{"id":2958,"date":"2024-11-11T23:18:03","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T23:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=2958"},"modified":"2024-11-11T23:18:03","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T23:18:03","slug":"incoming-new-slipknot-logo-real-disaster-piece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=2958","title":{"rendered":"INCOMING: The new Slipknot logo is a REAL Disaster piece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQhUp-HOXdheyCLAVOqAgSL3ok8mDJR5JTdtg&amp;s\" alt=\"The new Slipknot logo is a real Disasterpiece | Creative Bloq\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Music fans can be fiercely protective of their most beloved bands, and as the team behind Slipknot&#8217;s new merchandise recently found out the hard way, that extends to their branding too. A limited edition set of T-Shirts features a new take on the &#8216;S&#8217; from the heavy metal band&#8217;s wordmark \u2013 and fans aren&#8217;t happy about it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQnfFLWiuWQ2WuTF8YZGqPPPyiIywcRsWI1TQ&amp;s\" alt=\"The new Slipknot logo is a real Disasterpiece | Creative Bloq\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The merch, shared via the official Slipknot\u00a0Instagram\u00a0page, features an adapted version of the standalone tribal &#8216;S&#8217; logo created by the band&#8217;s original drummer Joey Jordison. And since the original wasn&#8217;t broke, nobody can quite understand why somebody decided to fix it. One of the\u00a0best band logos\u00a0of all time, this ain&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall instagram-embed\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DBr3f6QS7iu\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=6&amp;wp=600&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.creativebloq.com&amp;rp=%2Fdesign%2Flogos-icons%2Fthe-new-slipknot-logo-is-a-real-disasterpiece#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A22221.80000000028%7D\" height=\"894\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest hawk-processed\" data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" data-widget-id=\"2abfcc89-f3b2-4865-af83-cf2553d490db\" data-result=\"missing\">\n<div class=\"hawk-master-widget-hawk-base-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The new &#8216;S&#8217; is much more vertically elongated, and features smoother edges, without the barbed, spiked look of the original. In short, it&#8217;s a somewhat sanitised version of the original design.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">One Instagram user declares that the new &#8216;S&#8217; &#8220;HAS to be a social experiment,&#8221; while another adds, &#8220;Do NOT change the S design to that please.&#8221; Another puts it succinctly, &#8220;These all look like bad bootlegs.&#8221; Indeed, it&#8217;s hard to find a single positive comment about the new design.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"paywall van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/yvSE76F2czGAmieuN2ApXL-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/yvSE76F2czGAmieuN2ApXL-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/yvSE76F2czGAmieuN2ApXL-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/yvSE76F2czGAmieuN2ApXL-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/yvSE76F2czGAmieuN2ApXL-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/yvSE76F2czGAmieuN2ApXL-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/yvSE76F2czGAmieuN2ApXL-320-80.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/yvSE76F2czGAmieuN2ApXL-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/yvSE76F2czGAmieuN2ApXL-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/yvSE76F2czGAmieuN2ApXL-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/yvSE76F2czGAmieuN2ApXL-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/yvSE76F2czGAmieuN2ApXL-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/yvSE76F2czGAmieuN2ApXL-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" alt=\"Slipknot logo\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/yvSE76F2czGAmieuN2ApXL.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/yvSE76F2czGAmieuN2ApXL.jpg\" \/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">The original &#8216;S&#8217; logo\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"credit\">(Image credit: Slipknot)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">With any luck, it&#8217;ll turn out that this is simply a one-off design for this particular set of merch. Let&#8217;s face it, unlike the\u00a0new Coldplay logo, this one&#8217;s hardly likely to end up on a football shirt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music fans can be fiercely protective of their most beloved bands, and as the team behind Slipknot&#8217;s new merchandise recently found out the hard way, that extends to their branding too. 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