A Different Drummer Tattoo

I haven't gotten any tattoos here yet, but I did hear a lot of good reviews about the tattoo artists here. I once got my belly button pierced at a different tattoo shop, and it ended up creating a bigger hole in my belly button and eventually ripping. Once it healed, I went to A Different Drummer and they were able to repierce it under the scar tissue and it lasted for quite some time! I just might have to pay another visit here.

He put an extra O on my “to infinity” tattoo so now it says “too infinity”. Also went to get my septum pierced and it was placed soooo wrong it’s not even funny, I will not be going back after that, Not mad
, this happened a year ago too, I just don’t want other tattoos or piercings to get messed up 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️

My best friend and i came to different drummer for the first time and got bff tatts! The place is VERY CLEAN! The receptionist/piercer is very firm but absolutely sweet as gold! Loved her! Our tattoo artist BIKE was AMAZING! I plan to get more done by him VERY SOON! He is very lite handed and makes it as painless as possible! I also LOVED that he played the old school rap in his station! The only downside i could see was if u want to do a walk in.... The wait can be hours but the wait is MORE THAN WORTH IT! Love you guys!!!!

Got an industrial piercing and everyone was so nice and he wasn’t being mean or anything! Wasn’t waiting for even 5 mins got the papers filled out and got it done! Got it done about a month ago and haven’t had any problems! will definitely keep going there!!

I wasn't sure how many stars to give this place because I had 2 very different experiences at this facility in a short amount of time. A few months ago I went in with a friend to get both of our septums pierced; the brunette lady who did our piercings was incredibly nice. My friend got a little sick after being pierced and the piercer got her a damp towel and let her rest. She never made her feel silly for her reaction and was just genuinely kind and funny. She told us both that the first time we need our jewelry changed she would do it for free and after that it would be $5.

About 5 days after I got it pierced one of the little balls fell off of my nose ring and Different Drummer was closed. I tried to wait until the next day to go in and get it put back on but my nose ring ended up falling out. Luckily, I had already purchased some additional jewelry to wear once I could change them out; I was able to get a clicker ring in my nose to wear in the mean time. When I decided to put the horseshoe ring back in I still couldn't get the ball on so I went over to Different Drummer.

When I walked in the 2 guys at the counter were very nice to me. They were friendly and talked to me while I waited for someone to be available to help me get the ball back on my ring. After a minute or so a woman with silver hair came out and I greeted her kindly and asked her if she could help me. She said yeah then turned her back to me and walked off into a room. I followed her unsure if she was ready for me yet. All she had to do was put a little ball back on my ring. Before I could even say anything to her she immediately started defensively lecturing me about how I need to tighten the ends on my jewelry or else they will fall off. She spoke very coldly and treated me like I was stupid.

I began trying to make light of the situation by making fun of myself for not being able to get it back on myself. I mentioned that I had to put a clicker in it for a while. While I was talking to her she pinched my nose and started working on my jewelry without warning me. While doing that she told me that this was going to cost $10 cash. I told her that the woman who had pierced me told me that the 1st time I needed it changed it would be free. The woman snapped at me saying that since I had put a clicker in my nose then this is not the 1st time my ring is being changed. I thought that was ridiculous, but I told her I would go get cash to give her anyways. She then angrily said "no, just don't worry about it". I thanked her and she didn't respond. I walked out with a smile on my face and said good bye to the guys working the counter. But then I got to my car and felt embarrassed and angry that I let someone talk to me like that.

I think it's ridiculous that just because I was forced to change my jewelry on my own before coming in that it would disqualify me from a free replacement I was told I would get, but I was willing to pay it anyways because I'm just not an argumentative person. And I wasn't going to argue with her whether it was $5 or $10 because I thought maybe I had misheard the piercer I saw in my first visit. After this experience I went over to the house of my friend that had gotten pierced with me. She confirmed for me that we had been told that it would be $5 but the 1st time would be free.

Either way, there was absolutely no need for her to talk to me the way that she did. She was immediately defensive although I had not said or done anything to make her believe that I was upset with her.

I hate to boycott a place just because of one person; the rest of the staff that I have encountered have been so incredibly nice. But I absolutely do not want to ever face this rude woman again. I read through some of the other reviews on here and it seems that, while there are only just a few negative ones, they appear to be about her. If you ask me she is bad for business.

Talented artists, clean shop, always helpful, good price for quality work. They've always done an excellent job of turning my thoughts into art. I highly reccommend Corey or Heather!

Best tattoo shop in town!! My family and I have been going to A Different Drummer Tattoo for over 20 years!! We use Chris or Mikey, but the whole staff is really phenomenal!!

I went there to get my ears pierced and they got me in as soon as possible. The woman was very kind and marked my lobes and asked me if they were where I wanted them to be. The whole process took about 5 minutes and she gave me clear instructions on how to clean them. Would definitely recommend this over the mall.

The artists are very nice and professional. Always been a good experience coming here. Kind of annoying that you always seem to need an appointment in order to get any work done but that also shows how popular this place is, so it doesn't bother me that much.

I went there to get a piercing replaced and they did absolutely horrible. The piercer dropped the earring and lost it, couldn't get a new earring on, and blamed it all on the person who had previously pierced it. I would recommend going somewhere else. The woman was extremely rude the entire time; I would go somewhere else for a piercing.