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How is the logo of "Linkin Park" and the Kurgan bus plant connected?

Linkin Park ("Линкин Парк") - культовая The American group, which plays primarily in the style of alternative and nu-metal, won the Russian listener back in zero. "Boom" began with a breakthrough song Numb and continued to expand; This was significantly helped by the recording of soundtracks to the popular sagas "Transformers" and "Twilight."

Their songs were hymns of informal subcultures -walking all over Russia emo, goths and punks alternately formed the backbone of the fan club of musicians, clung to the emblems of the "Linkin Park" emblem. Anyway, the band, along with their most famous compositions, is familiar to almost everyone.

What does the "Linkin Park" logo mean?

The logo of the group is recognized all over the world.

The emblem of the Linkin Park group

The decoding is straightforward - in the center of the letters "L" and "P" (the first letters of the group name) are arranged in the shape of a triangle and placed in a circle.

Linkin Park's emblem has changed several times over the 20 years of its existence.

Linkin Park emblem

It is easy to see that the first option is very different from the subsequent ones. It's simple - initially the group was called Xero. This word can be read in the logo.

The most recent update happened recently- in connection with the suicide of the vocalist and frontman of the group Chester Bennington (died July 20, 2017). In the picture above, in the penultimate version of Linkin Park emblem, the triangle is enclosed in a regular hexagon. In memory of the deceased member, the group erased one of the faces.

And where is the bus factory?

Российские поклонники заметили интересную деталь:Linkin Park emblem is very similar to the logo of the Kurgan bus plant! Some people truly believe that the musicians borrowed the profound symbol from Kurgan buses (for the most part, Kurgans), but this is just an entertaining coincidence. Compare:

Linkin Park emblem

One of the rationales for borrowing is thatthe fact that the emblem of the Linkin Park group was presented to the world in 2007, while buses have been traveling with such a logo since 1958. And yet, do not believe everything in a row: the musicians are barely aware of the existence of such a plant.