Of course, he's said this before, and he said he still wants to do a second and a third Gallows album, so it's not like we should be writing the band's obituary just yet... but Frank says he's more dedicated to being a tattoo artist than a musician, and the band has no more than five years left.
Speaking with the NME, he said:
Gallows is not my life. Never has been, never will. It's a hobby I get paid for. I'm a tattoo artist - that will always be my life and job. Being in a band is something I do for fun. I quit the band four times before we signed to a major label. Gallows won't last five years. We'll definitely write and record the next album. And I'd like to make a third. But as I said, tattooing is my life.
Frank said he came to this conclusion after the Reading festival, where he was tattooing Jordan of New Found Glory backstage before their performance. This was also where he got the idea to have Chad of New Found Glory come on stage and give him the tattoo he got to commemorate the band's set -- a tattoo he describes as "absolutely shit." Odd thing for someone who is a tattoo artist and wants to make his life out of it to have on his arm, but then again, I've always held that tattoos are highly personal and the meaning behind them means more than anything.
