Internet Explorer cannot open the site http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2012/05/the-50-best-band-logos-of-all-time.html
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― Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 11 May 2012 14:58 (eleven years ago) link
Try now.
― Mark G, Friday, 11 May 2012 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
No luck, have to check it from home
― Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 11 May 2012 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
Anyway, I'm partial to Angel's ambigram, even though they never used it till their third album:
http://robertpetrick.com/angelannim.gif
― Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 11 May 2012 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.vinylhistory.com/rock/starz_first_c.jpg
― scott seward, Friday, 11 May 2012 15:32 (eleven years ago) link
http://t0.gstatic.com/images%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcQkPwCrrjU973ghca15NYvp5-rLGTCG6T005BFtFYt597HyjbSq_BfAxqT50Q
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 11 May 2012 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.toymania.com/news/images/1005_motorhead.jpg
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 11 May 2012 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
Real talk
― thommys got bendz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 11 May 2012 15:37 (eleven years ago) link
It's amazing how many of those so-called logos came from much later in the band's career I mean, take the winged Pixies P - that was for the last album! Or the Pink Floyd one listed here - that was from "The Wall." Just a silly charticle.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 11 May 2012 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.thefirstdayoftherestofyourlife.com/tubes/logo-Tubes.gif
― Advanced Uncle Meat recovery system (Dan Peterson), Friday, 11 May 2012 15:40 (eleven years ago) link
And for Minneapolitans:
http://apps.startribune.com/blogs/user_images/SuburbsLogo_1.jpg
― Advanced Uncle Meat recovery system (Dan Peterson), Friday, 11 May 2012 15:41 (eleven years ago) link
it's cute when ilx gets all HOW DARE THEY MAKE A LIST, THAT'S WHAT WE DO
― some dude, Friday, 11 May 2012 15:42 (eleven years ago) link
where is Motorhead u dildos?
― btw didn't i braek ur heart (NickB), Friday, 11 May 2012 15:49 (eleven years ago) link
its not how dare they its just what the hell is this sub-ask.com website why does it exist. for me anyway. if it went away tomorrow i doubt anyone would notice. the people that write for it probably wouldn't even notice.
― scott seward, Friday, 11 May 2012 16:27 (eleven years ago) link
That's what I was trying to post, the Motorhead logo, but isn't working.
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 11 May 2012 16:40 (eleven years ago) link
Suburbs logo was so fkin awes.
― Hierophantiasis (Jon Lewis), Friday, 11 May 2012 16:43 (eleven years ago) link
some dude, the very thread title apologizes for the whole endeavor.
― grandavis, Friday, 11 May 2012 16:56 (eleven years ago) link
Didn't look like that bad a list to me, just skimming. Husker Du is an obvious omission, and maybe, not that anybody cares anymore, Chicago.
― clemenza, Friday, 11 May 2012 16:57 (eleven years ago) link
we should just come up with our own 50
Drive By Truckers Cooleybird gets my vote, though it might not make a list of 50 with all the classics around
http://aaronstarmer.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Cooley-Bird-2.jpg
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 11 May 2012 17:25 (eleven years ago) link
― grandavis, Friday, May 11, 2012 12:56 PM (30 minutes ago) Bookmark
well i was talking mainly about the responses, but even the thread starter was a little over the top about "oh my god that's not a logo that's a FONT"
― some dude, Friday, 11 May 2012 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
we take our marketing very seriously here
― jesus christ (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Friday, 11 May 2012 17:31 (eleven years ago) link
Are 'logos' and 'insignias' interchangeable? B/c a lot of my favorites are really insignias w/o any text. Blue Oyster Cult for example. They don't have a 'logo' I really care for but their insignia is probably my favorite ever.
― Hierophantiasis (Jon Lewis), Friday, 11 May 2012 17:34 (eleven years ago) link
Huskers otoh had a killer logo and a killer insig.
