Billy York was born in Oakland, Ca and raised in a little town called Catasauqua, just north of Philadelphia, Pa. After high school, he joined the Army and was stationed overseas in Germany and Saudi Arabia. After his military tenure, he attended the Pennsylvania State University and graduated with a BS in Business Supply Chain Management.

After several internships during his college days and working professionally with several corporations, Billy couldn’t stand the corporate world any longer. He finally partnered up with his old friend, Nathan Peterson, a successful business owner in Los Angeles, with the intention of opening up more “Nathan’s Tattoos” parlours.

Billy left everything behind in New Jersey to become a professional body piercer and entrepreneur. He dove headfirst into the art of body piercing, working constantly to become one of the best in his field. On Sept 30, 2004, Nathan’s Anthems Tattoos and Piercings opened in Redding, CA. He is now a Red Cross Instructor teaching First Aid, CPR and Bloodborne Pathogens and he is a member of the Association of Professional Piercers. He attends and participates in many piercing conferences and advanced techniques body art seminars such as surface piercing, freehand piercing, genital piercing, single-point piercing, beading, suspension, branding and scarification.

Billy spends his copious hours concentrating on Nathan's Anthems and the Redding Ink Tattoo Convention as well as all the projects he and his business partner, Nathan, have going on. In his spare time, he likes to spend time with his dog, Moose, his band, The Gamut, and harass his employees into being the best they can be.

2006 was Billy's "learning" year in his first year with Redding Ink. This year he is bringing some of the event promotion experience he learned in his earlier days to make this the best darned tattoo convention in the land.

Ty Tago was born in Brooklyn New York. He Moved to San Diego in 1988. In 1997 he created the Steel & Skin Tattoo and Piercing Extravaganza, an annual Tattoo & Piercing convention that drew over 300 vendor booths and more than 10000 attendees a year.

In 1999 he visited Redding with a friend, who took him to Whiskytown Lake. Three months later he was a resident.

He started Redding Ink In 2005, thinking Redding was ready to support an exciting event like this. “Tattooing and Piercing have become mainstream, not to mention the incredible talent that Norcal has to offer” said Ty, he also mentioned that “its success is due to everyone that helps promote this show, from all the sponsors to the general public that attends the event, we could not pull it off with out you, so thank you all”