Least Favorite Band Logos (w/Martin Popoff)

[@72cut87]

Hey Pete, don’t get the Poison appeal either however I have a new respect for Brett Michael. A good friend of mine has a young son who is heavy into music. The young man suffers from some type of condition that causes seizures. Several years ago he went to see poison and unfortunately had a seizure either on his way to the show or shortly after arriving, not sure which. Because of the seizure he was unable to see the show. He emailed Brett Michael and told him what happened. Brett actually responded, told him he was sorry that happened to him and promised when the band came back to town he would send him and his family tickets and bring them backstage after the show. He made good on his promise, sent them tickets and hung out with them after the show fir a couple hours, apparently he was very friendly and really seemed interested in the young man, made him and his family feel very welcome. Kinda cool.

[@drummmmerfish]

it may be (partly) because bret is a diabetic and understands and / or sympathizes with others with health issues. he's known to "go to bat" for his fans, and though i wouldn't call myself a fan...you gotta admit he's a stand up guy.

[@kennycraig6769]

Brilliant by Martin : "Derringer logo like a country music belt buckle. "

[@tentringer4065]

Always good to hear Martin's Tales From Typographic Oceans.

[@scottmcgregor562]

Pat Travers reminds me of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

[@matma84]

It reminded me also of Back to the Future

[@jerryattwooll4864]

Another great episode with Martin guesting. Love these episodes with Pete and Martin, always amusing and fun with some great anecdotes.

[@jwgmoore6797]

The Piper logo looks like the sign for a strip club circa 1970's.

[@yrlic]

And why have a second Piper text just below ?

[@brianryder5472]

I actually have always loved the Anthrax logo. Back in junior high, it was the easiest the write on my book covers besides Slayer. That "A" with the 90 degree angle instantly makes me think of them.

[@EvilVonRetee]

I used to draw that DIO logo everywhere at youngster and teenager 😅 My schoolbooks etc and even on the wall somewhere with huge letters.

[@1963catman]

When I saw the title of this show, I went trough my collection A-Z and you guys got all of them. Pete, your face when you said "Poison,, ugh !" Priceless ! Made me laugh out loud. Great video.

[@Dagger-Deep]

Absolutely nothing wrong with the Dio logo.

[@eriklauritzen6898]

Especially since when you then it upside down it says Devil.

[@archibaldsalyards926]

I had absolutely no problem drawing the DIO logo on many items as a youth. Still love it today, and fits the true nature of Ronnie’s music!!

[@ClaudLeon]

110% Agree. It's a classic, awesome metal logo.

[@mutant_blues]

Martin has to make a video called: "least favorite signatures".

[@Donald.W.Rissler-ARTS]

@Martin Popoff How about "The Signature that Devalued the Album"! Or is it possible for a disgraced member to negatively impact a piece of merchandise.

[@melwilson9531]

@Martin Popoff Don't forget Ace Frehley who almost always includes a drawing of an ace of hearts playing card

[@chutspe]

"I never understand the appeal of Poison." - So you never murdered a scheming concubine.

[@danchallis5304]

The logo on the first Queensryche EP was pretty cool, they should have just kept that.

[@woutwout8398]

I did draw the DIO-logo on my schoolbag :-) It came out fine and the logo personifies the music io.

[@terryguire1321]

Enjoyed this. You guys concentrated a lot on the lettering of a logo. True, often a logo is just the lettering. In other cases, band identity seems to be a combination of the lettering style and symbols. For instance, with Queensryche, I think many identify that band strongly by their Tri-Ryche symbol, which is iconic, appearing almost to be a batman on steroids symbol - even more than their lettering. I think Toto is similar; their lettering itself doesn't impress, but it does fit in with the more striking sword+circle(s) imagery which almost represents a logo.

[@cleftturnip7774]

Martin is just being a troll with the Anthrax logo. Everyone likes the Anthrax logo!

[@HistAri2]

I suspected that Martin used to work in printing before because of the way he gets annoyed by letter spacing and sizing and layout on the page. I know because my dad was a printer too and he notices all that stuff.

[@hellojimmypage]

Indeed! He seems to be an occasional painter too, some of his paintings are posted on his website.

[@Dagger-Deep]

Doubt it, his book covers aren't much better, always very bland looking.

