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Vybik Jon
Vybik Jon
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You Know...
Oct 06, 2005, 17:45
The stuff on BOC over the last few days, and a chance remark from Squid elsewhere, made me recall a discussion that me, wychburyman and wychburywoman were having the pub a while back.

Do you think the right logo/symbol can increase a band's chances of success?

As evidence, I offer the BOC:

http://littlesun.canalblog.com/cultlogo.jpg

AC/DC:

http://entimg.msn.com/i/pro/acdc/logo.jpg

and (naturally) Motorhead:

http://sowhat.metpage.org/graphics/logo_motorhead.jpg

Anymore for anymore?
TheCoop
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Re: You Know...
Oct 06, 2005, 18:01
>Do you think the right logo/symbol can increase a >band's chances of success?

Success at what?

Not really, every dork hard rock band in the 70's had a "logo" and 99% of them never made it.

Would be interesting though,what was the first rock band "logo"? The "Beatles" with the stylized "T"?

The Byrds?
mojojojo
mojojojo
1940 posts

Re: You Know...
Oct 06, 2005, 18:02
Aphex Twin

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005Y1TL.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Stereolab

http://image.com.com/mp3/images/cover/200/drf100/f164/f16419tlfau.jpg

And the one I once drew over everything I owned

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/152/PP0423C.jpg

Before that it was

http://www.iol.ie/~carrollm/2000ad/jdbadgeicon.png

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TheCoop
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Re: You Know...
Oct 06, 2005, 18:03
As my friend used to say when rock band "logos" became prominent, "how lo can you go?"
Vybik Jon
Vybik Jon
7717 posts

Re: You Know...
Oct 06, 2005, 18:06
"Success at what?"

Pushing their message, selling records, getting punters to gigs, whatever...

What else would it mean?

"Not really, every dork hard rock band in the 70's had a "logo" and 99% of them never made it."

Which kind of supports my suggestion then - the 99% of bands you are thinking of clearly had the wrong logo or symbol.
Vybik Jon
Vybik Jon
7717 posts

Re: You Know...
Oct 06, 2005, 18:06
Tell him not to give up his dayjob.
TheCoop
38 posts

Re: You Know...
Oct 06, 2005, 18:09
>Pushing their message, selling records, getting >punters to gigs, whatever...
>What else would it mean?


What I meant was that a low point in rock was achieved when a band put more thought into their logo than into the music. Lots of guys in High school bands would sit in class all day designing their band logo until the "X" in "Paradox" looked like a dragon breathing fire etc.....

But their music was moronic deep purple wannabe dogfood.
Lawrence
9547 posts

Re: You Know...
Oct 06, 2005, 18:10
Or simply wasn't that good musically.
TheCoop
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Re: You Know...
Oct 06, 2005, 18:13
>Which kind of supports my suggestion then - the 99% >of bands you are thinking of clearly had the wrong logo >or symbol.

No, it was because they sucked.
mojojojo
mojojojo
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Re: You Know...
Oct 06, 2005, 18:15
He's got you there son...

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