigface--Selector--Specials--Bad Manners--Mighty Bosstones--Rancid--Skyclad--Flogging Molly--Real McKenzies

Movies:

ZOMBIES--HORROR--POST-APOCALYPSE--SCI-FI--BRIT FLICKS
Shaun Of The Dead--28 Days Later--House Of 1000 Corpses--Session 9--Goonies--Star Wars--Time Bandits--Back To The Future--Romper Stomper--American History X--Pitch Black--Evil Dead--Return Of The Living Dead... see a pattern forming?

Television:

Black Books--QI--Nevermind The Buzzcocks--Scrapheap Challenge--Monster Garage--Northern Exposure--CSI--UFC--K1--Lost--Heroes--Battlestar Galactica

Books:

Terry Pratchett's Discworld series--Jean M. Auel's Earth's Children series--40K books
Comics:
Poison Elves--Dogwitch--The Authority--The Filth--Tank Girl--Thrud The Barbarian--Barry Ween--The Tick

Heroes:

Drew Hayes (Poison Elves)--Billy Connelly--Bill Bailey--Bill Hicks (what is it with the name 'Bill'?) --Brian Blessed (King of the Bearded Ones)

My Blog

Bulgaria and back...

I'm writing this from home..... having made a cup of tea and sat at the computer after about 17 hours of travelling. My spelling proficiancy may fade in and out.... as will my conciousness as I'm bloo...
Posted by Martin XW8 on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:21:00 PST

Airbrush.....

So I've been up to my eyeballs lately.... I got myself an airbrush and have been dying to try it out. So I got the day off today (I know, a day off!) and decided to spend an hour or two indulging myse...
Posted by Martin XW8 on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 08:52:00 PST

Halloween Extravaganza Write-Up

Well, it all went by in a bit of a blur. 13 hours of Flaming Gun action..... mostly flew by incredibly quick, until about 11ish.... then it felt like we'd done 24 hours straight!A big thanks to everyo...
Posted by Martin XW8 on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:05:00 PST

2 Weeks Later

So I've now done my first two weeks in Flaming Gun Tattoo Studio....... and I've got to say that I've never felt more at home in any other studio. FGTS just has everything I could hope for in sp...
Posted by Martin XW8 on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:32:00 PST

The "Busy As F*ck" Fortnight.....

As many of you may be aware, Flesh Scribe closed it's doors on Monday 1st October. I'm starting at Flaming Gun Tattoo Studio tomorrow. So Monday evening saw me moving my studio across Colchester with ...
Posted by Martin XW8 on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:39:00 PST

3rd. Annual Colchester Tattoo Extravaganza

So I worked my first Tattoo Convention yesterday. Blimey, it was all a bit of a blur! Everything seemed to go quickly (but not for Kat, I guarantee you!). So I did two tattoos for Kat...... both of wh...
Posted by Martin XW8 on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:55:00 PST

BIG NEWS.....

FLESH SCRIBE IS CLOSING.......... but fear not, I shall be moving to Flaming Gun (just down the road at: 16 Church Walk, Colchester). Just to quell any nasty rumours:It was time for a change and Juli...
Posted by Martin XW8 on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:57:00 PST

Nostalgia trip.

Just found some bods I went to school with on MySpace. Bloody hell, I'm getting all nostalgic and starting to get the flashbacks to when I was in my early teens. It's got me thinking about the guys I ...
Posted by Martin XW8 on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 07:46:00 PST

2nd. Foray into painting

Bit of a flash burn on the photo.... but you get the idea.
Posted by Martin XW8 on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 02:57:00 PST

Jumping on the bandwagon.....

How cool is that? Well, William Burroughs anyway....
Posted by Martin XW8 on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:05:00 PST