Kingston Rossdale may have his mother Gwen Stefani and stepfather Blake Shelton’s love of country music, but he definitely has his father Gavin Rossdale’s appreciation for tattooing.

The 18-year-old is following in the footsteps of his parents trio as a musician and is certainly developing a taste for the rock star lifestyle, as his latest tattoo proves.

The eldest of ex-partners Gwen and Gavin’s three sons took to his Instagram Stories to share a photo of his latest ink, courtesy of Los Angeles-based tattoo artist Ricky Sunshine, who posted the snaps to his social media page.

The draft consisted of a bold and brash panther with tendrils running down his body and sharp claws almost inspired by Chinese dragons on an arm that looked like his arm.

“Panther specially drawn for Kingston yesterday.” The artist wrote alongside the photos, to which Kingston responded with two flame emojis, and his other followers also commented: “So sick” and: “Damn Ricky Sunshine.”

Kingston has several other smaller tattoos and piercings, just like his father, although he also took to his Stories in July to show off another large design he received from the same artist.

“@ricky.sunshine is crazy,” he captioned a selfie, which showed his giant chain-link tattoo running up and down his arm and circling around his elbow. The bold design featured a collection of studded chains.

Kingston made his stage debut at his stepfather Blake’s bar Ole Red, where the duo strummed the guitar together. And in an interview with Us Weekly last year, Gavin praised his son’s abilities as a musician.

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“I got him a Logic studio for Christmas,” the Bush frontman shared. “He’s got my entire (guitar) pedal rig, a few vintage guitars and all that stuff. I helped him get a nice setup, but that’s all.”

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“Instead of really recording so much for himself, he started collaborating with other people and he was writing real, Justin Bieber-quality singles. I’m like, ‘Oh God, this is really good. I can’t believe it.’ .’ He has such a great ear for melodies.

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Gavin also shared that Kingston has a great appreciation for rock music, although he isn’t as into him and Bush as he would like. “It’s so close to (my music) – I wish he was really deeply in love with me, but he’s not.”

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“He’s into the Pumpkins, which is great. They are an incredible band. We love Billy (Corgan), we love the Deftones and it’s so much fun – walking past his room and he’s playing a Deftones riff. But what’s so?” From an anthropological point of view, it’s strange that he doesn’t ask me about things that have nothing to do with me, and that’s on purpose.

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He emphasized how important it is for his three sons to develop their own identities independent of him or their 54-year-old mother (middle son Zuma is also developing a taste for country music).

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“Children need to become independent. (Kingston) has to break away from me and discover things – he almost has to distance himself from me, which is painful because… I’m the most important person in his life besides his mother.”