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grew up in suburban north wilmington....20 minutes from philly. started acting like a retard as early as i can remember. super into metal, jean jackets, switchblades, pot. i think i thought i was fonzy. saw ac/dc, ozzy, iron maiden, etc...when i was 13. found punk through skateboarding in '84. missed alot of good stuff until i was 16 (samhain, dead kennedy's, husker du, ce center shows, etc....). went to see the dead milkmen and homo picnic @ the kennel club in philly with my best friend in july '86 and never looked back. forced into military school for a few years, saw alot of shows in between @ city gardens, the kennel club, club pizzaz, frankford Y, west chester CC, wally's place, oliver j's, the anthrax, pipeleine, the ritz, cbgb's, WUST hall, 930 club, safari club, dc space, bbq iguana......we drove to hardcore shows all over the place between 1986 and 1993..picked fights with nazi skinheads....occasionally roadied for turning point, vision, insted(mosh dogs), release.....got tattooed and bred/raised american pit bull terriors during most of these times. went on my first date w/my future wife (andrea) in jan '94...learned to body pierce during that time, worked in wilmington body piercing until my wife and i moved to sacto, ca in '95. spent a year @ american graffiti piercing and hanging with friends. met some good people out there UST, skinhead mike, pressure point.....good people. left sacto to open JINX PROOF TATTOOS in washington, dc. the first tattoo shop in washington dc since the late 1970's....and now there are 30+. began the struggle to learn how to tattoo CORRECTLY....build tattoo machines....it has been a constant emotional rollercoaster. haha. my wife and i had sloane estel on 11/19/02 and then a boy, ivan maxwell on 10/07/05.....the three of them are the GREATEST THINGS THAT HAVE EVER HAPPENED TO ME......fast forward to 2007....the shop is STRONGER and BETTER ever. the last 11 years have brought the most insane list of internationally known guest artists and more importantly, the most incredible group of friends/employees i could have ever imagined......2008 here i come!!