005: Paco Excel — Part 1

from Tattoo 408 · host Ethan Gregory Dodge

I took a drive north to the foggy town of Pacifica, CA to interview Paco Excel. Paco, along with fellow artist Adrian Lee, opened up that tattoo shop known as New Skool back in the mid 90s. It changed the game in San Jose tattoo. --- Love Tattoo 408? Here are the best ways to support the show! Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify or Apple Podcasts (it takes ~10 seconds) Tell your tattoo-loving friends and family about it! Use the code "tattoo408" when purchasing tattoo healing products from saniderm.com and get 15% off. Leave a tip! Follow Tattoo 408 on Instagram, TikTok, and Youtube. DM your address and get our stickers in the mail! Thank you to Tessia Spisak for our logo and to mint.beats for our music. Tattoo 408 is produced by Ethan Gregory Dodge. © 2023 under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.

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