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Yahoo Music ranks 25 greatest punk rock logos

Contributed by LinoleumMagazine. Posted by Bryne on Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 12:00 PM (EDT)

Yahoo! Music has published an article ranking the 25 greatest punk rock band logos. The list is topped by the Black Flag 'bars' logo, and other iconic logos such as the The Misfits skull and the Minor Threat black sheep make the list.

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red_eye_inc (July 2, 2009)

No Decendents? Lame.

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TheOneTrueBill (July 2, 2009)

That's more of a mascot than a logo.

red_eye_inc (July 2, 2009)

Then so are the Misfits guy and the Circle Jerks guy

655321 (July 2, 2009)

you're right.

TheOneTrueBill (July 2, 2009)

But those have stayed consistent over the years. The Milo head has changed to reflect what the band was doing at the time.

red_eye_inc (July 2, 2009)

your splitting hairs here

red_eye_inc (July 2, 2009)

youre splitting hairs here

MisFit4Me (July 3, 2009)

Yeah, but the head has always stayed the same. What's around the head may have changed, but the head stayed consistent. That's like saying the Descendants don't have a logo because they have album art.

Like, there's the coffee t-shirt where the head is on the top of a coffee pot.

sweetsugarpezz (July 2, 2009)

mikexdude is not stoked. neither am i.

ROD (July 2, 2009)

lets see um....Dont CARE!

TeaEssAre (July 2, 2009)

no crass? come on, that logo is awesome

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android (July 2, 2009)

this.

party-animal (July 2, 2009)

That's the first thing I thought.

MisFit4Me (July 3, 2009)

The first thing I thought was, "Pennywise has a logo?" and that if they were doing modern bands, why wasn't Strike Anywhere on there? Whether you like them or not, this dude's main point was spray-paint-ability.

And the Descendents? Where are theu?

JoelSweetheart (July 2, 2009)

Is any one else as excited about this as I am?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo-gGes6qig

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Dante3000 (rich) (July 2, 2009)

They had me at "Fried Shrimp"
-Dante

2Kings (July 2, 2009)

LOL even the buildings bleed!

drugmoney (July 3, 2009)

whoah now that seems awesomely gnarly, the booty swords gave me a half raise. i've got to check this out for sure.

Dante3000 (rich) (July 2, 2009)

Where's the new Pepsi logo? That's punker than DRI.
-Dante

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Banal242 (July 2, 2009)

Cartel's Dr. Pepper logo pushed the envelope of edginess.

TheOneTrueBill (July 2, 2009)

I'm really surprised by the lack of Crass on there. Also who the hell are Adhesive? I fucking love Swedish punk (hell I'm wearing a Regulations t-shirt right now) but I've never heard of them. I'd take off that, Offspring, Dead Milkmen and Saccharine Trust and a couple others that are on the fence. Replace them with the aforementioned Crass, Husker Du,Tragedy, Naked Raygun and some others that I can't think of. Overall not as offensive a list as it could have been so that's cool.

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baldsteve (July 2, 2009)

Gah! Dead milkmen totally stay. That logo is incredible

TheOneTrueBill (July 2, 2009)

I don't know, I never really liked it that much. It's chuckle worthy but not super amazing.

How were they at Insub? I've heard mixed reviews so far.

baldsteve (July 2, 2009)

I have no idea. I worked 40 hours in 3 days and missed every second

TheOneTrueBill (July 2, 2009)

Oh shit I thought you were going to it. Bummer, friend.

ffwoodycooks (July 2, 2009)

they were really good.
they played a new song during their encore but, i missed it

ExtraCheesePizza (July 2, 2009)

I thought they were great. They played a new song during the encore that was pretty amazing. My only complaint would be that they focused too much on their first few albums, and I wish they played a longer set (Rodney got a note saying they need to end by 1:30 which he immediately frowned at and showed the crowd).

rebeccaa (July 2, 2009)

i love love love regulations.

TheOneTrueBill (July 2, 2009)

Me too. I can't wait for their new LP.

