Josh Carter of 5th Estate Tattoo on His Grossest Tattooing Moment

Josh Chesler October 15, 2014 10:00AM

Like many other 18-year-olds, Josh Carter had earned himself a scholarship to community college. And like many other community college students, Carter didn't know what he wanted to do with his life.

"I was at Pierce College [in California], just taking some random classes, and I met this girl who was a piercer," Carter says. "This was like 1996, so it was crazy to see an alt-girl with a bunch of tattoos and piercings."

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