The Songfactors' Choice: Best Band Logos

[RockyRaccoon]

The Songfactor's Choice Top Ten: Best Band Logos:

1. The Rolling Stones - 99

2. The Monkees - 51

3. The Who - 51

4. Aerosmith - 47

5. Guns 'N' Roses - 44

6. Phish - 43

7. Yes - 38

8. Grateful Dead- 35

9. AC/DC- 34

10. Queen - 33

And the rest:

11. Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers - 32

12. The Allman Brothers - 25

13. Bauhaus - 23

14. Van Halen - 21

15. Metallica - 21

16. Run DMC - 20

17. Journey - 19

18. The Ramones - 18

19. Red Hot Chili Peppers - 18

20. Daft Punk - 16

21. The Beatles - 14

22. The Velvet Underground - 13

23. Einstürtzende Neubauten - 13

24. Tool - 12

25. The Doors - 10

26. Fleetwood Mac - 9

27. The xx - 4

28. New York Dolls - 4

29. Public Enemy - 3

[Shawna]

And the rest:

11. Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers - 32

I demand a revote.

[bluesboy]

Groovy and Far-Out list.

[_Laurie_]

Yes!

[MindCrime]

Wow the Stones had nearly as many points as the Monkees and Who combined at #2 & 3.

[Rayzor]

I can't believe both of my noms made it in!

Too bad for Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers though... that's an awesome logo.

Edited December 31, 2012 by Guest

[Carl]

Oh man, so close on Roger Clyne. The only band whose merch tent looks like it could have its own line at Target.

I'm going to see if we can get a graphic designer to break these down for the blog - explain the fonts and such. If you guys know anyone who does this stuff, let me know.

[bluesboy]

Carl, maybe you could get an interview with the founding members of Hipgnosis (Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell)

or Roger Dean ( artist of Yes album covers) and kill two birds with one stone.

[_Laurie_]

Oh that would be awesome!

[Carl]

Carl, maybe you could get an interview with the founding members of Hipgnosis (Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell)

or Roger Dean ( artist of Yes album covers) and kill two birds with one stone.

That's a good idea. Storm Thorgerson might be my favorite Rock illustrator.

[Carl]

Here it is on the blog - our design expert like The Stones logo too (but not The Dead). Thanks for Rocky for help writing this:

http://www.songfacts.com/blog/writing/best_band_logos/

[_Laurie_]

Excellent!

[Uncle Paul]

I realize I'm jumpin' in real late on this one; I just got on board after being away from Songfacts for a long time...

Can't believe nobody mentioned (or remembered?) the 70's glam-rock band Angel! (Punky Meadows, Frank Dimino, Greg Giuffria, Barry Brandt, Felix Robinson). Not only did they have some really great rocking songs, their LOGO was the only one that I recall that was perfectly legible upside-down! That was pretty much everyone's mindset at the time, come to think of it!

(Damn, can't figure out how to show the logo here - I attached...)

[_Laurie_]

Here ya go Uncle Paul

[Uncle Paul]

Ahhh... there they are! Thank you kindly, Laurie, for your assistance!

[_Laurie_]

You're very welcome!...and Welcome to Songfacts!

[Carl]

Very generic band name with a very original logo. I like it.