The4footpartysub (July 2, 2009)

i think the screamers should be included. i always thought their logo was pretty cool: http://strangereaction.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/10_screamer s.jpg

LinoleumMagazine (July 2, 2009)

This list really needs the Dwarves logo. Gee, I wonder why Yahoo didn't include that one? Also, the Offspring??? Really? Oh and Sex Pistols is not a logo. That'd be like putting NOFX on the list.

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PunksUndead (July 2, 2009)

how is the Sex Pistols or NOFX not a logo? If you are saying that the SP one should not be there, then FEAR should not be there either, right?

LinoleumMagazine (July 2, 2009)

I dunno.... I guess technically it is, but it's not something like the Black Flag bars that would make a cool tattoo or patch.

thegimper (July 2, 2009)

No Operation Ivy or Fishbone? Tsk, tsk yahoo music.

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throw_away (July 2, 2009)

seconded with ferocity!

royalt (July 13, 2009)

Seriously. This list is garbage. They left out so much shit that is way better. Makes me wanna do my own list.

LinoleumMagazine (July 2, 2009)

oh and also no Screeching Weasel??? Jeez, who submitted this stupid article?

Hi-ProGlow (July 2, 2009)

"How to accessorize that jean jacket you just bought"

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throw_away (July 2, 2009)

lim-fayo.

not literally.

SloaneDaley (July 2, 2009)

I prefer The Misfits' Fiend Club logo to the usual skull.

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TheOneTrueBill (July 2, 2009)

Yeah, me too actually. Plus to the best of my knowledge Lil' Bow Wow's never been seen sporting a Fiend Club badge, while the same can't be said for the old Crimson Skull.

SloaneDaley (July 2, 2009)

when Bill knows what Lil Bow Wow is or isn't wearing.

TheOneTrueBill (July 2, 2009)

I was flipping through channels one night and saw the ghost so I stopped. It was not pretty.

baldsteve (July 2, 2009)

It looks better with the hood

shrapnel (July 2, 2009)

Rock me mama like a wagon wheel, rock me mama any way you feel

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red_eye_inc (July 2, 2009)

Heeeeeeeey mama rock me

4x4Grimreaper (July 2, 2009)

rock me mama like the wind and the raaaaiiiiin

shrapnel (July 2, 2009)

rock me mama like a southbound train

minorkaty (katy) (July 2, 2009)

Rock me mama, like the wind and the rain...

[edit] DAMNIT, beat to it.

CBSrocksteady (July 2, 2009)

some hippie always plays that song when im porch partyin. whats the deal.

branden (July 2, 2009)

rocket from the crypt

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TheOneTrueBill (July 2, 2009)

Oh shit, you're right. While we're on the subject of special tattoo privileges, Kill Your Idols too.

Oldpunkerforever (July 2, 2009)

I cannot access at work, all I know is Social Ds skelly better be on the list-oldpunker-

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shrapnel (July 2, 2009)

it's number 13, I think it should be higher

baldsteve (July 2, 2009)

It is. Minus a couple modern bands, its all old school stuff

Oldpunkerforever (July 2, 2009)

cool, I figured as such, but I know how these "lists" can be-oldpunker-

24HourPriapism (July 2, 2009)

this was amusing.

wtf @ no descendents, no crass, no bad brains.... but the offspring's at #11? really?

SloaneDaley (July 2, 2009)

There should be Grimple's "Up Your Ass" dude.

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TheOneTrueBill (July 2, 2009)

While we're going to that era, let's add Filth to the list
http://www.crustpunks.com/images/products/stickers/filth-destro yeverythingsticker.jpg

SloaneDaley (July 2, 2009)

Ooooo yes

PunksUndead (July 2, 2009)

I fucking love Grimple, but the image only being produced for a single LP doesn't seem like much of a "logo".

24HourPriapism (July 2, 2009)

also, no discharge. wha...

