| Lucky Diamond Rich | |
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| Born | 1971 New Zealand |
| Occupation | performance artist, street performer |
| Known for | being 100% tattooed |
| Website http://www.luckyrich.com/index.htm |
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Lucky Diamond Rich (born 1971, New Zealand) is "the world's most tattooed person" (a title formerly held by Tom Leppard), and has tattoos covering his entire body, including the inside of his foreskin, mouth and ears. He holds the Guinness world record as of 2006, being 100 percent tattooed.[1]
He is also a performance artist and street performer whose act includes sword-swallowing, unicycling and juggling.
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Inspiration and first tattoo
As a young boy, he read about and began to have recurring thoughts of the most tattooed men and women. It did not go much further than just a thought until he got his first tattoo, it was of a small juggling club on his hip.[2]
Other achievements
He is an accomplished sword-swallower. Along with the Space Cowboy (real name Chayne Hultgren) he was jointly the first person to perform a double-sword swallowing while suspended upside-down. [3]
He is credited as "Lucky Rich" on vocals for the 1998 5-track "Skin" EP by the band "Primitive Ghost". The lineup included Baby Lemonade (Vocals), Michael Sheridan (Guitar), FAB (Percussion), Bryan St. James (Programming) and Ollie Olsen (Programming). A video clip for the title track "Skin" was screened on ABC rage (TV program) 4 September 1998 [4]
See also
References
- ^ Guinness World Records, Most Tattooed Person, http://www.guinessworldrecords.com/records/human_body/body_beautiful/most_tattooed_person.aspx, retrieved 2007-05-07
- ^ brown, Thom, An Interview with Lucky Diamond Rich by Thom Green of Mantra, http://www.mantratattoo.com/features/luckyrich/interview2004.php, retrieved 2007-05-07
- ^ http://www.swordswallow.com/records.php
- ^ Rage, ABC, ABCTV RAGE playlist 4 September 1998, http://www.abc.net.au/rage/playlist/archive/1998/19980904.htm, retrieved 2007-08-26
External links
- Lucky Diamond Rich homepage
- An interview from 2004
- Video interview from Tattoo Convention Amsterdam 2007 - YouTube
- Interview from The Sydney Morning Herald
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