It used to be just an odd few hardcore rockers who would take the plunge, get a tattoo and sport some on-stage body art, but these days everyone is at it.
Some look absolutely brilliant in their quests to enhance their own persona or image of their band, some look OK at a squint and some look, well, some look absolutely awful.
From Travis Barker and Alex Turner to Die Antwoord's Ninja and Ed Sheeran, here are 17 musicians who have gone under the needle; some sparingly so, some intently and some for reasons unbeknown to anyone, maybe even themselves - enjoy and let us know what you think below.