[kj] KJ logo

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

Regarding the fantastic KJ "Hammer & Sisckle" logo --

Dude, that's one of my fave JK logo for ages! It appears briefly on the 
menu selections on the XXV "Gathering DVD" and have seen buttons for 
sale of this logo for sale at a few websites, though haven't seen it 
explicitly on any shirts yet that I've seen.

If *I* were in charge of cranking out KJ merchandise I'd opt for the 
hammer-and-sickle logot to appear on quite a few more pieces of merch, 
but only in black and white, a la the style of the black and white 
Requem shirt for sale at the Plastichead.com shop, the only KJ shirt I 
own. Many of KJ's shirts seem dated and overly-flashy, retro-colorful 
looking. It'd be nice to see the KJ hammer-and-sickle logo used more 
omnipresently, sort of like how The Dicks had a similar logo that got 
them some notoriety )see: 
http://homepages.nyu.edu/~alr237/dicks_hatethepolice.jpg for a hint). It 
could have all the makings of the Crass or Bad Religion-type "brands" if 
employed the right way -- and it'd be cheaper if they stuck a 
black-and-white ascetic; austere and serious, even overwhelming.

Some of the more full-color looking KJ shirts I'm not so fond of. KJ 
needs to keep it nice and stark and black & white, like their first LP 
cover, imo. The xeroxed-looking pics of Darkthrone may be the way to go. 
Let's kick this up a notch, esp. now that KJ are getting harder, thank 
God. But, in short, yes, that KJ logo is a good design and I hope 
they'll explore it more as oposed to overly colorful stuff that looks 
like bad retro mid-90s concert t-shirts.

Let's get back to the grassrooots!

-Oliver



Geoffrey ODonoghue wrote:

> I received a KJ merchandise email from plastichead and I noticed a KJ 

> logo that I have never seen before. It seems to be modelled on the 

> flag of the Soviet Union. You can get it on a badge and it appears on 

> the back of a t-shirt and... well... um - I quite like it.

>  

> That's all.

>  

> Oh - wait.

>  

> While I'm going on about inane KJ stuff - I've noticed that Jaz says 

> the name of his band as "KILLINGjoke". Just like that - one word with 

> the emphasis on the killing. I've always said the band's name as 

> "killing JOKE".

>  

> I'll stop before I bore you all to death.

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