Caravan of Pain, Scott Alderman
Caravan of Pain, Scott Alderman
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Caravan of Pain
The True Story of the Tattoo the Earth Tour

Author: Scott Alderman

Narrator: Khristian Lee

Unabridged: 3 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Scott Alderman

Published: 03/15/2022


Synopsis

Brace yourself for a roller coaster thrill ride as you join the Tattoo the Earth 2000 summer tour of America, the most insane tour ever inflicted on a continent.Featuring twenty of metal’s biggest bands, including Metallica, Slipknot, and Slayer, plus Filip Leu, Sean Vasquez, and the world’s best tattoo artists, these renegade outsiders pissed off all the wrong music business heavyweights but left delirious inked fans in their wake. Caravan of Pain is a rip-roaring music business underdog tale: compelling, hysterical, and cautionary. Its unique peek inside the world of music festivals, metal, and tattooing gives the reader a front row seat to a watershed time in our culture at the turn of the millennium. Told with candor and humor by the tour’s creator, Scott Alderman, and illustrated with memorabilia and never-before-seen photos, Caravan of Pain is a story of inspiration, persistence, and the dark side of following a dream.

Reviews

Goodreads review by N.N. on February 17, 2022

Everyone worth their salt has lived a life in their past. Probably very few can truly admit to living the life as Scott did. Not unlike the first bio he wrote, this story also provides the sense that surviving this life was a miracle. Here, the reader is taken on the journey of the creation of a one-......more

Goodreads review by Ryan on March 26, 2022

Minor spoilers Attending the Tattoo the Earth music festival as a teenage metalhead back in 2000 was a dream come true at the time. It was basically a national nu metal gathering during the genres climactic shock. Slayer was still promoting their under appreciated “Diablous in Musica” album, and for......more

Goodreads review by Caroline on June 11, 2024

I received a digital copy of this for free. I had never heard of this tour (I was 6 years old, anyway), but I have been to a festival that could have been inspired by it, or possibly not have happened if not Tattoo The Earth had happened. This is basically the diary of the man behind the idea, how it......more

Goodreads review by Linda on January 19, 2022

I never heard of Tattoo the Earth events. This is a fascinating book about a guy who thought up an idea of combining tattooing and rock bands playing at the same event. Read about how he came up with the idea, and how he got it to actually happening. Thank you for proving my life long image of Sharon......more

Goodreads review by Josh on November 26, 2023

An illuminating, firsthand account of a unique tour that doubles as a glimpse into metal music and tattooing culture. While the writing could’ve benefited from fewer name drops and pedantic, quieter moments, Alderman’s journey through his own issues and collaborations with legendary figures is not t......more