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        JANUARY
14,
2011 - In all of the years that I have been involved in the music
business, I have never had a tattoo. Hell, I've never even had one
single piercing! Believe me, its got nothing to do with an aversion to
it. It probably has more to do with me being a candy-ass around
needles. With that being said, I am amazed by what all goes into this
industry from the imagination, the artistry and that often overlooked
yet precious commodity - the ink. Here is where MARK AUGUST
and
his company SKIN CANDY TATTOO SUPPLY comes in. In the
21st Century, the successful
entrpreneur will combine elements of
artistic creativity and good old-fashioned business acumen to create a
brand that is at once both successful in the world of commerce and well
as culture.
MARK AUGUST --
avant/rock musician and owner of world-renowned tattoo artist
supply company, SKIN CANDY - is at the forefront of this
new breed of enlightened entrepreneur/rock star. Raised in Los Angeles
during the heyday of Hair Bands and the Sunset Strip, August got
his introduction to the glamorous (and not so glamorous) rock 'n' roll
world as a member of hard rock group Johnny Crash, who signed
with major label CBS Records
in 1990. After departing the band and moving to San Francisco, August
ended up working across the street from famed tattooist ED HARDY's TATTOO
CITY shop. It was there AUGUST seized on the idea ofr
selling ink for tattooing, subsequently forming his current company SKINCANDY in
1996. Fast forward to 2005: MARK receives a call from reality TV show MIAMI INK,
requesting supplies. This proceeded to put Skincandy - the first
company to bring black light inks and black light tattooing to its
currently level of popularity - on the national radar, and
MARK AUGUST along with it. Features on the DISCOVERY
CHANNEL, HISTORY CHANNEL and a feature on the KTLA
CHANNEL 5 MORNING NEWS In Los Angeles soon followed. At
present, SKINCANDY has a full staff and warehouse in Burbank, and have
just launched "MALE POLISH," a specialized line
of Nail Polish for men that AUGUST believes may someday be his most
successful venture yet. AUGUST has also successfully
re-ignited his music career with the 2009 release of his solo CD MINDFUCK
(think: Jane's
Addiction, Alice In
Chains), and currently, with his
new trio, Sex In Public (in which he sings and plays lead guitar).
AUGUST's musical resume' also includes stints in DARLING CRUEL and
WWIII, both of whom enjoyed success in Hollywood's music/metal scene
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