Not sure if it’s the same now but when I was a kid in the 1970’s we used to plaster our school pencil cases, binders, bags etc. with our favourite bands names (or even copy the logo from an advert in Sounds, Melody Maker, NME if we were any good at art).

That got me thinking, what are the greatest band logos of all time? Really, they should be thought of as brands in their own right and easily recognised.  And as we all know teenagers love wearing brands – take a look in any high street!

As it turns out, most of the best band logos in music history come from the world of rock (and it’s many sub-genres).

So sit back and enjoy my favourite iconic band logos…

Best Band Logos of All Time

Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy logo

Whitesnake

Yes @ 50

Caravan

Mott the Hoople

Mott the Hoople

Mew

Cockney Rebel

Linkin Park

AC/DC

Aerosmith

Airbourne

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Average White Band

Asia

Marilyn Manson

Anthrax

Mangum

Marilyn Manson

B-52s

Mikelangelo & the Black Sea Gentlemen

Metallica

Bauhaus

Motley Crue

Linkin Park

NIN (Nine Inch Nails)

Black Star Riders

New York Dolls

Black Sabbath

Neil Young and Crazy Horse

Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Bjork

Motorhead

Ozzy Osbourne

Ozric Tentacles

Pink Floyd

Bjork

Black Uhuru

Blink 182

Cocteau Twins

Poison

Bjork

Crass

Dr. Feelgood

Dio

Deep Purple

Depeche Mode

Crosby, Stills & Nash

Dead Kennedys

Rainbow

Queen

Drive-By Truckers

Eagles

Echo and the Bunnymen

ELO (Electric Light Orchestra)

George Thorogood and the Destroyers

Genesis

Genesis

Frank Zappa

Ramones

Foo Fighters

Fleetwood Mac

Rammstein

Gong

Fish

ELP (Emerson, Lake and Palmer)

Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Gin Blossoms

Run DMC

Grateful Dead

Rush

Green On Red

Guns N Roses

REO Speedwagon

Helloween

Hawkwind

Iron Maiden

ELP (Emerson, Lake and Palmer)

Rush

Jamiroquai

Santana

Scars On Broadway

Rush

Jefferson Airplane

Spizzenergi

Judas Priest

Journey

Snow Patrol

Journey

Slade

Skunk Anansie

The Sisters Of Mercy

Jethro Tull

Jethro Tull

The Sisters Of Mercy

Journey / Steve Miller Band

Kiss

Kraftwerk

Stray Cats

Led Zepplin

Supertramp

Sweet

Tesla

The Black Crowes

The Stranglers

The Pogues

The Monkees

The Gaslight Anthem

The Exploited

The Enid

Steve Miller Band

Kings Of Leon

Steve Earle and the Dukes

The Clash

Stray Cats

The Cramps

The Cure

The Darkness

The Doors

Uriah Heep

Thin Lizzy

The Who

The Cramps

UFO

Yes

Whitesnake

Waterboys

The Urban Voodoo Machine

Van Der Graaf Generator

Van Halen

Queen

Sigur Ros

Weezer

Uriah Heep

The Urban Voodoo Machine

The Urban Voodoo Machine

Van Halen

Sex Pistols

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

Whitesnake

ZZ Top

KC and the Sunshine Band logo

It Bites

Dream Theater

Goldfrapp

Black Uhuru

Black Country Communion

Stackridge

Derek Forbes & The Dark

Airbag

Dead Kennedys

Carl Palmer ELP legacy

The Black Crowes

Green On Red

Crosby Stills Nash

Scissor Sisters

Stray Cats

The Waterboys

Folkgrinder

The Bites

Green On Red