How many Tattoo's does Dave Navarro have?

Answer 1

Dave's body reads like a CV and personal history. If you're wondering about his body modifications, I have tried to list the who/what/where on them. The list is arranged by body parts, head to toe. Sometimes, (as in the case of the Klimt tattoos), Dave has a specific design in mind, other times he simply gets a design he likes at the tattoo studio or lets the artist draw freehand (as in the case of his cross tattoo).


Head
back of neck = "Los Angeles" (the city where Dave was born and has always lived)
ears = piercings of each side having one hole of body piercing gauge and one of standard size (diamond earrings)
Shoulders
shoulders = bats [both shoulders are the same] done at the Hart and Hunington Tattoo Company at the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas

Chest
collarbone = "Eleven Twenty-Two" (November 22, his wedding date)
middle = "CE" (his wife's initials)
left breast = scar left by an ex-wife who carved her first name into his chest [Dave in turn carved his full name onto her]
nipples = pierced 1994-1999; 2000-current
(Dave had the piercings removed in 1999 then put them back in)


Back

above the waistline = "Constance" (his mother's name) by Charlie McDonald of Mayhem in Los Angeles


Left Arm

Upper arm
a pig surrounded by a snake
(the pig represents how Dave characterizes himself: "When pigs are young they're perceived as cute, and when they're older they appear vicious and intimidating.")
(the snake is how he views the world: "I've since matured, so I view it as a continual reminder to evolve as a human.")
tribal design around the snake's tail
(sybmolizes that incredible month in 1994 that the Red Hot Chili Peppers spent in Hawaii)
a ring of dolphins
("One of the most spiritual, beautiful and enlightening experiences of my life was when I got a chance to swim naked in Hawaii among 100-150 bottle-nosed dolphins.")
Lower arm

inner arm = Gustav Klimt painting entitled Death and Life by Henk Schiffmacher of Hanky Panky in Amsterdam
outer arm = the Virgin of Guadalupe by Mark Mahoney of Tattoo Mania in Los Angeles (photo of the original apparition of the Virgin)
side of arm = the 4 suits of cards (heart, club, diamond, spade) [next to the Virgin]; "addict" [next to the 4 suits]


Right Arm

Upper arm, outer
Red Hot Chili Peppers One Hot Minute fairy logo
armband design that resembles Arabic or Sanskrit from afar
"Love Fades" by Charlie McDonald of Mayhem in Los Angeles
(Listen to a clip from Annie Hall by Woody Allen)
[Alvy: Is it something I did?
Woman: It's never something you do. That's how people are--love fades.
Alvy: Love fades? God, that's a depressing thought.]
below is a skull and cross-utensils (this image was once on Dave's web page with "SSRI" below---Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, anti-depressants such as Prozac and Paxil)


Upper arm, inner
"Der Zeit Ihre Kunst, Der Kunst Ihre Freiheit"
("To every age its art, to art its freedom"--text taken from above the entrance to the building designed by Joseph-Maria Olbirch of the Secession of the Association of Viennese Artists, which was created by Gustav Klimt and other artists in the late 1890s)
"Jane's" by Charlie McDonald of Mayhem in Los Angeles (for Jane's Addiction of course)
elaborate "V" (for an ex-girlfriend) [she tattooed a "D" on her behind]
Japanese kanji fuku (it means fortune, luck, wealth) [it's a bit on the side and wraps around to the outer arm, next to the skull]
Lower arm, outer
"Don't Try This At Home" by Thomas at the Hart and Hunington Tattoo Company at the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas (the title of his photo booth book)
Spread logo (unicorn with S) by Mark Mahoney of Tattoo Mania in Los Angeles
cross (done freehand in about an hour by Bob Vessels of Funny Farm in Silverlake)
Theban script reading "angel" (for an ex-girlfriend) [she tattooed the same on the inside of her wrist]

Lower arm, inner
Gustav Klimt painting entitled Hope I by Henk Schiffmacher of Hanky Panky in Amsterdam
(it depicts a pregnant woman which symbolic of his mother's gift of life to him)


Elbows

elbows = symbol (used by Psi Com and Jane's Relapse, of Aleister Crowley origin from his Thoth Tarot Card Deck) [both elbows are the same]
Hands

back of hands = spider with web by Mark Mahoney of Tattoo Mania in Los Angeles [both hands have the same design]
left hand knuckles = roman numerals X III X III
(10-3-10-3 which stands for 13, which 6 + 7 equals; also the date on which his father and grandfather were both born)
right hand knuckles = roman numerals VI VII VI VII
(6-7-6-7 which stands for his birthday, June 7, 1967)
right hand palm = marriage symbol tattooed over a pagan hand-fasting wedding scar



Hips

right hip = "Trust No One" (personal philosphy)
[also the title of his solo album, however he had the tattoo done years before his album came out]


Legs
lower left leg, left side = sexy nun by Charlie McDonald of Mayhem in Los Angeles
[I think the nun may have been taken from a Justice Howard photo though I have not been able to find a copy of that photo to verify this.]
lower right leg, right side = female dominatrix by Charlie McDonald of Mayhem in Los Angeles

Answer 2

Dave Navarro Tattoos

Answer 3

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RE:
How many Tattoo's does Dave Navarro have?

Answer 4

Do you mean including the ones he has covered up? He has 44 overall, 39 he admits to and the other 5, well have sex with him and you'll know what I'm talking about.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Too many