[@deanpesaturo6401]

Dude. He’s been promoting nothing but his publications if you catch the end of the episodes and Pete’s asking him if there’s anything he’s got in the works. I own several books 📚 of his; my first one in’98 picking up The Hard Rock & Heavy Metal Bible from who it began with til up to where he’s left off. I love how anal he gets w/ every single act up until the release of the newest version of the topics he’s writing on. Even if he didn’t list my bands Sincerely yours, DJP ex PostMortem and Kilslug Boston Massachusetts USA 🇨🇳 Amerikkka..naturally 5/29

[@BigBen444]

I commented on a previous video about TOTO. I absolutely love their use of the sword and the circle which they have featured on several of their albums. They also have many cool album covers. However, I agree with you on the logo itself. Their logo has also been quite inconsistent and they have changed it several times, depending on the album. Currently, they're using the same font/logo that is on the Fahrenheit album cover.

[@luissimmouno]

So... Martin doesn't like the TANK logo, because it doesn't have an A-hole?

[@progmeup]

Lol!

[@747jono]

Petes face during the Poison section was a picture.

[@53andlazerfocused21]

That SCORPIONS lights story was awesome!!

[@berliner0]

Loved it

[@FireMoon42]

Tygers Of Pan Tang was Michael Moorcock from The Elric sagas. Pan Tang was an archipelago of islands

[@kitoyobeni1]

Derides Queensryche for never developing a logo while holding a cover with the Tri-Ryche logo front and center, lol.

[@jockmctodger]

Pete's reaction to Poison is priceless😂

[@fmaaalacmb]

It's not a Friday without hearing Pete say Friday at the fun house. LOL!

[@whataboutrob442]

Wow, I was surprised that you didn't like the Metallica logo. In my opinion its iconic.

[@melprophet1936]

For a band that puts so much effort into packaging their music and does some very unique and interesting things with it, I've always thought Tool's text logos are pretty underwhelming.

[@janpoelkamp4229]

I love the syringe logo for their latest album.

[@mck7646]

Yeah I didn't like the new album logo and artwork, didn't really care for the music on it either.

[@melprophet1936]

@@mck7646 I liked the packaging, and love the music....but I hear you. I know quite a few Tool fans who were a bit disappointed with the album.

[@mck7646]

@@melprophet1936 It's not bad, just the weakest thing they've done, it wasn't deserving of the hype. I think most were just happy to have an album but the 10+ minutes thing wasn't necessary considering where those songs go. All other Tool albums had such focus and were just made up of great songs that stuck with me. The new one felt too jammy and unfocused.

[@russellgentile4719]

Great show and great guest as always in Martin. I think on a few of these may be a little hard on some bands and some logos but I get it. I'm glad they're doing it!

[@attichatchsound-bobkowal5328]

Logos like "Anthrax" Are what we would call "Electrician Tape Logos": The kind that you would layout with a ruler on a bass drum head and then use tape instead of paint.

[@gorkaanduezamanrique2449]

I really like Anthrax logo 😂😂

[@sitboaf]

As a graphic designer, Martin’s imagined Yngwie design demand gave me PTSD!

[@guillermomaldonado6277]

The idea with the DIO logo was (I think) that when you turn it upside down it reads "Devil"; I guess it was easier to do with the typo all in capitals; that was so cool when I was a kid :) 🍺🤘

[@whataboutrob442]

In 1981 no one cared about the logo, (Def Leppard) or the fact that it had nothing to do with a real leopard. Their music was so damn cool for that (80-83) time period.

[@Voivode_Vlad]

Absolutely love the Popoff episodes! I strongly disagree aboiut Scorpions and Anthrax but I appreciate a different point of view.

[@inmyhouse11]

Chris alo should have been an extra guest to this show. Would have been a hoot watching him destroy some of these logos only the way he knows how

[@mandydog1962]

Turn the Dio logo upside down and it reads “Devil”.

[@gunnypfitness]

Wow. The urban metal myth is true!!!! We were afraid to turn it over or we were going to hell!! Oh well, too late.

[@mandydog1962]

@@gunnypfitness 🤘🏻😈🤘🏻

[@pjones8404]

Yup....LOVE the Saga logo. No issues with it whatsoever. I love how Queensryche used the twin winged symbol. That is bad ass!! The name itself was just alright. The Scorpions logo is amazing. DIO??? Sorry....NOTHING looks better on a t-shirt than that DIO logo!

