Friday, April 18, 2008

Logo #228: The Press

André Schlesinger crossed hammers with laurels in 1984 and created this enduring Oi! band logo. Is the exclamation point mandatory? I guess there's no Oi Headquarters for the copy desk to call on that one. Schlesinger: "At first, around 1984, when the project was first christened The Press, the logo only consisted of the name and crossed hammers. By 1986, the laurels had been added." He now performs as maninblack and currently embraces a rather different type of Skinheadism.

This Day in Death:
Gustave Moreau (April 6, 1826 – April 18, 1898)
Ottorino Respighi (July 9, 1879 - April 18, 1936)
Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955)
Martin Hannett (Joy Division; May 31, 1948 - April 18, 1991)
Alfred Hawthorn "Benny" Hill (January 21, 1924 – April 18, 1992)
Bernard "Bernie" Edwards (Chic, Allah and the Knife Wielding Punks; October 31, 1952 – April 18, 1996)

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