December 1st - The Reverend added a custom drawn scorpion to his left arm skinart today. Jerry Thomas of Toucan Tattoo inked in The Revs left outside elbow with the artwork in just under 2 hours.
November 25th - ORDAINED roadie Grasshopper shipped off this morning for the United States Marine Corps. He left work the morning of 09-11-01 after learning of the attacks against NYC & the USA and joined the fucking Marines. He will attend boot camp in South Carolina. Updates from the road will be posted here. He also challenges all other bands roadies out there to put their money where their patriotic mouth is......
November 4th - Tom Araya (bassist/vocalist) of Slayer received a copy of "ORDAINED - The Second Coming" from The Reverend, who was up front during the Norfolk stop of the "God Hates Us All" tour. Between songs, The Rev held up the disc, and Tom gave the OK to hand it up. After checking it out for a few, Araya gave The Rev a quick nod and put it in his guitar case on the side of the stage.
October 20th - The Reverend added to his skinart today. Between the Statue Of Liberty head and King Of Diamonds playing card, a banner American flag was added, filling in the top outside half of his right arm. This flag banner had been planned for at least a year, but had been delayed for some other pieces that were larger. The Rev went up to Toucan Tattoo to drop off the First Place trophy he won last weekend and while he was there, hopped in the chair.
October 20th - The Reverend made his public modeling debut today in the Harley Davidson Motorclothes Fashion Show at Bayside Harley Davidson in Portsmouth, VA. He participated along with about 20 other models showing off the new 2001 clothing line. The Reverend modeled the new all weather jacket for the crowd of several hundred.
October 17th - The Dog & The Reverend were front row SINter for The Alice Cooper Show at the ampitheatre here in Va. Beach. Alice hit the stage at 9:15 on the dot and played up until 11:00. 28 songs in all, spanning his entire career. Although he overlooked a few of the albums from the late 70's/early 80's, he managed to perform songs from 17 of his albums. Once again, Alice gave The Reverend his cane from the stage. That makes The Rev 3 for 3 for the last three Alice shows for getting his cane. LONG LIVE ALICE & ROCK AND ROLL!
October 13th - The Reverend took three awards in the Seventh Annual Hampton Roads Harley-Davidson Tattoo Competition today. He swept the "Best Small Black Work" category, winning the 1st Place trophy for his autographed Nikki Sixx caricature, and 2nd Place for his Alice Cooper portrait. The Reverend also walked away with "Best Small Color Work" 2nd Place honors for his King Of Diamonds playing card tat. In addition to the bad-ass trophy for the 1st Place win, he received $100 in free ink from Toucan Tattoo, and $100 store credit from the fine folks at Hampton Roads Harley-Davidson. The Reverends winning pieces were done by Jerry Thomas of Toucan Tattoo in Gloucester Point, VA.
(posted September 23rd) - Pick up the December issue of Metal Maniacs magazine and check out the ORDAINED mention and picture in the Band Listings section. This SINformation was brought to our attention by our biggest fan Mark "Big Brother" Ferski from down in North Carolina. Pick up a copy and add it to your collection.
September 13th - The Reverend had his latest ink colored in today. The outline of the chinese lion (on his left outside bicep) was inked in with red, yellow, orange and purple ink by Jerry Thomas of Toucan Tattoo in just under 2 hours.