[@progmeup]

I think Saga looks better and worse depending on the cover. This is cool: www.discogs.com/de/Saga-Best-Of-Saga-Now-Then-The-Collection-1978-Infinity/master/1215564 This isn't: www.discogs.com/de/Saga-2020/release/3849564

[@parishofrock2963]

The Pat Travers Band logo on the Live! album looks so much better that their later logo. They should have stuck with that. Anyway, logos I don’t much care for include: Foreigner Loverboy Nirvana The Struts

[@robworthington7431]

Love what they did with the Toto name on Turn Back

[@ChrisNorwood3]

@16:12 I actually like that Tank logo. I'll check out that album and see what they are about.

[@jnunez825]

Please do! They were a great, raw 3-piece New Wave of British Heavy Metal band.

[@ChrisNorwood3]

@@jnunez825 I did, and it was a lot of fun.

[@NotesFromTheUnderground2]

Always dug that Pat Travers cover as I saw that tour a block from where that photo shoot was taken in Miami, that street is Biscayne Blvd.

[@duh50360]

The DIO logo upside down spells DEVIL. It’s actually pretty cool. Also, the TESLA logo with the lightning bolts around it is pretty sweet. Good show.

[@lonegroover]

Good grief that Queensryche logo looks like it belongs on pound shop stationery.

[@holydiver73]

When Martin showed the CD’s of the Tank box set, my OCD went CRAZY! Please for the love of humanity, please rearrange. 😂😂 I agree with most of those picks, except Magnum, I always liked that lettering. I love the new lettering too and Dio. The Dio lettering is brilliant. The version on Dream Evil is a bit pants though. I hate the Ghost logo and it’s not the inverted cross that bothers me. It’s the ‘G’ at the beginning. You can’t tell it’s a G. When I wear one of my many ghost t shirts out, randoms will say ‘what’s that written on your shirt, ‘Shost?’ And it pisses me off. 😂😂 On the subject of Gillan t shirts, in 1993 a random stranger in a rock bar I frequented back in the day liked my led zeppelin t shirt and I liked his Gillan Glory road 1980 tour t shirt. We decided to swap then and there right in the bar. They were the crazy days.

[@jnunez825]

I need that Tank box set!

[@giles7662]

Magnum have had multitude of logos, but three recurring ones first seen on Chase The Dragon, On A Storyteller's Night and Vigilante. They have used the Chase The Dragon one for the last three releases.

[@maddysmith8846]

I like Magnum’s logos. When Pete did ranking their albums with Steven Reid, Steven also mentioned he thought the band had always had great logos. OASTN logo is very Rodney Matthews, totally in keeping with that great cover, and I loved his work back in 70s generally, it is meant to be spikey!

[@paulhudson563]

Cool T-Shirt Pete....great band, great album

[@gwyld]

These conversations with Martin are always so relaxing, I like hearing all his anecdotes and Pete's reactions. As for logos, I always hated the Meat Loaf logo, not because it is a bad logo, but because I got duped into buying one of his albums thinking it was metal, it just doesn't represent what the music really was. Edit: Poison's most interesting album was Native Tongue, where Kotzen replaced Deville. Again, it was the 90s and there was no interest in this band anymore, but musically, I think it was their most serious one, ignore the singles by the way.

[@deanpesaturo6401]

Yes 👍 When I was just discovering Sabbath; Cooper; Kiss 💋 etc. I remember that 💀 and believing it would be heavier than obviously 🙄 it is? I put on Side One of the Grateful Dead’s- Skeletons In The Closet; I threw the album 💿 across my bedroom and as a 9 yr. old kid, I’ve only got a few bucks for doing chores for saving up to buy a great Lp. 20 seconds into Sugar Magnolia and it was sailing from my Sears record player into my wall; and breaking my new record in 5 pieces. Easy alrighty! So I can totally relate! lol 😝 Sincerely yours, DJP ex PostMortem and Kilslug Boston Massachusetts USA 🇨🇳 Amerikkka; naturally (yup)

[@williamtallman9816]

If I remember correctly, when you read the Dio logo backwards one could read Devil

[@headovmetal]

Love the story of Martin's Scorpions window letters! I just used Matthias Jabs centerfold posters in my room. :)

[@domielakrabi3276]

I think logos should first and foremost be recognizable and unique (like Maiden, Def Leppard ...). Only in the second place they should "look good" - and this is to a great extant a question of taste. Some of the logos presented here aren''t bad TMO. The Gillan signature is much better than the boring black on white writing on the Japanese album version.

