Rolling Stones Lips And Tongue Logo Meaning

The rolling stones head office contacted the royal college of art in 1970 looking to commission a poster for the rolling stones european tour 1970.

Rolling stones lips and tongue logo meaning.

Rolling stones fans in rome 2014. The design was created over 50 years ago by john pasche. Alessandro curci getty images the tongue and lips logo is obviously obviously based on the unmistakable face of stones frontman mick jagger. The rolling stones logo which has been referred to as tongue and lips or just hot lips first appeared on 1971 s sticky fingers lp.

The stones apparently liked it so much that according to feel numb they paid pasch a bonus of 200 on top of his 50 fee which is a fortune in art student money. Symbol of the rolling stones the iconic mouth with its tongue hanging out became an art known worldwide. The rolling stones band logo forever synonymous with the band was designed by art student john pasche in 1970 after the band became frustrated by designs provided by their label decca. At the time master s at the royal college of art.

It became an icon immediately so the rolling stones have never changed it. As for the meaning behind the design pasch has given a number of explanations over the years. Pasche designed the tongue and lip design logo in 1970 which was revised by braun while he was designing the album package and was originally reproduced on the u s. The college recommended pasche.

Rolling stone quoted the artist as saying it was meant to represent the band s anti authoritarian. Mick jagger reportedly approached the royal college of art in 1969 looking to commission images for the band. The original tongue and lip design logo took two weeks of work and was commissioned. Inspiration behind the symbol.

Left full colour digital proof for the rolling stones tongue logo by jon pasche 1970.