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.
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?
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?
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
I don't particularly care for their sound, but Nirvana came into the mainstream in the '90s and they weren't manufactored.
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.
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.
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.
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,
I like these, too. And the classy little Miles-playing-trumpet symbol they put on all his reissue stuff. Incidentally, I picked up a copy of Nefertiti by his second great boyband the other day. Fantastic album.
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.
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.
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?
