# Bands with pictorial symbols **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 29, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-pictorial-symbols/424470 "2007-10-29T17:36:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-pictorial-symbols/424470/21 "2007-10-29T18:31:37Z")
The Monkees often rendered their name in the shape of a guitar–you can see an example [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Then_%26_Now_-_The_Monkees.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![AndyPolley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@AndyPolley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyPolley)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-pictorial-symbols/424470/22 "2007-10-29T18:36:55Z")
[QUOTE=BaneSidhe] Queensryche’s symbol-thingie. [/QUOTE] And it looks like [this.](http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f382/kjerpi/Queensryche_anim2.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-pictorial-symbols/424470/23 "2007-10-29T18:49:32Z")
Godsmack used that distinctive star/sun thing. Whenever I see that anthropomorphic sun I always think Sublime, but I don’t know if it’s their “symbol,” per se. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-pictorial-symbols/424470/24 "2007-10-29T18:51:17Z")
The band **!!!** is pronounced “chick chick chick” or “ch’ck ch’ck ch’ck.” It was supposed to be the noise made into a microphone during a quick sound check. If you catch them on a different day, they might say it’s a paradiddle on a closed hi-hat cymbal, or some other thing. Hell, they probably don’t even remember where it came from. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-pictorial-symbols/424470/25 "2007-10-29T18:53:31Z")
Traffic always had a [symbol of interlocking curved arrows](http://www.amazon.com/Feelin-Alright-Definitive-Collection-Traffic/dp/B00004C4QU/ref=pd_bbs_4/105-2379701-4655610?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1193683570&sr=8-4) on their albums. It was often very subtle ([On this one,](http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/f/f7/220px-Traffic_(album).jpg) you can see the one band member pointing at it) and quite small, but it can be seen on all their albums. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-pictorial-symbols/424470/26 "2007-10-29T19:35:12Z")
[Ramones](http://www.myramones.com/ramones/ramones_logo.jpg) [Misfits](http://www.paradigmrockshirts.com/images/Misfits_Sticker.jpg) [Descendents](http://www.interpunk.com/itemimages2/94598.jpg) [Dead Kennedys](http://stencilpunks.mattrunningnaked.com/stencils/dead_kennedys4.GIF) [Twisted Sister](http://www.geocities.com/deemorrisonsmf/800new.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-pictorial-symbols/424470/27 "2007-10-29T19:41:45Z")
[Social Distortion](http://media.musictoday.com/store/bands/325/product_small/UPAM40.jpg) [Bad Religion](http://pobladores.lycos.es/data/pobladores.com/hx/cx/hxcx/channels/hxcx_punk/images/bad_religion_logo.gif) ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-pictorial-symbols/424470/28 "2007-10-29T19:48:31Z")
Heh. And now you have a pretty good idea of what my binder looked like in jr. high and high school. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-pictorial-symbols/424470/29 "2007-10-29T20:06:12Z")
I guess Sunn 0))) 's name counts. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-pictorial-symbols/424470/30 "2007-10-29T20:12:29Z")
[The Artist Formerly Known as Prince](http://www.atwmusic.com/22475.gif) ---
**Author:** ![ignis\_glaciesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@ignis\_glaciesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ignis_glaciesque)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-pictorial-symbols/424470/31 "2007-10-29T20:38:53Z")
Einstürzende Neubauten ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-pictorial-symbols/424470/32 "2007-10-29T20:53:05Z")
The symbol on the left side is often used for [Duran Duran](http://www.latebarradio.com/images/StarWarstat1.gif) ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-pictorial-symbols/424470/33 "2007-10-29T22:45:24Z")
[QUOTE=psycat90] [Twisted Sister](http://www.geocities.com/deemorrisonsmf/800new.jpg) [/QUOTE] Wow, that’s a really bad symbol. Not mentioned so far is the Abba logo with the backwards ‘B’ (which makes the palindrome band name also symmetrical), though that is probably more of a literal symbol. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-pictorial-symbols/424470/34 "2007-10-29T22:54:02Z")
\*\*The Residents \*\* have a tuxedoed-and-top-hatted [giant eyeball](http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=The+Residents+Eyeball&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi) (or two, or three, or four). The outfit doesn’t change, although the number of such figures does. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-pictorial-symbols/424470/35 "2007-10-29T22:56:58Z")
Geinoh Yamashirogumi have a [triangle thing](http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/2/26/Geinoh_Yamashirogumi_Logo.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-pictorial-symbols/424470/36 "2007-10-29T23:05:21Z")
[Biohazard](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Biohazard_symbol.svg) has theirs. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-pictorial-symbols/424470/37 "2007-10-29T23:27:07Z")
More: [Fishbone](http://www.impactmerch.com/home/files/images/proddetail/st126.jpg) [7Seconds](http://www.punkrockshop.co.uk/images/pa7eclogo.jpg) [Type O Negative](http://www.chasermerch.com/images/TONST02.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-pictorial-symbols/424470/38 "2007-10-29T23:27:39Z")
**Bachman-Turner Overdrive** has the [gear](http://www.lonelyradio.com/images/artists/bto.gif) with the initials B.T.O. and maple leaf which has come to symbolize them. \*\* Electric Light Orchestra\*\* has the huge [space station](http://members.aol.com/bflat33/images/electric-light-orchestra-all-over-the-worl-325391.jpg) or mother ship or whatever that is. \*\* Boston\*\* has the huge guitar-shaped [flying metropolises](http://www.cjnetworks.com/~leis/album/boston/bstndlb.jpg) . ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-pictorial-symbols/424470/39 "2007-10-29T23:27:39Z")
I thought [Rush](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/23/Starman.jpg) would be at the top of the list. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-pictorial-symbols/424470/40 "2007-10-29T23:34:57Z")
[QUOTE=cactus waltz] Wow, that’s a really bad symbol. [/QUOTE] It’s a ridiculously overdone image of it. [This](http://www.star500.com/store/files/images/thumbs/p665.gif) is a little more like it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-pictorial-symbols/424470.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-pictorial-symbols/424470.md?page=3)