Top 25 BAND LOGOS of all time!

[Bennyboy]

http://www.spinner.com/2008/02/15/best-band-logos-no-25/

[swag]

1. Good stuff!

But that's a lot of clicking for an old man. I got to Public Enemy and thought, "that's enough clicking, and that's good enough for me."

If the Germs rank above that, somebody please let me know, 'kay?

Thx 1138!

[Bennyboy]

2. Not on the list....

Remarkably, Prince is #1 and the Grateful Dead are #8. Pretty much bullshit for a list I think...

[ghostsofgiants]

11. No Germs, but Black Flag was number 20.

Wu-Tang Clan also made the list.

[Fire Walk With Me]

3. Wot, no Einsturzende Neubauten?

At least they got a few others right.

[MrSlayer]

4. I always have a problem with these lists.

[PittPoliSci]

5. nailed it.

[enigmatic]

6. Where's Husker Du?

Can't believe this isn't on the list:

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. They missed a couple

[Enrique]

14. they're biased against Illinois bands

case in point:

[pinniped]

8. I think Led Zeppelin and Motley Crue should be there.

I did guess AC/DC, Van Halen, and the Stones.

Comment:

62. spinal tap is not a real band, dude
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The other comments sum it up. No one thinks Prince or that symbol guy belongs there, including me.

[pokerfan]

9. They released albums and played concerts

http://www.amazon.com/This-Spinal-Tap/dp/B00004WGVQ/ref=m_art_li_0">

http://www.amazon.com/Break-Like-Wind-Spinal-Tap/dp/B00004WGVR/ref=m_art_li_1">

[pinniped]

10. I didn't know that. I guess the guy on Spinner.com that posted the comment....

didn't know that either.

Are those the same guys from that movie?

[pokerfan]

13. According to wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_Tap

Spınal Tap is a mostly fictitious heavy metal band, the subject of the 1984 rockumentary/mockumentary film This Is Spınal Tap. The film was accompanied by a soundtrack album of the same name. In the years since the film was made the actors who portrayed the band members have played concerts and released music under the Spın̈al Tap name, blurring the line between parody and reality.

[quip]

20. Feh-- "Wiki" WTF exactly does "mostly fictitious" even mean????

Heavy Metal music blurs the line between noise and music; between pretense and artistry; between the sublime and the ridiculous. Spinal Tap is like a bullshit detector, guiding one through the sea of retarded sexuality in the heavy metal world.

heavy metal heads: deal.

[TZ]

17. Uh oh-Now you've done it!!

Sacriledge..You are dissing Spinal Tap? Boy are you in for it dude! (paging DuStrange,Cabcere and temeah!)
:popcorn:

[quip]

19. "spinal tap is not a real band, dude"

Seriously, one of the most ignorant statements I've ever read on the internets!

FUCK YEAH, they're REAL! They are as real as YOU are, but not quite as confused as you are (which, BTW, is quite an accomplishment! Congratulations are in order!)

You should check out their music, because it is the finest metal music there is. By ANY metric.

Enlightenment has fallen on you today-- be thankful. :hi:

[Dr. Strange]

38. Pretty cool logo too:

[uncle ray]

39. spinal tarp?

[Dr. Strange]

41. Oh crap! There's a misprint!

temeah!!

[quip]

42. Uh, sorry.... meant to say "Spinal Pap"!

:blush:

[Dr. Strange]

43. How rude!

What is that, some kind of smear? You must be related to that hack, Marti!

[quip]

45. You test my patients. Related to DiBergi? Ovary my dead body!

[Dr. Strange]

25. Agreed on Prince--that weak shit needs to be erased.

But Tap? Educate thyself, philistine!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b_wdRsnoog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFr7ooGzlfI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RCXwy0krNs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6DSR9tZ1hA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXy0hZDIrmY

Spinal Tap vs Metallica: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_wlcG1hCoE

[quip]

46. The Tap with Metallica clip is GOLD!

[LynneSin]

29. Seriously - I got to #2 and saw Rolling Stones I figured this was #1

Or at least this

[Dr. Strange]

35. That would have been acceptable.

But Prince? Mark my words...there will be hell to pay!

[Westegg]

51. Agreed. No Zeppelin? That's absurd...

...Thanks, LynneSin. Their fourth album's title, comprised of those symbols, was utterly groundbreaking in '71. Is any symbol in rock more potent than "ZOSO"? Answer: No. And Zep's iconic Icarus-falling image for Swan Song Records, based on the Rimmer painting, has to be as identifiable as anything.

Korn. Right. Give me a break.

[Dr. Strange]

53. But...but...the R is backwards.

Yeah, that was a, um, corny choice.

[Westegg]

54. Yes, they certainly get points for that...

.."R" being backwards and all. Inspired. Truly unique. I grew up in Pittsburgh, where outside of town, near the Monroeville Mall (site of George Romero's classic film "Dawn of the Dead"), there was a large toy store called "Children's Palace." For the first year or so of its existence, "Children's Palace" spelled its name with the "R" in "Children" printed backwards. Until people complained that this suggested that children were, or should be, illiterate. Those folks turned that "R" right around. It works for "Korn," though, and still does. They're one of the greatest bands ever. And no one would ever accuse them of being literate.