[@iluvpepi]

“Disco-ey” is the first thing I thought of for the Pat Travers Band logo, but I think the hat is cool. 😊

[@iansimpson2333]

that magnum logo that you think is better was first used on the the chase the dragon & invasion live album

[@itkojecockot]

I don't think it's that terrible..... it looks like a crossover between a metal and neo-prog logo :D which is kinda cool

[@elfensteen5222]

Would be great a special about ' BLACK METAL BANDS' (and there logo's)

[@peterichards3261]

How funny that Martin should mention the original Rollerball movie. I see the resemblance in the script now.. My cousin and myself were driven by my father to see Sabbath in Cardiff 1975. Big notice on the door.... concert cancelled Geezer had broken his wrist. My father's car had disappeared so we were fucked. My cousin, being older and taller, managed to get us into the nearby cinema to watch Rollerball. I was only 15 for an 18 rated movie

[@mikelopez1430]

If the Dio script didn’t use the all caps, it wouldn’t say Devil when flipped upside down. Martin, you are missing that functional factoid.

[@mikelopez1430]

And I don’t buy Ronnie’s explanation that it was coincidental

[@lmjones7716]

The Dio logo is an ambigram - you can read it upside-down, as well as right-way round. That's probably why it looks so weird.

[@sspbrazil]

My kids are pretty creative thankfully and thankfully I’ve stayed creative all my life and I’m in my 50’s.

[@tomb5560]

I was drawing band logos on my school/college books in 2001 when I was first getting into Metal so it was at least a thing at the turn of the millennium!

[@kayfimt7769]

You should bring in Nick for a “least legible” logo show, lol. All his black metal “Goatmoon Apocalypse” bands seem to be in competition to make the most reader hostile font of all time.

[@kayfimt7769]

You could even make a game show Read That Logo where everyone guesses what it says before Nick reveals the answer, hahaha.

[@alexandergilles8583]

@@kayfimt7769 oh my god I need that game 😂 “Guess that Death Metal Logo With Ryan and Nick”

[@edwardcoit9748]

And difficult to pronounce.

[@griefforest1870]

Look up "Wolves in the Throne Room" That's on another level of unintellegible.

[@sspbrazil]

Hahaha true.

[@pettson6812]

Great episode with the two of you as always. I'm not sure Magnum gonna keep having the latest logo on every album. It seems they have a few logos that they alternate between.

[@dawnthechaldean5377]

Also, my crystal ball says Pete will not be getting Yngwie on the show...he never forgets and never forgives. LOL

[@30-year-band]

My bands logo is my profile pic. Love it or hate it, it’s been the same since ‘92

[@lizziebastion]

I've always loved the Def Leppard logo!

[@stephanieu.]

I drew my favorite rock band logos when I was in 11th grade and 12th grade. I've created my own name logo last year.

[@lawrenceashley3439]

Maybe Yngwie's logo should be in the shape of a donut.

[@sloth4787]

😂 produced by homer simpson...

[@lordprefab5534]

Tygers of Pan Tang get their name from the science fantasy books by Michael Moorcock, the same guy who worked with Hawkwind.

[@tomfisher2103]

Used to scribble the Black Sabbath logo in the shape of a crucifix on my school books, sometimes Rush 2112.

[@rjc7289]

Any of those undecipherable black metal, grindcore and death metal logos would suffice for this category. Give a kindergarten kid a pencil, have him doodle a bunch of nonsense and squiggly lines on a piece of paper, and you've got yourself a black metal logo!

[@MartyMurray]

I don't care what Yngwie Malmsteen puts on any of his album covers, because I'm never going to ever buy another one of them again. One or two was enough. The guy couldn't write a memorable song if his life depended on it. A "violin player" guitarist in search of a good song, for his entire career.

[@Jamie.Laszlo]

I'm not a big fan of the Starz logo. It looks like the logo to some lame department store of the 70s. I can see it plastered on shopping bags now.

[@elbib2446]

lol

[@mikenealon4042]

yeah...but...it was the 70's! i got x ray spex

[@JDJD666JD]

The Tank logo is great.

[@johnmichaelwilliams6694]

Popoff and Pardo at it again on band logos not liked so much. Great discussion as always but particularly highlighted by Martin's comment on the Derringer logo and Pete briefly channeling Bell Biv Devoe to sing a line about one of his least favorite bands. Great laughs there. Thanks, gents, for another outstanding show and congrats to Martin on the 100th episode of his podcast as it was a great listen.

[@mainzergirl9610]

Fun listen. I have no problem with Gillan as a band name or the logo. With the right colors, it would look great on a t-shirt.

