Tattoo: The Misfits logo
Location: Left shin
Date: 2005
Other Notes & Speculation:
• The date for this tattoo is uncertain as it is in a location that is not readily seen by the public.
• This tattoo was most likely completed with the 138 tattoo located below it.
• The Misfits logo (as seen on Frank’s leg) was introduced on March 28, 1979 in Kansas City when the band adopted the skull mascot from an old serial movie from the 1940s - The Crimson Ghost (Cyclotrode X).
• The skull mascot is known as the fiend skull.
Tattoo: 138
Location: Left shin
Date: 2005
Other Notes & Speculation:
• We Are 138 is a Misfits song from Bullet.
Tattoo: Small red and black stars and dots
Location: Left arm (below chainsaw)
Date: January-June 2005
Other Notes & Speculation:
• Frank completed decorating his left arm in two stages. The first was small red and black stars and dots below the chainsaw. The second stage was small red and black stars and dots above the chainsaw together with some bats.
Tattoo: HALLOWEEN
Location: Knuckles
Date: March-April 2005
Frank says:
• I got the tattoo on my knuckles a couple of months ago. I couldn’t decide what to get then I thought of Hallowe’en. I don’t think anyone has that. It just makes sense. My parents used to hold me down on the bed and scare me with masks when I was a kid. I don’t know why they thought it was funny but I hated it. I remember one was an old man’s mask and one was a gorilla mask. I’ve said to them since ‘What were you thinking!’ And they say ‘Oh god, what’s he problem. You’re fine!’ They have an amazing sense of humour.
Tattoo: Ghost of You “forget me not”
Location: Right bicep
Date: May-June 2005
Frank says:
• I got the ‘Forget me not,’ after we did the Ghost of You. We were in this boat and it started sinking. I really thought that we were done for. We were all dress up as soldiers and the boat started to capsize and water came up to my chest but I got pulled out. I remember my life passing before my eyes and kind of accepting my faith. I got the tattoo to remember that feeling of the end and that I was pretty OK with it. I found out that I wasn’t afraid of death. It was scary, I mean I shit myself but at the same time it was a relief. I thought OK, it’s time to go and I was fine with it. I think I’ve done a lot of things that I’ve always wanted to do and I was happy with the way I lived my life. It was the worst tattoo to get. I had the day off and the next day I had to go and play and it had swollen up and it just felt like my entire arm was just jiggling as I was playing. It was awful. For some reason my upper arms don’t heal as well as the rest of the body.
Tattoo: “Search And Destroy”
Location: Waist
Date: August 2005
Frank says:
• Search And Destroy, around my waist, is the way I feel every time I play live. Basically I go out there and destroy everything. It’s also a Henry Rollins’ thing. It makes me feel empowered. It’s a different mindset, it’s almost a meditation, You don’t see a lot or hear a lot while you’re doing it, you kind of get caught up in the moment. It’s definitely an enlightenment, I think. If you don’t come off the stage feeling completely drained of everything you haven’t been doing it right.
Tattoo: Two stars
Location: Waist (above and below right swallow)
Date: August 2005
Tattoo: s//c - Skeleton Crew logo
Location: Left side of his neck (behind his ear)
Date: 2005
Frank says:
• Behind my left ear is the logo for Skeleton Crew, a company that I started. It’s a record label, book publishing and clothing company and that’s my most recent tattoo.
Tattoo:”revenge”
Location: Left inner wrist
Date: December 2005
Frank says:
• One of my best friends is James Deweeses who sings for Reggie And The Full Effect who toured with us on the Warped tour. We’ve got matching “revenge” tattoos. Cool, huh?
Tattoo: “F.T.W.”
Location: Right arm
Date: 2006
Other Notes & Speculation:
• Tattoo was completed before May 2006.
• F.T.W. may be a part of the cobra tattoo located on his right arm.
• F.T.W. most likely stands for “Fuck the World.”
Tattoo: Cobra
Location: Right arm
Date: 2006
Other Notes & Speculation:
• Generally, cobra tattoos represent strength as well as masculinity.
Tattoo: LA 5-25-06
Location: Right arm
Date: April-December 2006
Other Notes & Speculation:
• The tattoo may have been done in conjunction with the engagement ring tattoo.
• It may commemorate the date and location that Frank proposed to Jamia.
