The Spinner staff list their favorite band logos. Some classics like Aerosmith, Metallica, and The Ramones appear, as well as a few upstarts like the Scissor Sisters. Their #1 pick is sure to roll eyes and incite angry emails.
Some unforgivable misses include Boston, Iron Maiden, and Weezer.
Who else did they miss?
21. Aerosmith
20. Black Flag
19. Phish
18. H.I.M
17. The Beatles
16. Bauhaus
15. The Cramps
14. Metallica
13. ABBA
12. Wu-Tang Clan
11. Queen
10. Van Halen
9. Misfits
8. Grateful Dead
7. Scissor Sisters
6. AC/DC
5. The Who
4. Kiss
3. Yes
2. The Rolling Stones
1. Prince (“As a form of protest against his record label, Prince felt the need to abandon his moniker. In 1993, he adopted his logo, which he termed the ‘Love Symbol’ and incorporates the glyphs for Mars (male) and Venus (female), as his actual — and unpronounceable — name. He even turned it into several custom guitars.”)
[Since AOL shuttered Spinner in 2013, I don’t feel bad about reproducing their entire listicle 18 years later. You can still see it via the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine but I figured I’d save you a click…or 21 clicks. Goddamn listicles. Don’t miss them, that’s for sure. -ed. 3/18/2024]
What – no dancing bears???
Actually, their #1 pick makes some sense. And Iron Maiden definitely gets my vote for favorite font. I keep waiting for it to show up in an MS Word update.
They missed the Pink Floyd “hammer” logo.
That’s cute.
They missed Motorhead and Husker Du.
Gimme the Public Enemy crosshairs yo…
same topic in russian blog =)
http://www.khabaroff.com/2008/03/01/bands-logos/
look for missed logos
I always dug UFO’s logo. UFO never gets any love.
Cheap Trick