Credit: Casey Lynch (writer), Rebecca Swanner (writer), David Yellen (photographer), Josh Robertson (writer), Jonah Bayer (writer), Travis Shinn (photographer), Jon Wiederhorn (writer), Wes Frazer (photographer), Jason Bergman (photographer), Paul Harries (Courtesy WBR) (photographer), Birte Filmer (photographer)
The quartet from down ’round the New Jersey Turnpike never assumed they would be touring nonstop in support of a bona fide breakout hit (2008’s The 59 Sound), especially not in places like Helsinki, where the tour kicked off in February. “We couldn’t have possibly imagined this. We’re in Canada now, then we go back to Europe. We’ll probably get ready to record later this year and put out a new album sometime in spring or summer of 2010. It’s all been awesome.”
One stop on the tour is an opening slot for Bruce Springsteen, who’s been an inspiration to Fallon. Springsteen invited the band to open for him at Hard Rock Calling in London June 28. It will be the band’s first performance sharing a bill with the Boss, which is ironic considering how far away from home they are. “It’s funny that two guys from the same place have to travel thousands of miles to play together.”
That place, New Jersey, is also where Fallon was first inked with a Bouncing Souls tattoo, at age 17. One of his favorite pieces, however, is “Stay Free”— after the title of the Clash song—which was tattooed in script across his knuckles by Hollywood Mark. “I didn’t want the standard sailor tattoo lettering, so he basically just wrote the words across my hands and it turned out great.”
These days, Fallon heads to Fat Cat Tattoo, Revolver Tattoo, and American Ink for his work. “Chuck Daly [at Jersey City Tattoo Co.] said that when you see someone with their legs covered or chest covered—stuff people can’t see— you can tell they really love tattoos. … I’m one of them.”
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