LA Ink is a reality show on
TLCTLC is an American cable TV network which carries a variety of informational and reality-based programming. Since 1991 TLC has been owned by Discovery Communications, the same company that operates the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and The Science Channel, as well as other learning-themed...
that follows the events of High Voltage Tattoo, a
tattoo studioA tattoo studio is a place where people receive permanent decorative tattoos from a tattoo artist.-Tattoo studios:...
in
Los AngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the municipality of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123.445 inhabitants...
,
CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
. A
spin-offA spin-off is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one, such as television series based on a pre-existing one, or a new company formed from a university research group or business incubator...
of TLC's
Miami InkMiami Ink is an American reality show on TLC that followed the events that took place at a tattoo shop in Miami Beach, Florida. The show premiered in July 2005 and has just finished broadcasting its fifth season...
, it premiered on August 7, 2007.
After being fired from the hit program
Miami InkMiami Ink is an American reality show on TLC that followed the events that took place at a tattoo shop in Miami Beach, Florida. The show premiered in July 2005 and has just finished broadcasting its fifth season...
due to a dispute with her fellow cast members,
Kat Von DKat Von D is an American tattoo artist and television personality. She is best known for her work as a featured tattoo artist on the TLC reality television show Miami Ink...
moved back to Los Angeles to open her own tattoo shop and was offered her spin off. Initially, she hired her close friend Pixie Acia to be the shop manager, and also her good friend Corey Miller as the tattoo artist.
LA Ink is a reality show on
TLCTLC is an American cable TV network which carries a variety of informational and reality-based programming. Since 1991 TLC has been owned by Discovery Communications, the same company that operates the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and The Science Channel, as well as other learning-themed...
that follows the events of High Voltage Tattoo, a
tattoo studioA tattoo studio is a place where people receive permanent decorative tattoos from a tattoo artist.-Tattoo studios:...
in
Los AngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the municipality of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123.445 inhabitants...
,
CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
. A
spin-offA spin-off is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one, such as television series based on a pre-existing one, or a new company formed from a university research group or business incubator...
of TLC's
Miami InkMiami Ink is an American reality show on TLC that followed the events that took place at a tattoo shop in Miami Beach, Florida. The show premiered in July 2005 and has just finished broadcasting its fifth season...
, it premiered on August 7, 2007.
Background
After being fired from the hit program
Miami InkMiami Ink is an American reality show on TLC that followed the events that took place at a tattoo shop in Miami Beach, Florida. The show premiered in July 2005 and has just finished broadcasting its fifth season...
due to a dispute with her fellow cast members,
Kat Von DKat Von D is an American tattoo artist and television personality. She is best known for her work as a featured tattoo artist on the TLC reality television show Miami Ink...
moved back to Los Angeles to open her own tattoo shop and was offered her spin off. Initially, she hired her close friend Pixie Acia to be the shop manager, and also her good friend Corey Miller as the tattoo artist. After considering many more artists for the job, Kat hired
Hannah AitchisonHannah Aitchison is an American tattoo artist from Ann Arbor, Michigan. Hannah is mainly based in Chicago at Deluxe Tattoo, but is most well known for her appearance on the TLC reality television show LA Ink...
and Kim Saigh to work for her as well. The cameras follow her as she opens the shop and capture everything that unfolds in between. Each customer that comes into the shop usually has a story or reason behind their tattoo, and on occasion celebrities come in as well to get a tattoo by Kat or the other artists. As the show progressed changes occurred throughout the series, including Kat firing Pixie at the end of season 2, and Kim and Hannah leaving the show in the season 3 finale. Season four premiered with a new shop manager, former
Rock of Love competitor Aubry Fisher. Kat broke a Guinness world record on the show, tattooing 400 people in 24 hours, with the money raised going to charity.
In season four,
Nikko HurtadoNikko Hurtado is a tattoo artist who specializes in colored portraiture. Hurtado has been tattooing since 2002. He works at Ignition Tattoo in Apple Valley, California. He has appeared as a guest on LA Ink and Tattoo Wars. He has released a DVD called Tattooing Portraits with Nikko Hurtado.Nikko...
can be seen as a guest artist on the show several times.
Ratings
LA Ink premiered on August 7, 2007, averaging 2.9 million total viewers at its timeslot. According to The
Hollywood Reporter, the number makes the show the most-watched series debut for the cable channel since the premiere of the US version of
What Not to Wear in January 2003. This is also the highest-rated series premiere in the history of TLC among adults 18-34, with a rating of 2.6 and a viewer count of 1.5 million. The premiere was also the highest-rated basic cable primetime program last Tuesday among several major adult demographics, including 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54.
