Towards the end of the show that became the first live album for veteran punk band Pennywise [ tickets ], singer Jim Lindberg told the capacity crowd at West Hollywood's Key Club that the band had a one-time-only offer to make. "Jimmy announced that anyone who wanted a Pennywise tattoo afterward could go to Tattoo Mania on Sunset and I’d pay for it," said guitarist Fletcher Dragge.

"I thought one or two people would show up, but about 29 people got tattoos that night," Dragge said.

Attendees who didn’t go home with a freshly inked tattoo of the Pennywise [ tickets ] logo still got a chance to see the Southern California quartet slam through the 17 unrelenting tracks of "Pennywise: Live at the Key Club" (Epitaph), slated for release on Tuesday (10/31). Dragge said that the band wanted to make a live album in part because their five studio albums don’t fully represent the raucous Pennywise live experience.

"Our studio albums have never really translated into what we sound like live," Dragge said. "We sound heavier live, we play faster live, with more raw energy, and we’ve never captured it in the studio. ... For most live albums, bands usually go back and re-track the vocals, guitar and bass. We decided to leave it as raw as possible."

Fans unhappy with the album's song selection pretty much have themselves to blame, as Pennywise let the eager horde make suggestions for the set list on the band’s official web page.

"On our web page, it said to pick your 20 favorite Pennywise songs. We kind of let the fans pick it. We didn’t stick to [the fans’ choices] exactly. The majority of the songs were what they wanted to hear, [but] we tried to spread it out over our five albums. We tried to play something off of every album. A lot of the songs were ones we play a lot, like 'Perfect People' and 'Peaceful Day.'"

The cover art and booklet included in the CD package includes of hundreds of photos spanning Pennywise’s 12-year career, depicting Dragge, singer Lindberg, bassist Randy Bradbury and drummer Byron McMackin and the band’s fans in a variety of shots.

Currently holed up at Stall #2, a Redondo Beach, Calif., studio co-owned by Dragge, the group has songs written and is mulling over the idea of working with an outside producer on its next album. Pennywise generally produces its own albums with the help of a top-notch engineer.

"We’ve thought about getting a big time producer for this album--a good producer to help us get sounds. We feel pretty strongly about our song structure, and we like what we do. A lot of big-time guys say, 'Try this and try that,' and I’m not sure if we’re ready to make that jump yet, or if we ever are going to be. I’d like to work with Terry Date. He’d be my number one pick. There’s a couple guys out there like Jerry Finn [Blink 182, Fenix TX] we’re considering getting on this record."