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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  1. Anonymous vurdlak 

    Ok I'll start (remember only one band per user please)

    1. "Guns 'n' Roses" - there are guns and roses in the basket

  2. Anonymous Isak 

    2. "Smashing Pumpkins" - man smashing pumkins

  3. Anonymous Toad 

    3. "Gorrilaz" - obvious anyone?

  4. Anonymous August 

    4. "Whitesnake" - Whitesnake

  5. Anonymous noliberalbull 

    "The Eagles" - eagles

  6. Anonymous Mathieu M-G 

    "Led Zeppelin" - Zeppelin flying in the background

  7. Anonymous RodeoClown 

    "Matchbox 20" - number 20 written in matchboxes. (Man... I can see heaps in there!)

  8. Anonymous Bart 

    "Blind Melon" -- watermelon wearing sunglasses on the right

  9. Anonymous Pazu 

    Pixies - um, the pixies.

  10. Anonymous smile 

    "Pet Shop Boys" - boys stand in front of Pet Shop

  11. Anonymous elmegil 

    The Eels (between the queen and the guy she's pointing guns at)

    Please please can I find more? or at least post them?

  12. Anonymous bittersugar 

    pink floyd?

  13. Anonymous chris matteson 

    Scissor Sisters - the two scissors walking together

  14. Anonymous sandy 

    Black Flag - a black flag on the building

  15. Anonymous sandra 

    Green Day - a day on the calendar is colored green

  16. Anonymous Luis 

    Radiohead

    the guy with the radio head jeje

  17. Anonymous Peter Hosey 

    The B-52's (airplanes to the right of the aforementioned zeppelin).

  18. Anonymous LT00 

    "Kiss" just below the whitesnake

  19. Anonymous sorsha 

    Alice 'n' Chains - Alice w/ chains on waist to the right

  20. Anonymous russian_knight 

    Rolling Stones - stones in the back

  21. Anonymous ak 

    white zombie... obvious...

  22. Anonymous nobody 

    Beach Boys (?) - guys with surfing boards on the right side below the eagles

  23. Anonymous master 

    @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?

  24. Anonymous pix 

    SPOON (Really Obvious !!!)

  25. Anonymous fartknoker 

    nickleback? iz dat evn a freakin band?!

  26. Anonymous chantal 

    nickle back

    large coin on sidewalk...

  27. Anonymous Sithlord 

    Blur - Man wearing pink shirt on right who is all Blurry

  28. Anonymous Dee_Nice 

    Nine inch nails - You can see nine nails on the street

  29. Anonymous tedro 

    skinny puppy (right underneath the pet shop boys)

  30. Anonymous Dalamar 

    U2.
    2 uu on the wall near the black flag

  31. Anonymous Dennis 

    That's 50 Cent on the Coin

  32. Anonymous Emily 

    50 cent-on the coin next to guns n' roses lol

  33. Anonymous Nate 

    Cowboy Junkies -- against the lamppost on the right

  34. Anonymous Griffin 

    The Beach Boys, the guys with the surf boards.

  35. Anonymous Westmount 

    Black Crows (On the sign post)

  36. Anonymous Happy Steve 

    BeeGees - BGG graffiti next to the second rolling stone

  37. Anonymous doom 

    deep purple -- the building in the back

  38. Anonymous inSTAALed 

    "Cake" - the cake next to the cart

  39. Anonymous great88 

    one tree hill -- under the planes and between the gorrilas

  40. Anonymous Danny Mac 

    The Postal Service - postman putting mail into the mailbox

  41. Anonymous snowdogeez 

    Velvet Revolvers - the queen aiming the guns at the other guy...dressed in velvet

  42. Anonymous japi 

    red hot chilli peppers, near the melons

  43. Anonymous Adri 

    Block Party
    (the people having a block party in the upstairs apartment...)

  44. Anonymous claude le monde 

    smashing pumpkins, lower-middle right

    pet shop boys, left

  45. Anonymous Susana 

    The Eagles (Flying together on the right)

  46. Anonymous Onvex 

    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?

  47. Anonymous Stephen 

    Iron Maiden, on the crosswalk below the rolling stones.

  48. Anonymous HawkMage 

    Torque
    The solid necklace in the box on the right of the fish bowl

  49. Anonymous scheeko 

    Madonna - A portrait of a madonna on the shop's door.

  50. Anonymous HawkMage 

    It looks like "Police" infront of the red car.

  51. Anonymous Jeron 

    Sex Pistols... the queen is holding two pistols that are vibrators.

  52. Anonymous Pope John Paul the Third 

    "Black Flag"

    Punk knowledge. :D

  53. Anonymous jul 

    Queen, was that too easy?

