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Discussion in 'Community' started by Ender Sai, Nov 5, 2015.

  1. Sith_Sensei__Prime

    Sith_Sensei__Prime Chosen One star 6

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  2. LostOnHoth

    LostOnHoth Chosen One star 5

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    I remember when Korn were underground and ground breaking, like Metallica in the early 80s. Both bands have suffered due to mainstream suceess.

    Can't agree more though about the Sex Pistols.
     
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  3. Ender Sai

    Ender Sai Chosen One star 10

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    Slipknot, whom I can't abide, still enjoy tremendous commercial success. Worth noting.

    So - should the Doors logo have been there over, say, the XX?
     
  4. LostOnHoth

    LostOnHoth Chosen One star 5

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    Yes definitely.
     
  5. slidewhistle

    slidewhistle Jedi Knight star 3

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    The Van Halen VH logo is pretty iconic. And the source of the Weezer logo, I'm sure. I like the Judas Priest logo with the zig zaggy line under the name.

    A boyband of ugly poor kids with zits playing loud guitar music with atrocious offkey singing and misanthropic lyrics about abortions and fascism... just like the Backstreet Boys?
     
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  6. DebonaireNerd

    DebonaireNerd Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    Basically, yeah.

    Sure, the Backstreet Boys were never rebels just as The Sex Pistols were never pretty boys but the idea was the same:

    1. Find a target audience (Backstreet Boys = teeny bopper girls, Sex Pistols = swaggering, drunk, rough teenagers who cannot wait to get out of home)

    2. Find a group of males that represent that idea

    3. Sell it
     
  7. ShaneP

    ShaneP Ex-Mod Officio star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    But the original or the Van Haggar one?

    Original followed by Haggar:

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  8. Juliet316

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    I don't particularly care for their sound, but Nirvana came into the mainstream in the '90s and they weren't manufactored.
     
  9. Harpua

    Harpua Chosen One star 9

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    Yes... also, this

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  10. DebonaireNerd

    DebonaireNerd Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    I'm not saying manufactured is a bad thing, it's just a matter of how it's handled. Basically, i'm using the term "manufactured" as an umbrella term to describe how a major musical act is marketed, branded, and then sold. On that basis, I do not see how Nirvana are not manufactured, especially as bands like Mud Honey were doing everything they were prior to Nevermind. Grunge was on its way out toward the mid-1990s which is why the acoustic MTV gig gets so much notoriety - it's a sign of what could have been because it was evidence that Nirvana were willing to shift with the trends.

    To me, that's manufacturing in all of its glory. Again though, i'm not saying a band is wrong for adopting a certain "manufactured" quality because all bands or solo acts who have shared that level of success have been shaped and coloured according to what was in fashion during a particular era.
     
  11. Sith_Sensei__Prime

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  13. Ender Sai

    Ender Sai Chosen One star 10

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    Sith Sensei, you are clever and funny and I know it looks like people wish you'd just **** the **** off, but everyone agrees your contributions are clever and funny and stuff.
     
  14. Boba_Fett_2001

    Boba_Fett_2001 Chosen One star 8

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  15. Sith_Sensei__Prime

    Sith_Sensei__Prime Chosen One star 6

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    The initial post was an open invitation to the JC and asked for iconic logos. No fine print about the actual band's merit or quality.

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  16. Ender Sai

    Ender Sai Chosen One star 10

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    Look, I love that and all BK2k1 but where are the Blind Guardian or Iced Earth logos?! Disappointed.
     
  17. Boba_Fett_2001

    Boba_Fett_2001 Chosen One star 8

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    I mean, they're iconic within their respective genres but not as well known to the masses which is what I assumed this thread was about.

    Edit: Also,

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  18. slidewhistle

    slidewhistle Jedi Knight star 3

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    I like these, too.
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    And the classy little Miles-playing-trumpet symbol they put on all his reissue stuff.
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    Incidentally, I picked up a copy of Nefertiti by his second great boyband the other day. Fantastic album.
     
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  19. Harpua

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    Dude, stop... Jesus Christ.
     
  20. Ender Sai

    Ender Sai Chosen One star 10

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    It was an open invitation for people to be breath-takingly stupid by not reading what the discussion was about and instead just posting images to highlight a) what mindless time wasting looks like when elevated to an art form and b) how a parent's regret at not taking the morning after pill can be manifested in flesh and disappointment.

    See, the OP also said when people were going to do dumb stuff I was going to have a crack at them. YAY CONSISTENCY.
     
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  21. LostOnHoth

    LostOnHoth Chosen One star 5

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    Just getting back to Zep, I think this one is also iconic as ****

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  22. SuperWatto

    SuperWatto Chosen One star 7

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    ES, this is the JC.
    You call a topic "iconic band logos", we google and paste.
    This is what we do.
    And good iconic band logos need no yapping.
     
  23. LostOnHoth

    LostOnHoth Chosen One star 5

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    I just can't stop now, it's like I'm having psychotic flashbacks to the 80s
     
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  24. Ender Sai

    Ender Sai Chosen One star 10

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    I tagged it amph it the frankly naïve and optimistic hope that it would filter some mouth breathing out.

    Like Obi-wan, I was wrong.

    Boba_Fett_2001 - would you have put Wolves in the Throne Room ahead of this?

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  25. SuperWatto

    SuperWatto Chosen One star 7

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    more salt into the wounds

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