Gary Allan Gives ‘Pain’ Preview … While Getting Inked!

Gary Allan is no stranger to giving interviews ... or getting tattoos! So when it came time to talk about his upcoming album, 'Get Off On The Pain' (in stores March 9), the country-rocker decided to do both.

"I think I managed to get a little bit of every record on this one. I think there's flavors of 'Smoke Rings in the Dark' and flavors of 'Used Heart for Sale' on there. I managed to pull pieces of the other records and still managed to do something different," Gary explained to the camera, as a needle buzzed on his right arm. "There are a couple of songs on there -- 'Get Off On The Pain' and 'That Ain't Gonna Fly' -- that still managed to pull pieces of the other records and also managed to do something different and stretch ourselves a little bit."

The first single off the album is 'Today,' which Gary feels has lyrics to which a lot of people can unfortunately relate. "That's one of those stories when that person or that girl that you were crazy about, you let her slip away," he says. "She's happy and just couldn't care less about you [because] you completely missed that one. It's about capturing that day when you hear or watch somebody get married. I think everybody's got one of those that they should have done this and should have done that. That's one of those songs."

To see the "Tattoo Interview" with Gary, click here. Fans who purchase the Deluxe Edition of Gary's 'Get Off On The Pain' next week will have the chance to see the extended version of that interview, as the special album comes with a CD-rom of the interview.