[@dawnthechaldean5377]

I've never liked any of the Steely Dan logos. The debut is probably the most recognizable, but it looks like a font that should be used to advertize lip gloss. All the subsequent logos are lackluster. Strangely, the best logo they ever used was a clean, bold, all caps, Thin Arial on a greatest hits album cover. Scorpions IS cool. Especially when white on black. End of story. 😁

[@deanpesaturo6401]

Have you ever heard Steely Dan actually fires 🔥 each player so that the next album will sound totally different? Reeling In The Years? Sincerely yours truly xoxo DJP

[@stevenhanson1454]

PIPER...glad to see Billy S. included the neon sign. Paris was another neon sign. Bob Welch. Awsome

[@oneringdhs]

Jag Panzer has always been my pick for bad logo. Terrific band that just never had a logo you could identify with.

[@stephenbrown4211]

I saw a JagPanzer the other day in a Tank Museum

[@matsetizar65]

The magnum logo on wings of heaven/vigilante is cooler than the current iteration.

[@blayne2070]

Turn the Dio logo upside down to get an idea of why it looks like that.

[@stuarthecht8196]

I always thought the Toto logo looked like the American Cancer Society logo,."Toto" is also a terrible name for a band.

[@stevemcnary7963]

DIO's is setup like that so it can spell DEVIL frontwards or backwards.

[@chiragchittar4179]

Loved the picks would agree with most of them especially queensryche geez. Also, funnily Martin, there was a dark thrash metal band from Germany called poison in the 80s whose music was influenced by bathory, venom and hellhammer. They had quite a menacing logo whenever I have tried recommending them people would end up listening to every rose has its thorn and calling me deranged or whatever These are my picks Cannibal corpse Metallica (on load and reload) Pantera Motley Crue Machine head

[@fredt5526]

If you turn the Dio logo upside down it spells Devil hidden in the text.

[@atlasking6110]

If I were Pat Travers I'd be more concerned with the fact that my big hit is about beating a woman unconscious.

[@mbdowney1]

Tygers of Pan Tang comes from the Michael Moorcock fantasy series of Elric of Melnibone. Same Morrcock that wrote for BÖC (Black Blade).

[@robworthington7431]

And Great Sun Jester

[@chriswoosley3883]

Tygers logo is awesome.....one of my faves

[@danceswithcritters]

Can't believe I just listened to logo opinion for 43 minutes?

[@Leo-ci9kc]

Call me crazy, but I like Scorpions, Dio, Epica, and Toto logos.

[@lateramae]

The Pat Travers logo reminds me of the 'Back to the Future' logo because of the font style and color scheme.

[@stephanieu.]

I was thinking of the same thing

[@johnnypairoux4356]

Dio????? That's a legendary logo!!!

[@zeelias_zezito65]

All caps gothic letters, 3d-letters, gradient letters, objects that substitute a letter in the middle of the name... There are some expedients that maybe should be prohibited to be used in a logo.

[@plagueonwheels5759]

Why don’t bands take graphic design more seriously? It did wonders for the Grateful Dead

[@dsnodgrass4843]

We take it pretty damn seriously in 2021; but it's still hit-or-miss. Plus, the Dead had a whole arts- community on their side; in 1967-75 when the times were ripe for wild new things. Bands today have to pay big $ for 10% of what the Dead got for free back then.

[@stevenwetherbee7573]

Pan Tang is a nation in Michael Moorcock's Elric series.

[@marcoesquandolez4737]

I love the Def Lepard logo! 😂

[@rickrobb6546]

if you turn dio album upside down it reads devil

[@hellojimmypage]

Dark Tranquility logo on the thumbnail really looks indolent and careless.

[@Gregbaltzer]

Metallica - The Load/Re-Load years logo. Sepultura - Bestial Devastation logo. Slayer - The Diabolus In Musica logo. Metal Church - The first album logo

[@KowankoMusic]

"We ride the subway"

[@kennyunderwood3602]

i love these dudes......even when i totally disagree with them.....they are fun

[@ArcangelofRock]

Just about ANY European black-metal band!!!

[@grooveyerbouti]

The name saga I associate with magazine here in UK for the over 50's ( I'm almost there, lol).

[@daicullinane7746]

I love the Anthrax logo.

[@kamranmalik8546]

1. Def Leppard 2. Styx 3. Gillan 4. Metallica ('Load' & 'Re-Load' albums only) 5. Motley Crüe 6. Poison 7. Ted Nugent