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TheOneTrueBill (July 2, 2009)

Discharge has too many iconic images for me to really pick one out as their "logo." I mean there's the impaled dove, the leather jacket guy, HNSNSN images... Just too many.

24HourPriapism (July 2, 2009)

i always imagined the leather jacket guy as THE image though.

Tim_Armstrong (July 2, 2009)

"I don't really consider the Offspring a real punk band..." but I put them on the list anyway because I'm a big idiot.

Mumble mumble mumble

SloaneDaley (July 2, 2009)

let's not forget Green Day's grenade heart symbol.

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TheOneTrueBill (July 2, 2009)

"Have U people forgotten Green Day's heart-grenade! thats way better than that stupid germ circle!"

11. the4treanors - Tue Jun 2, 2009 2:53am PDT

SloaneDaley (July 2, 2009)

bringing the lulz.

TheOneTrueBill (July 2, 2009)

"hey being punk means following nobody's rules right? and thats what Green Day did. they did their own stuff. so doesn't that make them even more punk than those other guys?"

15. the4treanors - Tue Jun 2, 2009 7:50am PDT

KrustydaKlown (July 2, 2009)

who gives a shit what some burnt out former "punk rocker" that writes for yahoo.com thinks JEEEEZ!

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TheOneTrueBill (July 2, 2009)

It spurs good conversation on a semi-slow work day so I'm all for it.

24HourPriapism (July 2, 2009)

krustydaklown thinks robert of the radish is strange, old, and slow.

SloaneDaley (July 2, 2009)

So two nights ago after I came out to my parents that I was trans and having to sit through them telling me how I was trying to defile my body, that I was demonic etc. all the while I think they get it and THEN I use the word queer. My mother then goes "wait a minute you are queer?" When I respond with a yes she then proceeds to tell me that I am going to get aids, and suspects that I'm on hard drugs and am either stripping or somehow selling my body for cash.

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24HourPriapism (July 2, 2009)

you should hire an eddie murphy impersonator to drive you home every day.

shame you don't live in the boston area, i could put you in touch with my friend's mom who's a pastor. my friend is an out'n'proud lesbian, and her and her mom have pretty much reconciled over that fact, as far as i can tell.

SloaneDaley (July 2, 2009)

my folks are witchy catholics though that don't believe in reason. Well my father does and he understands he just wants me to leave, while my mother won't let him kick me out for fear I'll be thrown head first into the arms of damnation.

24HourPriapism (July 2, 2009)

you assume correctly. that does suck though, dude. just save up and move out. or if you have friends with their own places, move in with them. the shit you have to take while you stay ain't pretty but you'll feel way better the day you can look at your folks' house getting smaller in the rearview

SloaneDaley (July 2, 2009)

my brother has offered to let me stay at his new house, but I can tell he doesn't want to openly defy my parents and he is probably worried what his fiance will think. I cann move out tomorrow, but I'll have no money for school in the fall. What a tangled web we weave.

SloaneDaley (July 2, 2009)

*fiance's family

ffwoodycooks (July 2, 2009)

that reminds me of that part in teen wolf where Michael J Fox is all like "Man i gotta tell you something" and his friend, Stylez, is all like "Wait, you're not a fag, are you?"
i always thought that part was stupid

and im not saying that you're a werewolf

that smells that your parents overreacted so badly

TheOneTrueBill (July 2, 2009)

Why do you hate werewolves? What did they ever do to you?

ffwoodycooks (July 2, 2009)

read twilight and you'll know

24HourPriapism (July 2, 2009)

not funny, that's how my parents died.

TheOneTrueBill (July 2, 2009)

Oh wow. I'm sorry buddy, I don't envy having to have that conversation at all.

Just tell her that people are turning tricks for you, you're the boss. That should quiet her down.

SloaneDaley (July 2, 2009)

HA! my mother doesn't "get" sarcasm, I always assume it is because english isn't her first language.

rebeccaa (July 2, 2009)

fuck. i'm really sorry. if you need to talk/vent/whatever, you know i'm here.

