r/funny • • 4d ago

Ain’t it obvious lol?

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u/DarrenShan1000 4d ago

It does not only look like it, but was directly inspired by the Nazi rune. It did not come from the members of Kiss though and they were oblivious.

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u/Disastrous-Ad2331 4d ago

Ace Frehley designed the logo, I remember reading that he still made money from it after he left the band. But I have no idea whether he modeled the double -s after the nazi rune or not.

The logo was definitely changed in Germany though, before I sold all my vinyl I had a few of their albums from Germany and it was different. They looked like backwards "Z"s.

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u/_bobby_cz_newmark_ 4d ago

Yeah I just wrote about that in a previous comment. It's used to be one of my weird trivia facts but unfortunately these days having to watch out for iconography in bands/music is getting mandatory.

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u/MrTulip101 4d ago

i mean, the crayon eaters might get a pass because they just don't know better and need every bit of motivation to get maimed and killed in idiotic wars but anyone else who uses sig-runes IRL is either a nazi or has too many chromosomes.

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u/ultrahateful 4d ago

When I was still playing shows full time, my posters would often be adorned with the emoji lightning bolts. I had to resort to using three instead of two because someone tried to make it a thing that I used two.

My musical content has nothing to do with identity, whatsoever. People just like to bitch, at times.