Goodbye, Devil Horns: UG Logo Gets Exciting New Makeover

We thought it personified metal. We saw it as a symbol of all things brutal, heavy, and powerful. Of course, we at Ultimate-Guitar are talking about the infamous devil horns above the “G” in our logo. But the people have spoken, and we apparently have never been more wrong about anything in our lives. Unbeknownst to us, the largest segment of our readership also happens to be quite religious and/or fashion forward, and have urged us to do without the diabolical touch on the website.

The furor started about 6 months ago when UG founder Eugeny Naidenov began to receive a growing number of emails from readers who found our letter G to be not only distracting, but also spiritually disturbing. One particular reader, John Z. McGinnis of Rhode Island, was the most vocal among the bunch.

“Those devil horns are an insult to me, my religious beliefs, my family, and frankly, God,” McGinnis wrote in an email back in December. “And add Stryper to that list! Yes, Stryper is pissed!”

Jill Dupree of Washington echoed McGinnis’ comments. “Your site has the black magic in it, I just know it,” Dupree expressed. “I just read that Axl is releasing Chinese Democracy on Ultimate-Guitar, too – a sign that the Apocalypse is upon us!”

Other UG readers were simply offended on an aesthetic level. Kevin Kramer of Georgia emphasized that devil horns really haven’t been in style in the past few decades.

“Devil horns? Really?” Kramer wrote. “Let me go back to my closet and get my Number of the Beast t-shirt because I’m apparently living back in 1982.”

We heard what you had to say on the devil horn controversy and recruited a special team to create a new-and-improved logo for the remaining months of 2008. The updated design is the direct result of our readers’ feedback, months of painstaking research, and hours upon hours of laborious craftsmanship by the good people at DreamWorks. The entire staff at Ultimate-Guitar believes our new logo has never been more appropriate for the current state of rock, and we look forward to hearing your feedback as well. And one last message to the hypercritical Kevin Kramer: You should have never shelved your Maiden shirt in the first place, buddy.