A Black Flag logo on his left bicep

Considering how hard Rollins worked to get into Black Flag, it is not surprising that he would have a tattoo of the bands distinctive black barred logo on his arm. Before Rollins started singing for the band, he worked as a roadie and learned the songs and the acts on the road. He originally got involved with the band by exchanging letters with band members and offering to let them stay at his house when they toured the area. He was a dedicated fan, and attended as many concerts as possible before going on the road and eventually becoming their vocalist.

The Misfits skull logo

Black Flag opened shows for the Misfits during their tours in the early 1980s. The Misfits were and are a touchstone for the punk rock movement, and it is not surprising that the young Rollins would have such a tattoo on his body since he was extremely devoted to the lifestyle and ideas of punk at that time.

Search and Destroy sun backpiece

This tattoo shows an angry sun that covers the majority of Rollins back. The sun is glaring out at the viewer and looks both furious and vengeful. It is topped with the words Search and Destroy. Autobiographers speculate that Rollins life on the road had turned him into a warrior who would not back down from the things he felt were important ever again. He got the tattoo over the course of the months after Black Flag completed their tour in 1985 and he was spending nearly all of his time listening to music and writing spoken word compositions in a shed in a friends backyard.

A large spider descending over the left collarbone

The spider is a black widow. At one point during a tour, Rollins commented jokingly on the tattoo to the audience, saying that he was fearful of spiders and that he got the tattoo hoping to develop some type of rapport with spiders by getting the tattoo.

Rollins has many other tattoos on his body, including tribal art and a number of written-word tattoos. However, these are largely undocumented except by fans who have seen him in person, and require more research to determine why he may have gotten the tattoo designs.

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