Rock Logos and Symbols

The logo name "Nirvana" is designed using black (for most) capitals for each letter in the word as well as having a semi bold and stylish curve to some of the lettering giving it a formal look and perception to the band which is misleading as many rock overall related bands in my opinion are sharp and bold looking and could lead audiences to think differently of the bands image/genre perhaps however it could be said that it is similar say to the Beatles own logo name as it has the same key features and can be related for being a rock band and does stand out for having the bold, black capital letters. Nirvanas symbol is appeared to be and shown as a badly drawn smiley faced drawing with its tongue lying to the side of its face and having its eyes crossed out appearing to have its mind blown out perhaps to show the effect of what the bands performance or music will have to the audience as well as having a smiley tongued face to show the enjoyment and keeping to portraying the blown out of the mind theory in a positive way. Another idea to this cartoony drawing of a smiley face who is sticking his tough out and has X'd eyes could show their rebellious and bad side as it is rude. It is drawn out to be bad on purpose again to show the rebellious side of the band in the I don’t care attitude, messy/sloppy portrayal of the hardcore, rock band image to contribute and help the appearance of the Nirvana name design to show and define to audiences that they are a rock genre band.

Here we have Red hot chilli peppers combination of a logo and its name, the band uses capital and bold letters in order to stand out and catch the audiences attention. They refer their name with the colour  of the red symbol relating to the words of "Red Hot Chili Peppers" showing their identity and image in order to keep themselves original from other rock bands. The symbol in my opinion is a concept for meaning and being a star, as they are considered to be famous or  perhaps stand out compared to other rock genre bands, this could be suggested as they have a large number of views for their music videos for example on video sharing sites such as youtube. It could be the fact that they are the center of attention for example the star being them in the middle and the words gathering and revolving around it could imply their audiences as they are unique for performing and making music.








Nickelback also use capital and bold letters to stand out with their logo name, representing that the colour's of the words are fading around the edges implying and making reference to the "I don't care attitude" of the band which is also portrayed in some of their videos such as "How you remind me" as most of the settings and backgrounds of the storyline are decaying, old like this for example.
The also use a black and white style to amplify this image that they are going for, supporting my theory into the use of it.


One of Foo fighters logos and name uses capital, bold letters and widening it out for the purpose of keeping original as many bands like above for example have similar styles. The logo is kind of in your face towards the audience as the 3D effect of it stretches out to  help to look like it is pushed out
Looks like a tower overlooking ahead as it is made to look like that it has come from the round symbol below portraying a dominant and powerful impression to show they are perhaps the best and better than anybody else. An image of what seems to be a missile symbol is displayed perhaps suggesting that they have a big impact to their audiences and spread across a large audience base, as it is giving me the impression to my opinion.

Lastly I have picked out Linkin park's logo name which can displays the use of capital and bold letters to attract and stand out to make it look sleek. The only use of colour is black showing and suggesting power in this case as the text is on top of one another to suggest this as it shows itself to be tall and dominate over others. To also suggest this is the Sharp ends of the text giving the illusion that the band is fierce, a convention of rock for being rebellious. Everything also fits into place as the the third "N" on the top slots into the "A" and "R" below making it look appealing to audiences and supporting my theory that I was previously stated.


In conclusion from over viewing some of the specific features of these rock genre logos I have found that their are some things that we must use when making in are own, every single one of these logos have for example all worded capital letters this is something we should use to define the band and ourselves of a rock genre. Another is using colours such as black. It is important to also relate the font style to the music video, digipack and concept we will therefore plan to create a lay out idea for our digipack overall mostly the album cover.