This is really "that place" in town you should never go to. Especially if you are a female, only go here if you want to be really creeped out by this sketchy dude who owns and runs the place. Aside from the countless instances I've hears about by word of mouth, I went in with my girlfriend years ago for her tattoo. I sure enjoyed this huge dude trying to coerce my girlfriend and her friend to take their tops off, make out, among other things of that nature. Lincoln and surrounding places have some much better talent and welcoming atmosphere, to where you should NOT consider this place. Read Less

The atmosphere was just unclean. There were dirty fish tanks, gross old food in a fridge at the front of the shop, and the rings they used to do the piercings were just in a container where you picked through with your hands. . They said they would "sterilize the needle and ring." The bar they used for my piercing was a regular sized bar and not one long enough to accomadate for swelling. I had to go to another piercing shop and have them put in a longer bar for me because my ring started sinking into my skin due to the bar being too short. Also my piercing got infected the day after having it pierced. I have had quite a few piercings and cleaned them correctly like I did this one, but it still got very infected. Read Less

Gary is experienced and he is very knowledgeable, as well as hilarious. His wife Karen is SUCH a sweetheart! I've gotten multiple piercings at Guns 2 Roses and have always had a great experience. Fun environment and professional - I recommend it to anyone! Read Less

absolutely love guns 2 roses! gary and karen are so much fun and I have had a great experience every time I have gotten a piercing from here! definitely recommend coming here for tattoos and/or piercings! Read Less

I got a nose piercing from Gary and it was super quick and painless! The numbing cream works wonders and he made the process really fast. I will definitely keep coming back for more future piercings! Karen here is also super nice, I highly recommend this place. Read Less

This is a review of Gary's concealed handgun permit course that he runs, not the tattoo and piercing business in the adjoining shop. I was really pleased to take the CHP class with Gary to qualify for my Nebraska permit. He's an extremely mild mannered guy and approached the subject matter intelligently. The first part of the class is largely lot of good-quality training videos, and the second part is the Nebraska law portion during which he led and stimulated a lot of thoughtful discussion among the participants. Gary struck me as a very safety focused and risk averse guy, and that obviously is exactly what you want in a CHP trainer. I'd be really comfortable recommending firearms novices to him both men and women, for basic firearms usage and safety training. Read Less

I've been wanting a new tattoo for months & knew what & where it was going. Gary talked to me like I was an idiot & said he was not going to place the tattoo where I wanted it. What kind of an artist is that that tells the client his choice of location is stupid. I was so insulted by this it took all I had to not punch him. What a rude businessman. Read Less

Let's just say that all of my piercings will be from Gary from now on...even if it means I have to go half way across the country to get them.I got my industrial done about a week and a half ago from Gary. (he owns the place and does tattoos along with piercings) When we walk in, the shop is empty so I didn't have to wait for anyone else. I told him what I wanted and the price was only $50 with jewelry. Now that's not bad at all. I was expecting it to be alot more. When my friend has her's done it cost her $80, so $50 was just fine by me. (oh and you get 10% off if you pay in cash!) He said that we would have to wait about 20 min. while he got everything ready and sterilized everything, so I didn't mind waiting. There's so much to look at in the shop. Pictures, tattoo designs, and a HUGE amount of every different kind of body jewelry you can think of. So it wasn't hard to keep myself entertained.When everything was ready, we all went back to his station. At this point I was getting kinda anxious. Gary was cool and has his own sense of humor which I find hilarious haha. Like he asked my how long I had my ear...haha. He rubbed some numbing stuff on my ear before he did it which helped ALOT. It didn't hurt any worse then getting my lobes done. This place is great and I highly recommend it if you are in the neck of the woods. Gary is known for his cleanliness which is always a plus. Just look for the crazy painted gorilla statues. (: Read Less

....and the one bad review is a chop shop down the street. We have had the reputation over 8 years of being ""The"" shop in our area. Stop in and compare. You will see the difference. 402-325-8600 Check out our new location at 14th & P street on the corner. Read Less