Every good rock band needs a logo. The bigger and better your band gets, the more ubiquitous that logo is, and the more that image -- often without any words to associate it with the band -- stands just fine as a symbol of the group. There are specific criteria that separates the best logos from the rest, some objective and most subjective. I won't list them. You get it.
Instead, I will proceed directly to the List of the Best Musical Act Logos. A better name for this is Best Rock 'n' Roll Logos, but some might argue about certain acts' inclusion in the "rock" category. Whatever. You get it. Here we go. This is what I came up with...
Top 12 Logos that Include the Band Name:
Top 15 Logos That Don't Include the Band Name:
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| Sometimes logos are meant to be mashed up. Check out this T-shirt on local DJ Les Coole: |
Feel free to add to this list.
Oh, and yes, #8 is of course Random Idiots.
I know fewer than 1/2 of logos without names.
ReplyDeleteI like how the Random Idiots logo falls into between 6th and 9th place.
ReplyDeleteMissing?
White Stripes peppermint candy
Misfits Skull
Nine In Nails initials
Led Zeppelin
Twisted Sister
Led Zep's is a good one. I had the letters, then the ZoSo images, then the angel image of whatever, and ultimately I picked none of them. And the Misfits skull scares me.
ReplyDelete74 degrees here in SE VA. Snow in the forecast tomorrow. No comprende.
ReplyDeleteWeird cycle up here as well. Snow and freezing rain yesterday, 50 degrees today, 12" of snow for tomorrow.
ReplyDeletehttps://youtu.be/hj4HBk8JLnA
ReplyDeletePrince isn't a band but his logo was a pretty ubiquitous substitute for his name for a while there.
ReplyDelete12 Inches of Snow holds up. Yeah I said it ... it's as impactful as it was 25 years ago.
ReplyDeleteDon't get Rob started on what a waste of time buying that album was
ReplyDeleteAnd by Prince changing his name to that simple, he was trying to hard to get on this list
ReplyDeleteZman - a young African American guy was cranking Murder She Wrote in a brand spanking new red Honda Accord at 50th & Park y/day. I thought of you. And Chaka Demus. But not Pliers.
ReplyDeletei have number three tattooed on my body! seems like a much better decision now . . .
ReplyDeletealready got the call: no school tomorrow! heavy snow=heavy drinking
I took a lot of unwarranted flack for Shaka Demus. Glad to see he's still getting live in midtown.
ReplyDeleteHow about the Velvet Underground banana?
live = love
ReplyDeleteIron Maiden and Def Leppard have quasi-iconic, albeit dated, logos.
ReplyDeleteSo, the Knicks...
ReplyDeleteI miss Oak.
ReplyDeletehttp://deadspin.com/charles-oakley-dragged-into-msg-tunnel-and-arrested-aft-1792154664
Imagine you're working security at MSG and the dispatcher comes on in your earpiece with "Charles Oakley is fighting in the stands. We need someone to break it up." I would take a smoke break.
ReplyDeleteDolan is an ass
ReplyDeleteOak is OG
The Knicks are a Greek tragedy
That Oakley video was something else.
ReplyDeleteMurder She Wrote is still a jam.
https://www.undrcrwn.com/free-oak-tee/?sp_id=4888742&m=73855&utm_campaign=smartrmail_manualcampaign_090217_73855&utm_medium=email&utm_source=smartrmail
ReplyDeleteI received that same email from Undrcrwn this morning.
ReplyDeleteWon't be popular round these parts but I'd have the Yes logo on the list. Also Sex Pistols and maybe PIL.
ReplyDeleteWas always a fan of PiL and nothing wrong about Yes or Greasetruck logos.
ReplyDeleteNow supposed to get close to 20" of snow. Good thing I got the snowblower back yesterday after its routine maintenance.
15. Nirvana
ReplyDelete14. Van Halen
13. Wu-Tang Clan
12. Pixies
11. Weezer
10. Public Enemy
9. Social Distortion
8. Random Idiots
7. Black Flag
6. Red Hot Chili Peppers
5. Dead Kennedy
4. Grateful Dead
3. Ween
2. Ramones
1. Rolling Stones (duh)
How do you people live in areas that get that kind of snow? My god.
ReplyDeleteYou adjust to it. Sort of like getting used to seeing alligators in your pool.
ReplyDelete...and jorts.
ReplyDeleteAll this snows makes me want to have an afternoon beer or two. But damn work keeps getting in the way.
ReplyDeleteAlso the John Oliver interview in RS the other day is not bad if you are looking to waste a little of your time.
john oliver's wife does not look like one might expect her to look
ReplyDeleteno aerosmith logo. that should be on there imo.
ReplyDeleteI'll second Danimal on that. Also, TR is a Hufflepuff?
ReplyDeleteFor the record, I haven't worn jokers since high school. And I've never seen an alligator in a pool. My Dad did hit his golf ball right next to an 8 footer on Tuesday though. He chose to take the drop.
ReplyDeletei haven't drawn my greasetruck logo in a long time. i think i also had a cool "slouching beast" logo-- a bunch of triangles, mainly. i'm hard at work on some new stuff . . . and i'm going to come up with a new name and an awesome logo to go along with it!
ReplyDeleteblack ice school delay tomorrow morning is possible. i think we should err on the side of caution (and sleeping in).
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing how Floridians are blase about encountering giant reptilian man-eating predators, but completely unsettled when encountering a 40 degree gale or, heaven forfend, snow. Regionalism makes us great! Murica!
ReplyDeletetribe down 17 to a shitass drexel team. cool.
ReplyDeleteNo Aerosmith logo?? Is there a logo different than the one in #3?
ReplyDeleteIt'll be 15 degrees when I'm waiting for my sure-to-be-delayed train tmrw morning. Sweet.
ReplyDeleteMy Spring Break trek to Sanibel in April can't come soon enough.
Yoo wan go booz crooz?
ReplyDeleteSolid points, Z. I couldn't care less about hurricanes or alligators but would be paralyzed by more than an inch of snow. Now, a few grams of snow? No problem.
ReplyDeleteI went to Gatorland a few years ago and I was stunned and petrified by Chester the 13 foot alligator. Apparently he subsisted on neighborhood dogs when he lived wild in the Tampa area. Given the choice between creatures like that running around unfettered and bad weather, I'll take the cold.
ReplyDeletebad news on the caa hoops mini-summit from this guy - gotta work a volunteer event here at home that weekend and can't make the charleston run.
ReplyDeleteMarv Albert, Reggie and Webber just laid into the Knicks during the Cavs-Thunder game. Marv, who got fired by the Knicks many years ago, just talked about the dysfunction and said something like "the problems start with management at the top."
ReplyDeleteFrank Isola, the NY Knicks' beat writer (and one of the few Knicks writers who is not a suck-up), put up a great piece today on Oak:
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/no-knicks-win-petty-battle-beloved-charles-oakley-article-1.2968860
I'd say you've disappointed us, Rob, but I don't think anyone really thought that trip was happening when you continued radio silence on it into 2017.
ReplyDeleteOakley has more total and defensive rebounds than Dennis Rodman?! More offensive boards than Tim Duncan!? And the Knicks will not retire his number?
ReplyDelete10 years, zero titles, 1 all-star appearance. He doesn't deserve it.
ReplyDeleteBut with that said, Adam Graves didn't deserve to have his number retired by the Rangers.
He would have a ring if Starks would've stopped shooting and missing in Game 7. Or if Reilly sat Starks rather than let him keep shooting and missing in Game 7.
ReplyDeleteBetter career for a VA Union alum...Oak or Ben Wallace?
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