Tattoo: Eagle with an engagement ring
Location: Right arm
Date: April-December 2006
Tattoo: Frankenstein full-body
Location: Right arm
Date: December 2006
Artist: Kat Von D
Other Notes & Speculation:
•In this case, any mention of Frankenstein refers to Frankenstein’s monster.
• When asked what tattoo that she did was her most memorable, she said:
Man! That’s a tough one to narrow down. From tattooing a Frankenstein portrait on Frank Iero to tattooing the Mars Volta guys, doing the album cover of Slayer’s Divine Intervention on HIM’s drummer, Gas Lipstick, is pretty up there. Doing the tattoo in Finland right before a metal fest makes the memory that much better!
Tattoo: Frankenstein stitches
Location: Right wrist
Date:January-March 2007
Other Notes & Speculation:
• The tattoo may have been completed at an earlier date in conjunction with his full body portrait of Frankenstein tattoo.
Tattoo: Skull and crossbones
Location: Right hand
Date:January-March 2007
Other Notes & Speculation:
• The skull and crossbones is a common image associated with piracy and rebellion. It may also symbolize death or change.
• When the bones are behind the skull, it may indicate poison or warning.
• Frank likes pirates.
Tattoo: Scissors with “Jinx Removing” and 2-5-07 on a banner
Location: left side of his neck
Other Notes & Speculation:
• Frank received the tattoo between February 23, 2007 and March 1, 2007.
• The date may refer to the date that Frank and Jamia got married which was on February 5, 2007 according to Clark County, Nevada.
Tattoo: Bloody tooth
Location: Right arm
Date: February-May 2007
Other Notes & Speculation:
• Frank may have gotten this tattoo with friend(s).
• Frank probably had his wisdom teeth removed between December 16, 2006 and January 9, 2007 when the band was on break.
• Frank missed all of the dates in Japan and Australia due to complications (January 10 - February 5, 2007) and returned to the band on February 22, 2007 for the beginning of The Black Parade Tour in the United States.
Tattoo: “I Am a Graveyard” chest bpiece
Location: Chest
Date: March-August 2007
Other Notes & Speculation:
• I Am a Graveyard was a band that Frank started after Pencey Prep. The band (with Ray and Matt) played a show with My Chemical Romance at Club Krome on March 22, 2003.
Tattoo: Grandfather portrait
Location: Left arm
Date: July-August 2007
Artist: Kat Von D
Other Notes & Speculation:
• Frank had a portrait of his grandfather playing the drums and the phrase, “il mia familia il mio idolo” or “my family my idol” in Italian.
Familia is spelled wrong. The word in Italitian is famiglia.
Frank originally wanted “la mia famiglia, il mio eroe” (“my family, my hero”).
Tattoo: Wolf head - The Banner logo
Location: Right arm
Date:August 2007
Other Notes & Speculation:
• The Banner, a hardcore band from New Jersey, use the wolf as their logo
• Frank is a big fan of the band and wore their merch often. Frank even did guest vocals on the song, Black Duct Tape, off of Your Murder Mixtape.
Tattoo:”Hopeless” with a spider web
Location: Right hand
Date: August 2007
Other Notes & Speculation:
• Likely completed with the Romantic tattoo.
• The two tattoos - hopeless romantic - may reference a Bouncing Souls song of the same name.
Tattoo:”Romantic” with half of a heart
Location: Left hand
Date: August 2007
Tattoo:Heart with arrow and “Jamia” on the banner
Location: Right hand
Date: August 2007
Other Notes & Speculation:
• The tattoo commemorates Frank’s relationship and feelings for Jamia, Frank’s wife.
• A heart with an arrow through it represents being in love (struck by Cupid’s arrow).
Tattoo: Smiley face balloon (на жёлтом воздушн.шаре)
Location: Right arm
Date: March - April 2008
Tattoo: Two portraits
Location: Right arm
Date: April 2008
Other Notes & Speculation:
• The two portraits feature the words: “Forever in my Heart” above the tattoos, “Angelina” below the first portrait, and “Lillian” below the second portrait.
• The portraits are rumoured to be pictures of Frank’s grandmothers.
Tattoo:Unknown
Location: Right shin
Date: Unknown
Other Notes & Speculation:
• Frank got this tattoo after his Misfits tattoo on the other leg.
• The tattoo appears to have a full color heart - possibly a sacred heart with writing above and below the tattoo.
• The writing beneath the heart appears to say strength
ну и как на таком маленьком тельце помещается по меньшей мере 51 татуировка,ума не приложу....