SloaneDaley (July 2, 2009)

thanks and I do have one friend that has stuck by me in flesh space but people are fucking weird.

Angiepants (July 2, 2009)

Unless you rely on them for food or money, say "fuck y'all" and wait for the call from their deathbeds.

acris (July 2, 2009)

Fuck them.

jacknife737 (July 2, 2009)

Shit, but eh, stuff will work itself out in time, just try and keep your chin up.

Fuck intolerance, especially when it comes from a supposed loved one.

Dante3000 (rich) (July 2, 2009)

Wait...Are you Chastity Bono?

Takes balls to come out to parents, I'm sure. My brother died never having told my dad he got a tattoo, so I couldn't even imagine.
-Dante

kneel (July 2, 2009)

hot water music, avail, rftc, inquisition, crass, conflict, these should be up there.

always did love the black flag logo though.

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24HourPriapism (July 2, 2009)

does the strike anywhere "anti-fascist" logo count, or is that an appropriated, pre-existing logo?

SloaneDaley (July 2, 2009)

that was the ARA One Body, One Blood, One Skin logo first.

TheOneTrueBill (July 2, 2009)

I say no. I mean The Ex were using that back in the day too. It's a great symbol but it's been appropriated a couple times.

Scarysmurf (July 2, 2009)

Needs more HWM.

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Angiepants (July 2, 2009)

This. Also the Trio heartskull.

KillThePatriarch (July 2, 2009)

needs more obscure anarcho/crust-imagery.

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LetsGoRangers (July 2, 2009)

I am quite positive that the offspring should not be ahead of the adicts and social distortion...and where the hell was Milo.

quicksandfan (July 2, 2009)

No Gorilla Biscuits, Crass, Screeching Weasel, Op Ivy, or HWM but they have the Offspring skull???

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Mammoth (July 2, 2009)

sorry, didn't see this.

I mean the weasel is classic.

Mammoth (July 2, 2009)

No Screeching Weasel??? Fuck this.

interstatehate (July 2, 2009)

Regardless of what band you jerk off that didn't make the list, Historicaly speaking, I feel the misfits skull and the blackflag bars will be he most famous and recognizable.

9sublime (July 2, 2009)

I don't really like Strike Anywhere but that should be up there. The amout of "hardcore" orgmen sporting it suggests so anyway.

nacho8675309 (July 2, 2009)

wow really suprised that the strike anywhere logo didnt make that, that is an incredibly common tattoo

party-animal (July 2, 2009)

Seems like he just picked the first 25 punk logos he came across on google or something. I never even knew Offspring had a logo. The Germs, while recognizable, is not a great logo. Black Flag, Misfits, Social D, Ramones, DRI; those are great logos.

Should be on:
Avail
HWM
Alkaline Trio
Screeching Weasel
Crass
American Steel???

polaris (July 2, 2009)

Kinda loses steam after number 5.

No Op Ivy? NOFX? Alkaline Trio? Lagwagon? Weasel?

I think some of those logos kill some of the more obscure bands on that list.

burntorangepeel (July 2, 2009)

Crass and Descendents were the first two I thought would be on there. Crass definitely has the best one to fit their ideology. hands down. Bad Religion second.

Anyway, who cares what some corporate-hip wash-up has to say. It's all been said before, and you're still missing the point.

baxter850 (July 2, 2009)

HWM flame logo??? Good Riddance bomb? Rise Against fist with heart?

joeydevil (July 2, 2009)

Crass missing from this list is a god damned travesty. Screeching Weasel or Op Ivy anyone? How about Sick of it All? As for newer bands I would put Hot Water Music or Alkaline Trio on there over that stupid offspring skull.

Also, that SLF logo isn't even THEIR best logo.

chunxofballskin (July 3, 2009)

You forgot Anal Cunt

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fox82 (July 3, 2009)

this.

Grue (July 3, 2009)

Fucked Up has the best logo. Simple and easily recognizable. And you can display it openly without anyone guessing that it means "Fucked Up".

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