{"id":31026,"date":"2024-12-12T12:04:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T12:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/grateful-dead-unveils-60th-anniversary-logo\/"},"modified":"2024-12-12T12:04:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T12:04:22","slug":"grateful-dead-unveils-60th-anniversary-logo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/grateful-dead-unveils-60th-anniversary-logo\/","title":{"rendered":"Grateful Dead unveils 60th anniversary logo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-12-11\/Getty_GratefulDead_121124.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Malcolm Lubliner\/Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Grateful Dead<\/strong>\u00a0has unveiled a new logo celebrating their upcoming 60th anniversary, which is happening in 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The logo, designed by pro freeskier and artist <strong>Chris Benchetler<\/strong>, features the signature Dead skull with the number 60 in the brain area, along with sun rays, roses and the tag line \u201c60 Years So Far.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe inspirational significance that I found for this piece represents the band\u2019s impactful 60 year journey,\u201d Benchetler shares. \u201cThe band\u2019s music and live concerts represent many decades of sunshine filled positive light and energy, that the music has given to so many people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XFiFjpGkDQc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>video that debuted<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\"> alongside the reveal, Benchetler says it was \u201chumbling and an honor\u201d to create the logo \u201cand become a small part of Grateful Dead history.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He explains that the roses in the logo \u201csymbolize our deep love of the Dead,\u201d and says he added a patina to the color to age it in order to represent \u201cthe 60 years of this unbelievable musical journey.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThis logo is meant to pull from GD lore, yet be a contemporary interpretation for where we are now,\u201d he says. \u201cI purposefully listened to a wide array of the Dead from early &#8211; to middle &#8211; to later years to help inspire what I was working on.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He adds, \u201cAs an artist I went on my own musical journey while I was creating this piece.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"raw-html-embed\"><iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XFiFjpGkDQc\" title=\"Chris Benchetler Unveils the Dead's 60th Anniversary Logo\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. 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