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The star in the logo
Posted: 20 May 2021, 15:31
by DasPerltAber
It might be me and it also might have been mentioned a million times before...but could it be that to the head in the logo the star surrounding it was inspired by THIS? I just noticed today while looking at a copy.
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/4cAAAOSw ... -l1600.jpg
Re: The star in the logo
Posted: 20 May 2021, 16:56
by iesus
Re: The star in the logo
Posted: 20 May 2021, 21:00
by czuczu
4 pointed or 5 pointed with a point obscured? It's always 5, isn't it? :/
Re: The star in the logo
Posted: 20 May 2021, 21:46
by Nonesuch
From what I can see, that H.P. Lovecraft book is a fairly recent publication (2011), with new artwork, so it’s possible that it’s actually influenced by the Sisters logo, not the other way around.
(Not that I think it's particularly similar.)
Re: The star in the logo
Posted: 20 May 2021, 22:31
by Being645
Hell, such motives with head-like figures and a five- or x-pointed star behind are so standard ... while The Sisters logo is unique and derived from those drawings by Andrew White of 1992.
Re: The star in the logo
Posted: 28 May 2021, 23:26
by eastmidswhizzkid
This took me f**king ages to find....answers in the last line.
From a new Australian interview: Interviewer (Adam de Ville): I was wondering with The Sisters of Mercy logo, how did that originally come about? Were there other designs that didn’t make it?
Eldritch: Actually no, there never were any others. Nobody has ever asked me that before, that’s a very good question. We made t-shirts before we made records, before we even did a gig. I thought t-shirts were the key to this, and I have not been proven wrong (laughs).
Strangely enough, there was never another contender. There were a lot of contenders for band names that we didn’t pick, but never a contender for the logo.
How did it come about?
Just from a book of anatomy. I thought it would be good to unwrap the head, peel back the skin and see into the skull.
And the star, how did that come into it?
Because we’re left wingers - always were, always will be.
Re: The star in the logo
Posted: 09 Jun 2021, 11:28
by DasPerltAber
eastmidswhizzkid wrote: ↑28 May 2021, 23:26
This took me f**king ages to find....answers in the last line.
From a new Australian interview: Interviewer (Adam de Ville): I was wondering with The Sisters of Mercy logo, how did that originally come about? Were there other designs that didn’t make it?
Eldritch: Actually no, there never were any others. Nobody has ever asked me that before, that’s a very good question. We made t-shirts before we made records, before we even did a gig. I thought t-shirts were the key to this, and I have not been proven wrong (laughs).
Strangely enough, there was never another contender. There were a lot of contenders for band names that we didn’t pick, but never a contender for the logo.
How did it come about?
Just from a book of anatomy. I thought it would be good to unwrap the head, peel back the skin and see into the skull.
And the star, how did that come into it?
Because we’re left wingers - always were, always will be.
Aha! Never heard the bit about the left wingers. Thank for looking it up, Lee!
