pstrongBrace 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. strongppFeaturing 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. emCaravan of Painem 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, emCaravan of Painem is a story of inspiration, persistence, and the dark side of following a dream.ppbrpp p