How an iconic 60s rock logo became bigger than the band
While the Grateful Dead’s teddy bear or Nirvana’s smiley face may be iconic, there’s no question that the tongue logo is, ‘the most famous logo in the history of popular music,’ as Sean Egan put it in ...
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Designing The Rolling Stones: the band, the branding and the Sixty tour
the band’s 60th-anniversary tour. As part of the anniversary celebrations, Norton and his team worked on a re-energised version of the popular Rolling Stones tongue and lips logo. Originally created ...
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The Unlikely Blues Origin of The Rolling Stones and the Stroke of Luck That Inspired Their Name
The Rolling Stones name was not chosen, crafter, or planned, instead, it hit Brian Jones in a moment of panic.
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The fascinating stories behind some of music’s biggest logos
In 2017, writer Jim K Davies and designer Jamie Ellul set up BandLogoJukeBox – a website dedicated to the art of band logo design, and one that merged their mutual interest in music and graphics. The ...
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The Rolling Stones began calling themselves the "World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band" in the late Sixties. Few disputed the claim then, and few would dispute it now. The “bad boy” counterparts ...
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The Rolling Stones at 50: The greatest rock band ever?
The Stones "are more embedded in rock than any other band," but several other groups — the Who, Led Zeppelin, U2 — can make credible claims to the title of greatest ever. "Rolling Stones ...