Bands without logos - Progressive Rock Music Forum

JD wrote:

After reading many of these posts I'd like to re-state my position (see, it is possible to have a point of view changed) Thumbs Up

Many of the 'logos' that are being discussed here don't appear on 'every album', granted.

So maybe better to say 'the single image that most associates the band'.

This now satisfies many of the arguments/suggestions above.

For example... do you consider these to be 'LOGOS' of the band?

Cautious now...many of these have NOT appeared on every album or maybe even most of the albums but are mostly understood to be logos.

Not that I change my answers but I think this makes things a bit more flexible. Some on here were being a bit inflexible about what a logo is and admittedly my definition may have been a bit loose. To some on here logo equals image but image doesn't equal logo(I suppose). But when you say image there's no way the GG guy and PF's prism don't qualify as those band's most recognized images.

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

^My god, if the rolling stones lips and tongue isn't a band logo then nothing is. Confused

Actually, I stand corrected: reading the wiki-page on this, what should be a tour poster at first became intentionally something more "branding". The fact they didn't continue to use it as their logo on subsequent albums (which led me to my statements) clearly doesn't mean it was not intended as a logo (maybe ephemeral at first, but it became too iconic not to use it again).

Edited by suitkees - January 30 2021 at 14:15

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Awesoreno wrote:

BaldJean wrote:

the first live album of Genesis also has the same logo as "Nursery Cryme" and "Foxtrot"

Pretty sure Seconds Out also uses the Lamb font.

The group The Musical Box also uses the Nursery Cryme/Foxtrot font for their band, understandably.

I stand corrected then. I wasn't thinking of live albums.

Yes, Seconds out has the same band lettering(font) as lamb and also the same as and then there were three.

Genesis live uses the same font as Foxtrot and NC. I forgot that but it makes sense.

Bands with multiple members (ELP) or long names seemed to use logos, i.e. GTR:

https:///en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTR_(album)#/media/File:GTR_(GTR_album_-_cover_art).jpg

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Traffic used a logo (as opposed to the band name).

I thought that the Rolling Stones lips logo was used for the Rolling Stones Records record label though (a bit like the Beatles and Apple)

"Do you see what happens when you f**k a logo in the ass?" (Compare it with my signature.)

Edited by Shadowyzard - February 01 2021 at 12:24

TerLJack wrote:

How about bands with great logos?

Yes, of course.

But one of my favorites is glam-prog band ANGEL. The logo looks the same turned upside down as well. They are not on this site, but should be based on their first two albums.

Great band. Yeah, those first two albums were awesome. I played the hell out of them when I needed a break from Yes, King Crimson, Genesis, ELP, Jethro Tull and Pink Floyd.

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