The Virgin Digital Find the 75 Bands Illusion
April 10, 2006 by Vurdlak
Allright, not your every-day Optical Illusion, never the less "The Virgin Digital Find the 75 Bands" competition is the cleverest piece of marketing I've seen in ages. If you haven’t already got the picture in your mailbox, you can get full-sized image by clicking on the image below. This Competition is guaranteed to provide endless hours of amusement and head scratching, it’s a large image which contains graphic representations of 75 band names. For example, there are guns in the basket with roses, which obvoiusly represents "Guns 'n' Roses". Here's what I want you to do: find one that wasn't previously mentioned and post your find as a comment in comment section, only one find per user! Please don't cheat and search for solutions on Google, let's make this fun for everyone! Thanks! Inside this post you can find alternative sized jpegs.
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To see a partial solution, go here. To solve another simmilar illusion, visit "Lonely Planet Cities".
If this image is still too small for you (even after opening it full sized in new window), jump to this jumbo one, sized 2300x1344.
To see a partial solution, go here. To solve another simmilar illusion, visit "Lonely Planet Cities".
Ok I'll start (remember only one band per user please)
1. "Guns 'n' Roses" - there are guns and roses in the basket
2. "Smashing Pumpkins" - man smashing pumkins
3. "Gorrilaz" - obvious anyone?
4. "Whitesnake" - Whitesnake
"The Eagles" - eagles
"Led Zeppelin" - Zeppelin flying in the background
"Matchbox 20" - number 20 written in matchboxes. (Man... I can see heaps in there!)
"Blind Melon" -- watermelon wearing sunglasses on the right
Pixies - um, the pixies.
"Pet Shop Boys" - boys stand in front of Pet Shop
The Eels (between the queen and the guy she's pointing guns at)
Please please can I find more? or at least post them?
pink floyd?
Scissor Sisters - the two scissors walking together
Black Flag - a black flag on the building
Green Day - a day on the calendar is colored green
Radiohead
the guy with the radio head jeje
The B-52's (airplanes to the right of the aforementioned zeppelin).
"Kiss" just below the whitesnake
Alice 'n' Chains - Alice w/ chains on waist to the right
Rolling Stones - stones in the back
white zombie... obvious...
Beach Boys (?) - guys with surfing boards on the right side below the eagles
@LT00:
I think that's two girls kissing, so I'd say that might be "t.a.t.u."
Is it possible that there are several groups/solutions for the same part of the picture?
SPOON (Really Obvious !!!)
nickleback? iz dat evn a freakin band?!
nickle back
large coin on sidewalk...
Blur - Man wearing pink shirt on right who is all Blurry
Nine inch nails - You can see nine nails on the street
skinny puppy (right underneath the pet shop boys)
U2.
2 uu on the wall near the black flag
That's 50 Cent on the Coin
50 cent-on the coin next to guns n' roses lol
Cowboy Junkies -- against the lamppost on the right
The Beach Boys, the guys with the surf boards.
Black Crows (On the sign post)
BeeGees - BGG graffiti next to the second rolling stone
deep purple -- the building in the back
"Cake" - the cake next to the cart
one tree hill -- under the planes and between the gorrilas
The Postal Service - postman putting mail into the mailbox
Velvet Revolvers - the queen aiming the guns at the other guy...dressed in velvet
red hot chilli peppers, near the melons
Block Party
(the people having a block party in the upstairs apartment...)
smashing pumpkins, lower-middle right
pet shop boys, left
The Eagles (Flying together on the right)
Just a few thoughts but is that a "Queen" holding those guns? Andwhat about that "Blondie" up by the top left, and "The Cars" in the background.. there's some "Garbage" on the crosswalk, and I think that's a "Rat" right above the scissors, and I'm not quite sure but is that "Korn" next to the watermelons?
Iron Maiden, on the crosswalk below the rolling stones.
Torque
The solid necklace in the box on the right of the fish bowl
Madonna - A portrait of a madonna on the shop's door.
It looks like "Police" infront of the red car.
Sex Pistols... the queen is holding two pistols that are vibrators.
"Black Flag"
Punk knowledge. :D
Queen, was that too easy?
The Dead Kennedys. The posters on the wall between the shops on the left.
"Seal" The poster near the Zombie's head.
"Great White". The movie poster next to the kissing girls.
What about twisted sisters?
the two contortionists next to the garbage can
Theres also phish. next to the twenty
wihte snake.snake raped around pole left side center
"Presidents of the USA" there are portraits of Nixon and kennedy, as far I can see, in the wall on the right of pet shop
"Yellow Shark", an album of Frank Zappa. The boy in yellow and a poster of a shark in the corner of the left building
"Living Coluours". Right under the white snake there are coloured panel and some people dancing
"The roots": they are below the big coin
Seal (poster on the left)
The White Stripes: The zebra crossings under the Iron Maiden
twisted sister
the gymnast in the center?
Are those The Blues Brothers...? Near the Iron Maiden?
The Doors
the queen is pointing the guns at "prince" duh that was easy.
Television-The TV's in the window
Phish - In the fish in the bowl
Prince or Jester - The person the queen is holding the guns on.
Contrary to what was posted earlier the two pictures look to me both Kennedys that are dead, John and John-John. "Dead Kennedys"
lil' bow wow - the small dog
iz dat destiny's child?
the three blak girls holdin hands and skippin
Jet
Pet Shop Boys
On the left window it says "Pet Shop" and there are 2 boys leaning against that window...
people on the rooftop: new kids on the block?
"Hole" the pot-hole in the street near the crosswalk.
