Icons of Rock

[Phil]

Snatched from another forum…how many can you get? http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/94/1199143939876bx9.jpg

Topic

[penny]

*shrugs*

[Ian Symes]

Not as many as I should, I feel.

B = ABBA
D = AC/DC
E = ELO?
F = Def Leppard
M = Iron Maiden
Q = Queen
S = Styx?
X = INXS
Y = Yes

*awaits the arrival of Mick or Karl*

[Tarka Dal]

H = Van Halen
S = Scorpions
U = Rubber Soul? (The Beatles)

[Phil]

Now that others have had a look, here’s what I got:

C – Chicago (normal typeface in the band logo)
F – Def Leppard (ditto)
O – The Who (printed that way on various merchandise, and the box set)
Q – Queen
S – Scorpions
W – The Wall (cover art from the Pink Floyd album)
Y – Yes (normal typeface in the band logo)
Z – Zepplin (from the “zoso” rune on Zep IV)

[Danny Stephenson]

G = Guns N Roses, I think
I = Genesis?

[Ian Symes]

G’s not Guns N’ Roses… is it Gibson?

[Danny Stephenson]

Yes it is!

G = Gibson, Nice one, it was bugging me for ages!

Thanks, Ian

Thian.

[Phil]

So, if we leave out the unconfirmed guesses, we have:

B = ABBA
C – Chicago
D = AC/DC
F = Def Leppard
H = Van Halen
G = Gibson
M = Iron Maiden
O – The Who
Q = Queen
R – Reprise Records logo (just confirmed this on a Neil Young album)
S – Scorpions
W – The Wall
X = INXS
Y = Yes
Z – Zepplin

11 more to go…

[James]

E= Elo
I= INXS
J= Jethro Tull
K= Kinks
L= Lynyrd Skynyrd
M= Motorhead?
N= Nirvana
P= Pantera
T= TLC
U= U2
V= Van Halen

Can I put them back in the loft now?

[James]

No sorry M is Manowar. Gods of War, and many more.

[Danny Stephenson]

I have SEEN the A one before and it’s bugging the crap out of me!!!

[Tarka Dal]

the X and the H are definitely Inxs and Van Halen respectively. So I can’t see the I and the V being so. V might well be Vixen.

[Tarka Dal]

Okay V is NOT Vixen. U IS Rubber Soul.

[Phil]

Someone on the other forum guessed that the K is Kiss.

Karl? I defer to your superior knowledge on this one…

[Tarka Dal]

Yep. That’s another one. The ‘t’ is driving me crazy.

[Phil]

No offense, James, but I’m not sure you’re approaching the puzzle correctly. The V definitey isn’t Van Halen (you can get a sense of their standard logo typeface from the H pictured), the I isn’t INXS (again, check the X for an example from their logo), Jethro Tull never adorned their J with a heart to my knowledge, Karl is right about the U in Rubber Soul…I’ve never seen U2 use a logo quite that elastic, and there is absolutely no way that TLC ever used typeface like that.

You’re supposed to identify where these specific alphabetical renderings appeared in the history of rock music…not just identify band names that begin with that letter.

[Phil]

So far confirmed:

B = ABBA
C – Chicago
D = AC/DC
F = Def Leppard
G – Gibson
H = Van Halen
K – Kiss
M = Iron Maiden
O – The Who
Q = Queen
R – Reprise Records
S – Scorpions
U – Rubber Soul
W – The Wall
X = INXS
Y = Yes
Z – Zepplin

9 left. A, E, I, J, L, N, P, T, V.

[James]

Yes Phil sorry, they do look alike.

The P i know for a fact is Deep Purple!

http://www.tuningstickers.nl/catalog/images/Deeppurple.jpg

[Phil]

Ooh, good one. Great job. 8 to go.

[Turk Thrust]

N looks very like The Monkees to me.

[James]

I think the I is Sex Pistols maybe ?

http://images.channeladvisor.com/Sell/SSProfiles/72000190/Images/2/Sex-Pistols.jpg

[Danny Stephenson]

I think you might be right there.

[Danny Stephenson]

I think the L is Metallica isn’t it?

[peas_and_corn]

don’t think so

[James]

I think the A is Aerosmith.

[Tarka Dal]

Unless Aerosmith have used another logo other than there main one it can’t be Aerosmith. Can I also just check the W. Phil do you mean as in Pink Floyd’s The Wall? I was looking at the Floyd logo, happened to see ‘The Wall’ album cover and it doesn’t look quite right to me.

[James]

I’m sorry Karl, it is it’s from an older album, get your wings.

http://rateyourmusic.com/misc/link_image?album_id=1133&image_hotlinked

[Tarka Dal]

Ian had E all along (Now there’s a sentence). It’s ELO. The L is from a Black Sabbath logo. That t is still driving me crazy, as is the V. The t reminds me of the lettering from the compact disc logo, but it’s not. There surely has to be some Alice Cooper, David Bowie or Jimi Hendrix in here somewhere.