― Hierophantiasis (Jon Lewis), Friday, 11 May 2012 17:35 (eleven years ago) link
glad they mention the classic camper van beethovan font that EVERYONE in my jr high had all over their trapper keepers
― Bandersnatch Cumberbund (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 11 May 2012 17:37 (eleven years ago) link
i've never gotten clear about the distinction between font and typeface. and now re: husker du, logo and insignia.
― Philip Nunez, Friday, 11 May 2012 17:42 (eleven years ago) link
hey, it turns out that this list of band logos in past magazine is bad and terrible
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Friday, 11 May 2012 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
capt save a pastes up in here
― da croupier, Friday, 11 May 2012 17:51 (eleven years ago) link
logo and insignia are roughly interchangeable terms when it comes to this sort of thing. neither has to have text to count. BOC symbol is a classic band logo/insignia.
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Friday, 11 May 2012 17:53 (eleven years ago) link
iirc, the difference between font and typface, refers to the difference between the concrete thing you print with (the font) and the design embodied in it (the typeface)
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Friday, 11 May 2012 17:59 (eleven years ago) link
Blue Oyster Cult for example. They don't have a 'logo' I really care for but their insignia is probably my favorite ever.
I mentioned in some BOC thread how I drew one on the blackboard EVERY DAY during high school calculus class!
― Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 11 May 2012 18:00 (eleven years ago) link
Revolution By Mid-Morning
― Hierophantiasis (Jon Lewis), Friday, 11 May 2012 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4005/4238551121_6b24d45f1c.jpg
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Friday, 11 May 2012 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
I like the classic GNR logo which wasn't included.
― billstevejim, Friday, 11 May 2012 18:47 (eleven years ago) link
and the Scissor Sisters one is just like, who the fuck cares
― billstevejim, Friday, 11 May 2012 18:48 (eleven years ago) link
Although good job on including Ween.
― Bandersnatch Cumberbund (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, May 11, 2012 1:37 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
rare moment when i really have no idea if m@tt is being sarcastic
― some dude, Friday, 11 May 2012 18:48 (eleven years ago) link
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Friday, 11 May 2012 18:48 (eleven years ago) link
http://cherrybombed.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/urge-overkill-logo.jpg
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Friday, 11 May 2012 18:50 (eleven years ago) link
^ more "a band logo" than a great one
those links didnt work
― billstevejim, Friday, 11 May 2012 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
I can't see those!
― btw didn't i braek ur heart (NickB), Friday, 11 May 2012 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
Weezer uses that same logo on every fucking album cover. So instead let's include that flying W thing.
― billstevejim, Friday, 11 May 2012 18:53 (eleven years ago) link
This should've been a poll btw (Black Flag would've had my vote).
― btw didn't i braek ur heart (NickB), Friday, 11 May 2012 18:58 (eleven years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/MutedPosthorn.svg/512px-MutedPosthorn.svg.png
― caulk the wagon and float it, Friday, 11 May 2012 19:07 (eleven years ago) link
hokey, i guess stuff isn't showing. dang bands. at risk of redundancy:http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/asia.jpghttp://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/motorhead.jpghttp://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/urgeoverkill.jpghttp://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/ironmaiden.jpg
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Friday, 11 May 2012 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/cheaptrick.jpg
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Friday, 11 May 2012 19:15 (eleven years ago) link
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7Owuu7WWqTg/TfZhAf-RU1I/AAAAAAAAWpw/fXKBGfoXWW0/s320/blue_oyster_cult_logo4.jpg
― Hellhamster 2: Hamster Smashed Face (J3ff T.), Friday, 11 May 2012 19:29 (eleven years ago) link
Cheap Trick! That's gotta be all time top 10.
― billstevejim, Friday, 11 May 2012 19:34 (eleven years ago) link
yeah Cheap Trick otmalso Maiden
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 11 May 2012 20:01 (eleven years ago) link
I'm sure these would have been linked to somewhere else, but:
http://horsesthink.com/?p=1080
The original site seems to have disappeared. A friend bought me the Scorsese; would rather have gotten the Bela Tarr.
