The Badlands
The Badlands
Royboy's Place
3849 Broadway
Gary, IN 46409
1.219.884.4965
Down the bleak ravaged stretch of road that lies smack in the middle of Gary, Indiana, "murder capital of the world," there is the Badlands. Lording over it is the maestro of the unrefined. Swallow him whole, Make no mistake. There is no other Roy Boy. After spotting his first tattoo, a careening search for self-expression began. Time and again he rose from the ashes. Premier tattoo artist. Animal tamer. Photographer. Musician. Producer. Writer. Videographer. Racecar driver. Flack. In his domain he is a mythified presence, an outlaw with special dispensation to freely walk tigers and pythons down lawless streets.
At 60, he has respect. Today he is guru to the disenfranchised youth of Gary. His illustrated body, once a freak show aberration, presaged with bull's eye accuracy this generation's bent for expression by pushing ink across its body. For them, his gospel hits a chord.
"Just as a king wears his crown, the common man can experience this, too." Unlikely savior.
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