Miami Ink - tattoos for life
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| German title | Miami Ink - tattoos for life |
| Original title | Miami Ink |
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| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 2005-2008 |
| length | 50 minutes |
| Episodes | 87 in 5 seasons |
| genre | Reality soap |
| Theme music | Toots and the Maytals - Funky Kingston |
| First broadcast | Jul 19, 2005 (USA) on TLC |
| German-language first broadcast |
November 1st, 2006 on DMAX |
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Miami Ink - Tattoos for Life (Original Title: Miami Ink ) is an American reality show produced by TLC , in which people are tattooed in front of the camera . The show ran from 2005 to 2008.
The studio in which the television series was recorded belongs to the two tattoo artists Ami James and Chris Núñez. Other artists who appeared regularly were Chris Garver, Darren Brass and Yoji Harada. Californian tattoo artist Kat von D (Katherine von Drachenberg), who specializes in tattooing portraits, joined the team during the course of the first season, but left the show again in May 2007 - according to an entry on her Myspace page - due to internal reasons Inconsistencies.
Kat Von D is part of a new show called LA Ink - Tattoos for Life , which is filmed in her newly founded tattoo shop "High Voltage Tattoo".
Each episode is about a number of people who want a tattoo based on their backstories. These are mostly illustrated by flashbacks in the form of pictures brought along and by the stories of the respective customers. The broadcast is usually commented off- screen by Ami James . The song on the show is called "Funky Kingston" by Toots and the Maytals .
In order to be tattooed by the respective artists on the show, one had to apply on the website of the TLC station.
On March 26, 2019 , Yoji Harada passed away surprisingly and unexpectedly.
Charisma
Miami Ink runs in Germany on the transmitter DMAX , in the United Kingdom on Discovery Real Time and in the USA on TLC. In Singapore , the Philippines and Australia on Discovery Travel and the Living Channel, respectively . In Sweden it is broadcast on TV6 .
Famous customers
Celebrities who have already been tattooed at Miami Ink (selection):
- Diablo Dimes - musician - gypsy head with the writing "Ragtime Gypsy New Orleans". Engraved by Darren Brass
- Evan Seinfeld - Biohazard - Skull with a headscarf that says FTW (Fuck The World). Engraved by Chris Garver.
- Sunny Garcia - Surfer - The Hawaiian Islands. Engraved by Ami James.
- Mark Zupan - Wheelchair Rugby Player - A tribal tattoo. Engraved by Ami James.
- H2O - All members of the band. Engraved by four tattooists at the same time.
- Phil Varone - former Skid Row drummer- his son's name, from Darren Brass.
- Anthony Bourdain - A skull by Chris Garver.
- Harold Hunter - Skateboarder - The Twin Towers Skyline by Chris Garver.
- Lloyd Banks - G-Unit -Rapper - The entire back "the darker side of the rotten apple, new york city" by Chris Garver.
- Johnny Messner - A cross from Ami James.
- Reginald Arvizu - Korn bassist- The signatures of his band members from Darren Brass.
Web links
- Miami Ink - life in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website at TLC
- Official website at DMAX