Anybody figure out the long haired person on the fire escape who is blowing a chewing gum bubble?
"Alice in Chains" -- Alice from Alice in Wonderland wrapped in chains, above fruit cart.
There's Garbage in the middle of the street.
There's Garbage in the street. What about The Pixies flying around?
Spoon
the b52's in the sky...
lame
Ok, so for now we have:
01. Guns 'n' Roses
02. Smashing Pumpkins
03. Gorrilaz
04. Whitesnake
05. Led Zeppelin
06. Matchbox 20
07. Blind Melon
08. Pixies
09. Pet Shop Boys
10. The Eels
11. Pink Floyd
12. Scissor Sisters
13. Green Day
14. Radiohead
15. The B-52's
16. Kiss
17. Alice 'n' Chains
18. Rolling Stones
19. White Zombie
20. Beach Boys
21. t.a.t.u.
22. Spoon
23. nickle back
24. Blur
25. Nine inch nails
26. skinny puppy
27. U2
28. 50 Cent
29. Cowboy Junkies
30. The Beach Boys
31. Block Party
32. Black Crows
33. BeeGees
34. deep purple
35. Cake
36. one tree hill
37. The Postal Service
38. Velvet Revolvers
39. red hot chilli peppers
40. The Eagles
41. Blondie
42. The Cars
43. Rat
44. Korn
45. Torque
46. Madonna
48. Police
49. Sex Pistols
50. Black Flag
51. Queen
52. Great White
53. Living Coluours
54. The roots
55. Seal
56. The White Stripes
57. twisted sister
58. The Blues Brothers
59. Iron Maiden
60. The Doors
61. Television
62. Phish
63. Prince
64. Dead Kennedys
65. lil' bow wow
66. destiny's child
67. Jet
68. Pet Shop Boys
69. new kids on the block
70. Hole
71. Garbage
72. ...
73. ...
74. ...
75. ...
I never knew for some of these bands (Jet? ... Hole?)
If you think some of these are falsly spoted up till now, comment!
If I wrote some band twice, comment!
Ok what are we missing in the list? Hehe...
Jet is out of Austrailia, with international sales (Do you want to be my girl and Backdoor Santa), But I think that it conflicts with the B52's as the aircraft that are depicted are B52's.
Hole is out of the USA, it is the band that Courtney Love heads up, they have been around for quite awhile, with international sales. I can't think of any other Band for the "hole" in the Street.
Also you have a conflict with Skinny Puppy amd Lil Bow Wow (the small dog). There is also a conflict with "Velevet Revolver and The Sex pistols. The queen is clearly holding 2 pistols made out of Pink Dildo's...so I'd vote for The sex Pistols.
Also I'd like to know where the Pink Floyd came from, there was no description on the post.
Oh and you have a conflict with Knicle Back and 50 cent. Since the large coin is an American 50 cent piece, I'd go with "50 Cent".
Blind Melon - watermelon with sunglasses
Mountain - mountain in the background
hello?!
cornershop!
Scorpion (a smal one between the petshop boys and guns and roses, at least that what i think it is))
It can't be both Nickelback and 50 Cent. I suppose it could be argued that "skinny puppy" and "lil bow wow" are both acceptible interpretations of the dog, but the coin is not a nickel.
also, I don't think those are the blues brothers; for one thing neither of them played guitar, and for another all of the legit solutions are a visual representation of the band's name, not a literal likeness of the performer.
They could be the Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash, though. It is kind of vague.
New to the list:
Cornershop -- the shop sign at the corner, left hand side
Dinosaur Jr. -- little stegosaurus walking left of the queen
The vines? underneath the coin
The streets :P
cornershop!!
Jewel. Beside the fish bowl
and eminem beside smashing pumpkins!
lower corner of the vegetable stand and in the middle. lemonheads!
the t.v's in the shop window behind the cowboy junkies all have a picture of a head. talking heads?
cornershop! the 'brimful of asha' band...
red hot chilli peppers are in the car in the front
Queens of The Stone Age
The queen in the front looks like she's from the stone age =P
OCTOPUS!!!!
Between the cake and the gun's & Roses
Platimum Blonde - girl on fire escape with bubble gum
red hot chilli peppers in the market crate
Next to Alice 'n' Chains is Blurr (WOOOOHOOOO)
The green hill in the background could also be "cypress hill"
See those guys in white behind the Blues Brothers lookin' dudes? Why, they're all up in arms- could they be rioting? WHITE RIOT.
The Monkeys........
the three monkeys in the back......
The subways
On the right behind Blur and alice in chains
ehm the sea serpents
well the 2 sea serpents :p
That is a SQUID not an Octopus!!! Is ther a band named Squid? I did a search and all I found were regional "local" bands with that name, hardly the international act that Virgin would chose for an international contest.
"The Cult" The Hari Chrishna looking bunch in the rear left.
"Cypress Hill" The only hill with a tree on it.
"Pink"...The sky is pink!
Matchbox 20
B-52's planes flying over in the sky
The Angels. Obvious...
How about "Prince" And if the Queen fires He'd be called "Formaly known as"
That's not a squid, as previously posted it's a scorpion (between the cake and GNR cart).
scorpions by the b-day cake
pavement, it is eveywhere.
The Scorpions crawling on the cake lower left
It's a stretch; Is that "the Brady Kids" in the shop window below "U2" and behind the Cowboy Junkies?
could the men in black represent the mighty "Men Without Hats?" I think they could...
Blondie, the woman on the balcony
the thompson twins, the 2 guys in suits
Is that a White Zombie below the picture of Seal?