A –
B = ABBA
C – Chicago
D = AC/DC
E – ELO
F = Def Leppard
G – Gibson
H = Van Halen
I – Sex Pistols
J –
K – Kiss
L – Black Sabbath
M = Iron Maiden
N –
O – The Who
P – Deep Purple
Q = Queen
R – Reprise Records
S – Scorpions
T –
U – Rubber Soul
V –
W – The Wall
X = INXS
Y = Yes
Z – Zepplin

[Phil]

Well, judge for yourself:
http://ammaryasir.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/pink-floyd-the-wall-poster-c10289248.jpeg

It looks like the W to me. Of course I was wrong to say it was from the Wall album, where it is also handwritten, but it looks different. They might have wanted a “crazier” penmanship for the film materials…

I didn’t realize we’d confirmed ELO. That’s great then. Butt is being kicked.

[Turk Thrust]

N is The Monkees
http://www.monkees.net/default.htm

[Tarka Dal]

Excellent Phil. As soon as you put ‘The Wall’ I could see it in my head which is why that album cover was confusing me.

[Phil]

Yeah. You said you looked at the cover and didn’t think that was it…I assumed you were crazy until I pulled mine out and, sure enough, you were right.

Somehow the “crazier” font from the film must have supplanted the font from the album. Kind of strange, but at least we got it squared away, and I learned something in the process. Also Nick seems to be right about the N, and James about Aerosmith for the A (which surprised me).

Nearly there now!

[Danny Stephenson]

Oh so it is Aerosmith. Bugger. I thought it was.

[Tarka Dal]

Phil do you have a link to the Aerosmith cover you are looking at? I’m not denying it (again). It’s just unlike any Aerosmith logo I’ve seen before.

EDIT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Aerosmith_-_Get_Your_Wings.JPG

So that one then! That’s a bit cheeky mind. It’s not exactly one of their ‘classic’ albums.

[Phil]

James posted the link above, you silly billy. But yeah, I would have definitely bet (prior to this) that that wasn’t Aerosmith. Certainly that’s not the “iconic” version of their logo, which is a bit of a cheat, as you say. With The Who, ABBA, Leppard, even the damn Monkees they went with a letter that was at least recognizable as iconic. This seems kind of pointless. Maybe they thought the later A with wings would be too obvious?

[Phil]

A – Aerosmith
B = ABBA
C – Chicago
D = AC/DC
E – ELO
F = Def Leppard
G – Gibson
H = Van Halen
I – Sex Pistols
J –
K – Kiss
L – Black Sabbath
M = Iron Maiden
N – The Monkees
O – The Who
P – Deep Purple
Q = Queen
R – Reprise Records
S – Scorpions
T –
U – Rubber Soul
V –
W – The Wall
X = INXS
Y = Yes
Z – Zepplin

[Tarka Dal]

Sorry I missed that post somehow. Oh well my apologies James!

Somebody get that bloody V before my brain explodes.

[Phil]

The V really shouldn’t be so hard…how many classic rock bands have a V in their name? Even if we include album titles, there can’t be that many.

[Dave]

Is that the J from Pulp?

[Phil]

You’re not helping.

[Dave]

I know, I’m sorry. I’m a music snob and I’m angry that I can’t participate.

Indie kid into Pulp, Eels, Supergrass, Blur, Hoosiers, Seahorses, Dingoes Ate My Baby is useless at music quiz

[Phil]

The J:
http://www.billiejean.be/Mijn_Collectie/Goin_Back_To_Indiana_TV_Special_DVD_Cover.jpg

Somehow obscure and yet…not.

[Danny Stephenson]

A – Aerosmith
B – ABBA
C – Chicago
D – AC/DC
E – E.L.O.
F – Def Leppard
G – Gibson
H – Van Halen
I – Sex Pistols
J – Jackson Five
K – Kiss
L – Black Sabbath
M – Iron Maiden
N – The Monkees
O – The Who
P – Deep Purple
Q – Queen
R – Reprise Records
S – Scorpions
T – ?
U – Rubber Soul
V – ?
W – The Wall
X – INXS
Y – Yes
Z – The Led

Hmm, 24 down. 2 to go!

[penny]

I thought the D was for Tenacious D ’cause they call themselves the Ds a lot.

[Tarka Dal]

I thought Jackson 5 for the J, but couldn’t find a matching example.

>> The V really shouldn?t be so hard?how many classic rock bands have a V in their name? Even if we include album titles, there can?t be that many.

Logical, but could this be another record company or instrument manufacturer?

[Phil]

True, it could. Or maybe they make speakers or something (ooh! Maybe it’s Peavey…*googles* nope…doesn’t look like Peavey)…but the fact remains that there STILL can’t be that many to choose from. And yet…it’s completely escaping us.

[Ian Symes]

I thought the D was for Tenacious D ?cause they call themselves the Ds a lot.

Go sit in the corner and think about what you’ve done.

[penny]

>> I thought the D was for Tenacious D ?cause they call themselves the Ds a lot.

>Go sit in the corner and think about what you?ve done.

*Sits in corner and starts rocking back and fore in thought*

[Dave]

>*Sits in corner and starts rocking back and fore in thought*

*Sits in corner and starts rocking and rolling in thought*

[James]

I’m about to give up, days upon days of looking! It must be a secondary name and not a band, more a company or something. I thought it was Vox for a while but no.

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