Guns N’ Roses Logo PNG
The features of the music, its style, creativity, and stage image are reflected in the Guns N’ Roses logo, symbolizing the end of violence as a brand philosophy. Contrasting the world with evil is the basis of the visual identity of the musical group.
Guns N’ Roses: Brand overview
| Founded: | 1985–present |
| Headquarters: |
Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Website: | gunsnroses.com |
Meaning and History
The musical collective has several individual labels that were at the peak of fame at different times. These include Uzi Suicide, Geffen, Black Frog, and UMG. The heyday of the group came in 1985-1993 until Slash and McKagan left. In 2016, they decided to return, starting a new era in the history of the group.
Throughout its existence, Guns N ‘Roses used several logos. Each of them is associated with two central images – roses and revolvers, which symbolized the name of the team. Stylized weapons appeared on the first version of the logo and remained on all subsequent versions.
What is Guns N Roses?
Guns N Roses is a Los Angeles-based musical group that emerged in 1986. She performs music in the styles of heavy metal and hard rock. Her debut album Appetite for Destruction reached number one on the Billboard 200 a year after its release.
1987
On the debut logo, the name of the team is written on a yellow background that surrounds the central elements. Moreover, all words are located separately. This is a direct reference to the fact that the group was created based on two compositions: L.A. Guns and Hollywood Roses. As a result, touching symbols appeared in the style of a classic American western, where gangster cruelty, expressed in the form of colts, and romance, personified by delicate roses, predominate.
1987 – today
Such a contrasting comparison not only reflects the name of the group of “robbers.” It emphasizes her peak emotions, sometimes incomparable with each other, but very characteristic of the genre in which Guns N ‘Roses plays.
Font and Colors
At the beginning of their career, the combined team used the logo with revolvers. Moreover, the trunks are directed in opposite directions, and the arms are crossed in the center of the circle. Around them are entwined with a stem of a weaving rose. Two scarlet flowers are placed symmetrically, and a drop of blood flows from each of them. The leaves are also mirrored, which creates a feeling of precise thoughtfulness of everything that relates to the group. The author of this version is Steven, one of the members of the musical collective.
On the other emblem are presented not only two formidable revolvers with cute roses, but also a human skull. This is the most ambitious and most popular option, which was transferred as a print on clothes, becoming a trend sign. A grinning skull is in the middle, behind it are two intersecting trunks, already classically turned to each other. Behind the weapon are roses, from whose petals blood flows. A bowler hat with a ribbon and the name of the group is put on the skull. All elements are surrounded by barbed metal wire.
According to some assumptions, this logo was sketched by the hands of Slash, one of the representatives of hard rockers. However, according to Axl Rose, the frontman and vocalist of the team, the author of the hit logo is tattoo artist Bill White.
The color palette of all options for the emblem is extremely saturated – almost peak, transmitting the maximum emotional intensity. It is dominated by red (closer to scarlet), black, dark green, brown, white and ash gray of several shades.
Guns N’ Roses color codes
| Golden Poppy | Hex color: | #f8be00 |
|---|---|---|
| RGB: | 240 190 0 | |
| CMYK: | 0 23 100 3 | |
| Pantone: | PMS 7408 C |
| Black | Hex color: | #000000 |
|---|---|---|
| RGB: | 0 0 0 | |
| CMYK: | 0 0 0 100 | |
| Pantone: | PMS Process Black C |
| Red | Hex color: | #f80000 |
|---|---|---|
| RGB: | 248 0 0 | |
| CMYK: | 0 0 100 3 | |
| Pantone: | PMS Bright Red C |
| Olive Drab | Hex color: | #729501 |
|---|---|---|
| RGB: | 114 149 1 | |
| CMYK: | 23 0 99 42 | |
| Pantone: | PMS 377 C |
| Zinnwaldite Brown | Hex color: | #351406 |
|---|---|---|
| RGB: | 53 20 6 | |
| CMYK: | 0 62 89 79 | |
| Pantone: | PMS 4975 C |
| Ash Gray | Hex color: | #b2beb5 |
|---|---|---|
| RGB: | 178 190 181 | |
| CMYK: | 6 0 5 25 | |
| Pantone: | PMS 5655 C |
What guns and roses represent?
Of course, the combination of a pistol and a rose is strange, but it means an end to violence. That is, the Guns N Roses logo says that peaceful actions should be used against evil. A photograph with such a combination first appeared in 1967.
What is the Guns N Roses logo?
The heavy metal band has several logo designs, but the most famous one contains a skull with a pair of revolvers and a rose. It directly echoes the name of the musical group.
Who designed the guns and roses logo?
It is believed that the logo for the band Guns N Roses was drawn by its guitarist Slash. But the performer Axl Rose named another author: he said that he was invented and portrayed by tattoo artist Bill White.
Who died from Guns N Roses?
The first member of Guns N Roses to die was Ole Beich. After leaving the group, he fell into depression and drowned in the Sankt Jørgens lake, located in Copenhagen. The tragedy happened in 1991.