[ghostsofgiants]

12. Would the Descendents' "Milo" character count as a logo?

Because is so, Descendents should be on the list.

[Dr. Strange]

37. Welcome to Der Weinerschnitzel.

Can I take your order? :headbang:

Milo rocks.

[Enrique]

15. another omission

[meegbear]

16. The Floyd?

http://bp1.blogger.com/_f-4qEXuu_-w/RvAVAmLBRrI/AAAAAAAAAAs/A5mJfhoPCmo/s320/Pink+Floyd+The+Wall+-+Crossed+Hammers.jpg

[LynneSin]

40. But those aren't band logos per se

The one is an album cover and the other was used as part of an album.

I think they are looking for band logos

[meegbear]

44. A logo doesn't need a name ...

and what was #1 in the list?



Nuff Sed.

[LynneSin]

47. Yes but he also consistantly used it thru a series of albums

Just like the other logos. Even the led Zeppelin 4 symbols were routinely used after LZIV.

Those symbols you posted were for specific albums.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

18. What? No B.Ö.C. ?.............

Prolly the most recognized logo of all. Far more than Phish.

[Phillycat]

21. I had no idea what that was, and I ran a record store. For ten years.

??

[Phillycat]

22. As the biggest Prince fan in the world...he doesn't belong on this list.

Rolling Stones should be #1, and even though I don't like the Doors, they should definitely be on there. I was really glad to see Black Flag and PE, though!

[SKKY]

50. No you're not!

I'm the biggest prince fan! :P

[Common Sense Party]

23. Cheap Trick should be #1. n/t

[Crazy Dave]

24. I always thought Angel's was pretty cool

Even upside down it reads the same

[Tripper11]

26. If this doesn't scream 70's, nothing does!...Angel Tower

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n07qiAo1lM

They got it all going on...costumes, hair, posing, finger pointing, logos...flash bombs!

[quip]

27. I actually remember being impressed by the BeeGees logo as a kid:

[SteppingRazor]

28. When I saw this title, I immediately thought of five bands. Three were on the list...

Misfits at No. 9, Grateful Dead at No. 8 and Rolling Stones at No. 2.

Although, with the Dead, they could also have spots on the list for the dancing bears and the skeleton with roses.

The two band symbols that I thought of that didn't make the list:

Iron Maiden's Eddie, seen here in bobblehead form:


I submit to you that any band symbol that has its own bobblehead needs to be on this list.


And Ween's boognish:


I know two people with this tattooed on them. Now that's dedication to a band symbol.

[semillama]

55. I agree with having Maiden on the list, but for a different reason

and that's because of the font Steve Harris designed for the band name. I don't think any other band font has been as widely used as Iron Maiden's. The actual name of the font is "Metal Lord" - here it is:



"Metal Lord can be commonly identified as the typestyle used within the Iron Maiden wording itself on all albums and singles produced by the band. It has become their hallmark, along with Eddie, and is commonly used in other situations. Grand Theft Auto 3 Vice City used this style of lettering for the numerous "V-Rock" signs that can be found around the cities, and also for the lettering on some posters they made for a ficticious band "Love Fist". The style is synonymous with metal music, and is widely recognizable.

The .ttf truetype font of this lettering, often found as metalord.ttf metallord.ttf and labelled "Metal Lord Heavy" was created by Ray Larabie , of Larabie Fonts in 1996. It is distributed under a free use licence, and can be downloaded from his site,Larabie Fonts, or alternatively here at Maiden World in the Iron Maiden Downloads section. "

http://www.maiden-world.com/articles/iron-maiden-fonts-typography.html

But I guess the Scissor Sisters is more culturally relevant.

:wtf:

[Throd]

30. No Dead Kennedys logo? That list is weak.

[driver8]

49. That's the logo I was looking for, also! n/t

[Bennyboy]

31. Grateful Dead LOGOS ares the only ones

to have a supreme court ruling. Sometime in the nineties cops were pulling people on the road to shows over just because they had a stealie on their car. This was considered probable cause and the Supremes backed them up.

So Deadheads created a series of stickers that were, to other Deadheads, just as recognizable to themeselves but not the police.The Dancing Bear, creditied to LSD Guru and Grateful dead friend Owsley, became the stealthy sticker.

http://www.purplemoon.com/Stickers/bears.html



How the Skull and lightning were created:http://www.thebear.org/GDLogo.html




Some variation of this logo hung from the ceiling at Winterland along with the Stones "LickIt".

A line drawing of this was also on the first bumper stickers on the scene "There is Nothing Like a Grateful Dead Concert" that were sold by Sunshine in th late sixties early seventies.

[Bennyboy]

32. Some of the stealthy Grateful Dead logos.....

[Tikki]

33. One of the most amazing things I own is my T-shirt with.....

the original tour (1980) logo of X.



Their current logo is interesting.




Tikki

[Bennyboy]

34. That shirt has gotta be worth some big bucks....

Nice too. I envy people that keep shit like that for so long. You muest never wear it....

[rbnyc]

36. I would add...

Just off the top of my haed.

[SKKY]

48. A few I think were missed...

...Dead Kennedys, U2, Def Leppard.

[Bake]

52. Allman Brothers

Very distinctive.

Bake