How Lady Gaga left her mark on a New Jersey tattoo shop
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Shotsie’s Tattoo in Wayne isn’t the sort of place where one would expect to find a Lady Gaga shrine.
The artists at the shop are rockers who prefer gritty guitars over dance beats. They know little about the star except that she once wore steak on a red carpet.
Throughout her ascension to the top of the pop culture strata, none of them recognized her as a former client.
The staffers were surprised to find her release form in their files late last year. They framed the document with a collage of magazine photos.
In August of 2006, the lady formerly known as Stefani Germanotta visited Shotsie’s to get an upside-down peace sign on her left wrist.
Gaga , who plays at the Prudential Center in Newark tomorrow, was zapped by owner/artist, Gary “Gar” Walsh.
The discovery of the form jogged his memory of the singer.
“She told me I should remember her but I tattoo thousands of people who say the same thing,” says Walsh, 54. “She was going on about how she was going to be a star. She was giddy and laughing. She was like, ‘This is great. I’m gonna make it. You’re gonna make it.’ ”
Source: The Star-Ledger - NJ.com