Main cast
Shop Owner
- Kat Von D
Kat Von D is an American tattoo artist and television personality. She is best known for her work as a featured tattoo artist on the TLC reality television show Miami Ink...
Tattoo Artists
- Corey Miller
Corey Miller is a tattoo artist and television personality. He began tattooing at the age of 15. He is the owner of a tattoo shop in Upland, California named Six Feet Under. He is currently a tattoo artist on LA Ink. Ludwig Drums released a new kit in 2009 with Miller's flash designs. He has...
- Hannah Aitchison
Hannah Aitchison is an American tattoo artist from Ann Arbor, Michigan. Hannah is mainly based in Chicago at Deluxe Tattoo, but is most well known for her appearance on the TLC reality television show LA Ink...
(Season 1-3)
- Kim Saigh (Season 1-3)
- Dan Smith
Dan Smith may refer to:* Dan Smith , retired American Army colonel and author* Dan Smith , illustrator and graphic artist* Dan Smith , Canadian ice hockey player...
(Season 4- )Also lead singer of The Dear and Departed
Shop Managers
- Pixie Acia (Seasons 1-2)
- Aubry Fisher (Season 4- )
Celebrity clientèle
The following celebrities have appeared on
LA Ink:
- Matt Doney, Transformers
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- Eric Balfour
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, actor (Six Feet Under, 2424 is an American serial action/drama television series. Broadcast by Fox in the United States and syndicated worldwide, the show first aired on November 6, 2001, with an initial 13 episodes...
), singer of Born as Ghosts
- Steve-O
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, "celebrity prankster" (JackassJackass is an American television series, originally shown on MTV from 2000 to 2002, featuring people performing various dangerous, crude, ridiculous, and self-injuring stunts and pranks. The show served as a launchpad for the television and acting careers of Johnny Knoxville and Bam Margera...
)
- Ralph Saenz
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, lead singer of Steel PantherSteel Panther is a parody hard rock/glam metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 2000, the band has formerly been known as Danger Kitty, Metal Shop and Metal Skool.-Members:*Michael Starr - Lead vocals...
- Eve
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, rapper
- Jesse Metcalfe
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, actor (Desperate HousewivesDesperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series created by Marc Cherry, who also serves as show runner, and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. Executive producers, as of the fourth season, are Marc Cherry, Bob Daily, George W...
)
- Mike V
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, professional skateboarder
- Emerson Drive
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, Canadian country band
- Audrey Truelove, High Voltage Tattoo
- Scott Ian
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, guitarist of AnthraxAnthrax is an American heavy metal band from New York City, formed in 1981. The band was one of the most popular of the 1980s thrash metal scene and is notable for being the first to combine heavy metal with rap music...
- Frank Iero
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, rhythm guitarist of My Chemical RomanceMy Chemical Romance is a Grammy-nominated American rock band from New Jersey, formed in 2001. The band consists of lead vocalist Gerard Way, bassist Mikey Way, guitarists Frank Iero and Ray Toro and drummer Bob Bryar. Shortly after forming, the band signed to Eyeball Records and released their...
- Jesse Hughes
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, lead vocals and guitarist of Eagles of Death MetalEagles of Death Metal are an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, formed in 1998 by Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme. Despite the name, Eagles of Death Metal is not a death metal band. Hughes said that a friend was trying to introduce Josh Homme to the death metal genre. When he played...
- Jenna Jameson
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, pornstar
- Jeffree Star
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celebrity and singer
- Matt Skiba
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, singer/ guitarist of Alkaline TrioAlkaline Trio is an American punk rock band from McHenry, Illinois consisting of Matt Skiba , Dan Andriano and Derek Grant...
- Sebastian Bach
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, vocalist of Skid Row
- Toryn Green
Toryn Green is the vocalist for hard-rock bands Fuel , and For The Taking....
, singer of FuelFuel is an American hard rock band formed by guitarist/songwriter Carl Bell and bassist Jeff Abercrombie in 1989. Originally known as Small the Joy, they changed the group's name to Fuel sometime in 1994...
- Margaret Cho
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, actress-comedian
- Rita Haney, Dimebag Darrell
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`s widow
- Derek Hess
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, artist
- Candice Michelle
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, actress, former WWE wrestler
- Mike Escamilla, professional BMX rider
- Jared Leto
Jared Leto is an American actor and musician, he has appeared in films such as Fight Club, Panic Room and Lonely Hearts and is lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the American rock band 30 Seconds to Mars...
, actor, and vocalist and rhythm guitarist of 30 Seconds To Mars30 Seconds to Mars is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1998. The band features actor Jared Leto as vocalist, rhythm guitarist and songwriter.- Formation :...
