Richard Simonton

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Richard Simonton 1977

Richard Simonton (* 1915 , † 1979 ), known under the pseudonym Doug Malloy , was an American entrepreneur who made a significant contribution to making piercing popular in the western world.

Career

Simonton made a name for himself in the body modification scene under the name Doug Malloy . In the 1970s, the early years of "modern" piercings, published Simonton the first publications and presented connections between the pioneers of the scene as fakir musafar , Horst Streckenbach , Alan Oversby and Jim Ward ago. Simonton financed the work of Jim Ward from his work with the Muzak Corporation from 1975 and made his house available as a private piercing studio. With this studio, Ward attracted initial customers from a mailing list provided by Simonton: he also advertised classified ads in local gay and fetish publications. After three years of continual improvement in techniques and equipment, Jim Ward opened a store called the Gauntlet store in West Hollywood on November 17, 1978 . The establishment of this business is considered the first commercial studio of its kind. Simonton published numerous articles in the PFIQ .

Trivia

In 1977 Simonton traveled to Germany and visited Horst Linienbach in Frankfurt. Several audio documents were created, some of which are still preserved. Such an interview with Tattoo Samy on September 18, 1977.

literature

  • Elayne Angel : Piercing Bible. Potter / TenSpeed ​​/ Harmony 2011, ISBN 0-307-77791-X , p. 16.
  • Los Angeles Magazine June 2001, Volume 46 No. 6, p. 150.
  • Armando R. Favazza: Bodies under Siege: Self-mutilation, Nonsuicidal Self-injury, and Body Modification in Culture and Psychiatry. JHU Press 2011, ISBN 1-421-4011-18 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Los Angeles Magazine, June 2001 Volume 46, No. 6, p. 150. ISSN 1522-9149. (English)
  2. ↑ Tonya Riley: The Long and Short of the Dick Piercing Fad - How Prince Alberts went from kinky to mainstream to vintage. In: MEL Magazine. June 22, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Voices from the Past — part 4
personal data
SURNAME Simonton, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Malloy, Doug (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH 1915
DATE OF DEATH 1979