First published 20 years ago, Modern Primitives is still called the bible of the tattooingpiercing underground. Here is a celebratory reprinting, complete with a new introduction by original editor/publisher V. Vale.Interviews with 15 tattoo and body modification artists. Modern Primitives examines a vivid contemporary enigma: the growing revival of highly visual (and sometimes shocking) primitive body modification practices tattooing, multiple piercing, and scarification.