― clemenza, Friday, 11 May 2012 21:14 (eleven years ago) link
― some dude, Friday, May 11, 2012 1:48 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
haha totally sarcastic! i mean, no one cares about camper van beethovan!
― Bandersnatch Cumberbund (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 11 May 2012 21:16 (eleven years ago) link
horses think otm
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Friday, 11 May 2012 21:26 (eleven years ago) link
Blitzen Von Trappist (?) but no Sisters Of Mercy/Merciful Release? Fuck this life.
― Ima Skim Read That Bitch (Doran), Friday, 11 May 2012 21:26 (eleven years ago) link
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/deathinjune.jpg
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Friday, 11 May 2012 21:34 (eleven years ago) link
speaking of which:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3e/GermsGI.jpg
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Friday, 11 May 2012 21:35 (eleven years ago) link
who is it on ilx who has this on them again?
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7vpf4fIqYhk/S8CxwGBBTXI/AAAAAAAAAOk/0MOEXE0W2OM/s400/17710.jpg
― piscesx, Saturday, 12 May 2012 00:19 (eleven years ago) link
Band logos are very much a "guy" thing aren't they? There's only two bands in that list (Cramps, ABBA) that aren't all male as far as I can tell. It's hard to think of many co-ed or all-female bands that have a logo. Then judging by the people you see around wearing t-shirts, patches or whatever, it's men that relate to logos for whatever reason. Maybe the music or genres that throw up bands with logos, like punk, metal, techno etc are just more boys clubs than the rest? Or maybe men are just inherently more into this kind of self-branding?
― everything, Thursday, 31 March 2016 00:18 (eight years ago) link
There's only two bands in that list (Cramps, ABBA) that aren't all male as far as I can tell
can't be arsed clicking through that whole paste magazine list, but is the B-52s logo really not included? disgraceful if so
― soref, Thursday, 31 March 2016 01:06 (eight years ago) link
Good one! But no, they're not there.
― everything, Thursday, 31 March 2016 04:21 (eight years ago) link
L7 effectively have a logo for a name
post feels broadly otm though, band-shirt-as-personality-substitute generally a male practice I'd've thought, likewise the robust shitheaded territorial pissing re: who is and isn't entitled to wear Motorhead logos or whatever
― drive me to a girly rave (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 31 March 2016 08:52 (eight years ago) link
http://eyesore.no/html/gif/Lush.gifhttp://intendo.net/chem2/logos/lushlogo.gifhttp://www.feelnumb.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/hole_band_logo_shirt_kurt_cobain.jpghttp://thumbs.ebaystatic.com/images/g/tCUAAOSwzgRW05dQ/s-l225.jpghttp://45.media.tumblr.com/4ed8edf08299e5e2f9f2a5a2d022caac/tumblr_noajlnBvbc1s7unf4o1_500.gifhttp://archive.org/download/50FootWave/50FootWave.jpgWith Warpaint, you have this, whcih is awesome:https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/1a/33/f5/1a33f50daa4b015e1ba04099fea4df2d.jpgversus this, which I consider pretty much not having a logo:http://warpaintwarpaint.com/newsplash/images/warpaint.jpg
― how's life, Thursday, 31 March 2016 09:25 (eight years ago) link
sorry for the image bomb. Just thought about the women musicians I listen to most often and their logos. Are there any bands you were thinking about in particular that you were thinking of, everything?
― how's life, Thursday, 31 March 2016 09:27 (eight years ago) link
Screaming Females does not appear to have a logo. Nor Sleater-Kinney.
http://www.spirit-of-rock.com/les%20goupes/W/Wolf%20Alice/pics/logo.jpg
― how's life, Thursday, 31 March 2016 10:37 (eight years ago) link
seems like the original paste feature that this article linked to is gone. Here is another feature by them about logos. St. Vincent's is pretty dope. Most of the rest look like they could be logos for big oil or something.
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/03/can-you-identify-these-10-contemporary-band-logos.html
― how's life, Thursday, 31 March 2016 13:48 (eight years ago) link