as doug malloy, he was an instrumental supporter and patron of the early body modification scene. by 1975, he had published a short, largely fictional autobiography entitled "diary of a piercing freak" under his assumed name, which was sold to a fetish publisher and released in softback under the title "the art of pierced penises and decorative tattoos". he had also established contacts amongst body piercing enthusiasts both in los angeles and on a global scale, including london tattooist alan oversby (also known as mr. sebastian), roland loomis (also known as fakir musafar), sailor sid diller, and jim ward. he and ward started what they called the t&p group—short for tattooing and piercing—an association of tattoo and piercing enthusiasts based primarily in los angeles. in 1977 malloy visited the german tattooist and piercing pioneer horst "samy" streckenbach in frankfurt am main. he documented this meeting by means of a tape recording, which has been preserved.