Miami Ink was an American reality show on TLC that followed the events that took place at a tattoo shop in Miami Beach, Florida. The show premiered in July 2005 and has finished broadcasting its fourth season.[1] The show led to several spin-offs, including the shows LA Ink and London Ink which are also broadcast on TLC.[1]
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1 History
2 International screenings
3 Celebrity customers
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
[edit]History
The shop, which was called 305 Ink (with 305 being a reference to the Miami area code) before the show started, is now called Love Hate Tattoo and is co-owned by tattoo artists Ami James and Chris Núñez, and also features artists Chris Garver, Darren Brass, Tim Hendricks and Yoji Harada.[2] Californian artists James "Sword-Crosser" Hamilton, Luke Wessman, Mikey Slater and JMorgwn Pennypacker and two floor managers Guy Sahar and Lee "On One Knee" Rodriguez. Kat Von D first joined the shop during the first season while Brass had an injured arm.[3] She then returned as a full time crew member for two seasons, after which she returned to Los Angeles and landed her own Miami Ink spin-off entitled LA Ink which premiered in August 2007.[4] Another spinoff, London Ink began on Discovery Real Time in the UK in September 2007.[5] On October 28, 2008, a third spin-off, called Rio Ink, featuring a Rio de Janeiro tattooshop, aired on the Discovery Channel People & Arts channel in Brazil.[6]
Cast of Miami Ink
Each episode featured a number of customers along with their backstories and motivations for choosing their tattoos. In addition, there was some focus on the personal lives of the artists. Most of the episodes are narrated by James, with Nuñez occasionally filling in. The main musical theme for the show is "Funky Kingston" by Toots & the Maytals. The show has on occasion featured the personalities from other TLC shows such as American Chopper.
The original Miami Ink shop has now become a full retail shop for the clothing line DeVille[7], but James and Núñez have opened a bigger tattoo shop, called LoveHate Tattoo, next door.[1]
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