3-day festival of tattoos and rock draws crowd of 9,000
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By RICK MASSIMO The first Rock the Ink Festival, the three-day bonanza of tattooing and hard rock that took over the Dunkin' Donuts Center and the Rhode Island Convention Center last weekend, drew more than 9,000 people, according to Cheryl Cohen, the Dunk's director of marketing. The festival, headlined by Killswitch Engage on Friday night, Godsmack on Saturday night and former Poison frontman Bret Michaels on Sunday, was an ambitious program that brought - well, let's just say it wasn't a Boat Show crowd (thank goodness). But really, on Sunday afternoon at least, it looked more than anything like any other convention of like-minded devotees. Even though there appeared to be a larger police presence than at most Dunk shows, Cohen said there were no security problems. "They were quiet, nice -- they just wanted to do their own thing." 
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