Arturo Vega, the Ramones logo designer, put the seal on their success | Pop and rock
Music blogPop and rock This article is more than 10 years oldArturo Vega, the Ramones logo designer, put the seal on their successThis article is more than 10 years oldThe man who designed the Ramones' brilliant logo has died, having given the band he loved an afterlife through his designIt's not always the musicians alone who secure a band's place in history. Take the case of the Ramones. It is an item of faith – for me, at least – that the Ramones are one of the greatest bands ever to have trodden a stage, but the fact that after they split in 1996 their name became something you see on T-shirts on so many high streets owed at least as much to a man called Arturo Vega as it did to Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee and Tommy (and CJ, Richie and Marky).
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