One of the most famous iconic symbols in all of rock is the logo of the Ramones. I mean, how many times have you seen that on a t-shirt? It was designed in 1975 by a guy named Arturo Vega, a friend of the band who allowed Joey and Dee Dee to live at his place from time to time.
After Vega took a trip to Washington DC, he based his creation on the Great Presidential Seal of the United States. It’s an eagle holding a couple of things in its claws. In one is an apple tree branch–not an olive branch, an apple one–which was meant as both a peace offering and depicted the Ramones as American as apple pie. In the other is a baseball bat, representing Johnny Ramone’s fanatical devotion to baseball. In the eagles beak is a scroll that reads “Hey ho let’s go,” the line from “Blitzkrieg Bop.”
The logo has been a massive success and sales of t-shirts generated far more revenue than record sales.
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I think the best ever variation of the Ramones logo I think I have ever seen is the logo used by the Halifax Dartmouth Ferries of the Hockey Association of the Arts. After taking into account who’s actually on that team (namely a certain bassist from a legendary band from the Halifax/Dartmouth area who I know was highly influenced by the Ramones), I bust out laughing for about 10 minutes.
(Even better was the day I saw a guy actually wearing a Ferries shirt walking through the Rideau Center in Ottawa…totally made my day.
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