- Bam Margera
Brandon Cole "Bam" Margera is a professional skateboarder, television and radio personality, and daredevil. He released a series of videos under the CKY banner and came to prominence after being drafted into MTV's Jackass crew...
, professional skateboarder, actor, prankster
- Ville Valo
Ville Hermanni Valo , is a Finnish singer, songwriter, and frontman of the Finnish rock band HIM. Valo was also the drummer for the Daniel Lioneye project. Ville has a baritone vocal range.-Early life:...
, vocalist and frontman for HIM
- Tom Green
Michael Thomas "Tom" Green is a Canadian actor, rapper, writer, comedian and media personality. He currently hosts the internet talk show Tom Green's House Tonight and the Planet Green game show Go for the Green.-Early life:...
, comedian, actor
- Joanna Angel
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, pornstar
- Ja Rule
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, rapper
- The Game
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, rapper
- Brennan Tiffany, vocalist and frontman of Space Station Wagon
- Amanda Beard
Amanda Ray Beard , is an American Olympic-level swimmer and model. Beard participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics, and 2008 Summer Olympics, capturing a total of seven medals, the most recent in the 2004 games. She held the world number one ranking of 200...
, 7 time Olympic gold medal winner in swimming
- Blake Lewis
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, American IdolAmerican Idol is a reality competition to find new solo musical talent, created by Simon Fuller. It debuted on June 11, 2002 on the Fox network, and has since become one of the most popular shows on American television...
season 6 finalist
- Nikki Sixx
Nikki Sixx is an American bassist, author, photographer, and the main songwriter for the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe...
- bassist of Mötley CrüeMötley Crüe is a American hard rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1981. The band was founded by bass guitarist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee, who were later joined by lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead singer Vince Neil...
- Lucas Silveira
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, lead singer/guitarist of The CliksThe Cliks are a Canadian rock band consisting solely of Lucas Silveira . The Cliks' major label debut album, Snakehouse was released on April 24, 2007 by Warner Music in Canada and by Tommy Boy Records in the United States.-History:...
- Tim Lambesis
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, lead singer of As I Lay DyingAs I Lay Dying is an American Grammy Award-nominated metalcore band from San Diego, California, formed in 2000. Their band name derives from the novel by William Faulkner with the same title...
- Jeph Howard, bassist of The Used
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- Tim Lopez, guitarist of Plain White T's
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- Patty Schemel
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, drummer of HoleHole was a Grammy-nominated American alternative rock band that formed in Los Angeles in 1989 and disbanded in 2002. The band was fronted by vocalist/rhythm guitarist Courtney Love, who co-founded Hole with songwriter/lead guitarist Eric Erlandson. Hole achieved considerable commercial success...
- Dave Navarro
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, guitarist
- Ronnie Radke, vocalist and ex-lead singer of Escape the Fate
Escape the Fate is an American rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in Pahrump, Nevada in 2004. Their debut full-length album, Dying Is Your Latest Fashion, was released on September 26, 2006. Their second full-length album, This War Is Ours was released on October 21, 2008...
, now Falling in Reverse
- Wes Borland
Wesley Louden Borland , better known as Wes Borland, is an American musician, best known as the guitarist for the band Limp Bizkit....
, guitarist for Limp BizkitLimp Bizkit is an American nu metal band from Jacksonville, Florida. The band achieved success with over 30 million albums sold worldwide. The members of the band include vocalist Fred Durst, guitarist Wes Borland, bassist Sam Rivers, drummer John Otto and DJ Lethal...
and guitarist and vocalist of Black Light BurnsBlack Light Burns is an Industrial rock supergroup featuring Wes Borland . The band's original studio lineup consisted of Borland, along with Danny Lohner , Josh Eustis and Josh Freese . Their debut album Cruel Melody, was released on June 5, 2007...
- Lemmy, bassist and vocalist of Motörhead
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- Lamar Odom
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, professional basketball player of the Los Angeles LakersThe Los Angeles Lakers are a National Basketball Association team based in Los Angeles, California. The Lakers play their home games at Staples Center, which they share with their fellow NBA rival, the Los Angeles Clippers, and their sister team, the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA...
- Nick Wheeler, guitarist of The All-American Rejects
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- Natasha Kai
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- professional soccer player, Olympic Gold medal winner
- Allen Alvarado
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- Matt Sorum
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, drummer for Velvet Revolver
- Crispin Earl vocalist for The Veer Union
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- Phil Plait, astronomer and author
- Jason Mraz
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, singer/songwriter
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