  54. Anonymous JerryBird 

    The Dead Kennedys. The posters on the wall between the shops on the left.

  55. Anonymous Tazdog 

    "Seal" The poster near the Zombie's head.

  56. Anonymous Should be working 

    "Great White". The movie poster next to the kissing girls.

  57. Anonymous Ghost 

    What about twisted sisters?
    the two contortionists next to the garbage can

  58. Anonymous Me 

    Theres also phish. next to the twenty

  59. Anonymous victor corliss 

    wihte snake.snake raped around pole left side center

  60. Anonymous cesco75 

    "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

  61. Anonymous cesco75 

    "Yellow Shark", an album of Frank Zappa. The boy in yellow and a poster of a shark in the corner of the left building

  62. Anonymous cesco75 

    "Living Coluours". Right under the white snake there are coloured panel and some people dancing

  63. Anonymous cesco75 

    "The roots": they are below the big coin

  64. Anonymous Sash 

    Seal (poster on the left)

  65. Anonymous Morbo 

    The White Stripes: The zebra crossings under the Iron Maiden

  66. Anonymous hulbster 

    twisted sister
    the gymnast in the center?

  67. Anonymous Kahlúa Macarena 

    Are those The Blues Brothers...? Near the Iron Maiden?

  68. Anonymous Mike 

    The Doors

  69. Anonymous Linn 

    the queen is pointing the guns at "prince" duh that was easy.

  70. Anonymous Charlue 

    Television-The TV's in the window

  71. Anonymous HawkMage 

    Phish - In the fish in the bowl

  72. Anonymous HawkMage 

    Prince or Jester - The person the queen is holding the guns on.

  73. Anonymous HawkMage 

    Contrary to what was posted earlier the two pictures look to me both Kennedys that are dead, John and John-John. "Dead Kennedys"

  74. Anonymous Dan 

    lil' bow wow - the small dog

  75. Anonymous fartknoker 

    iz dat destiny's child?

    the three blak girls holdin hands and skippin

  76. Anonymous rawr 

    Jet

  77. Anonymous Bob van Lint 

    Pet Shop Boys

    On the left window it says "Pet Shop" and there are 2 boys leaning against that window...

  78. Anonymous w 

    people on the rooftop: new kids on the block?

  79. Anonymous Me Again 

    "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?

  80. Anonymous CHUAMUHAHA 

    "Alice in Chains" -- Alice from Alice in Wonderland wrapped in chains, above fruit cart.

  81. Anonymous bORT 

    There's Garbage in the middle of the street.

  82. Anonymous Bort 

    There's Garbage in the street. What about The Pixies flying around?

  83. Anonymous Bort 

    Spoon

  84. Anonymous The B52's 

    the b52's in the sky...

    lame

  85. Anonymous vurdlak 

    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...

  86. Anonymous Clarification Guy 

    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.

  87. Anonymous Clarifyer Again 

    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".

  88. Anonymous Spooks 

    Blind Melon - watermelon with sunglasses
    Mountain - mountain in the background

  89. Anonymous bosmi 

    hello?!
    cornershop!

  90. Anonymous MEja 

    Scorpion (a smal one between the petshop boys and guns and roses, at least that what i think it is))

  91. Anonymous Nate 

    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

  92. Anonymous ghost 

    The vines? underneath the coin

  93. Anonymous Me 

    The streets :P

  94. Anonymous bosmi 

    cornershop!!

  95. Anonymous Me 

    Jewel. Beside the fish bowl
    and eminem beside smashing pumpkins!

  96. Anonymous bosmi 

    lower corner of the vegetable stand and in the middle. lemonheads!

  97. Anonymous bosmi 

    the t.v's in the shop window behind the cowboy junkies all have a picture of a head. talking heads?

  98. Anonymous char 

    cornershop! the 'brimful of asha' band...

  99. Anonymous red hot chilli peppers 

    red hot chilli peppers are in the car in the front

  100. Anonymous Sanne 

    Queens of The Stone Age
    The queen in the front looks like she's from the stone age =P

  101. Anonymous chinochano 

    OCTOPUS!!!!

    Between the cake and the gun's & Roses

  102. Anonymous Morvis 

    Platimum Blonde - girl on fire escape with bubble gum

  103. Anonymous rix 

    red hot chilli peppers in the market crate

  104. Anonymous CHUAMUHAHA 

    Next to Alice 'n' Chains is Blurr (WOOOOHOOOO)

  105. Anonymous padu 

    The green hill in the background could also be "cypress hill"

  106. Anonymous t3knomanser 

    See those guys in white behind the Blues Brothers lookin' dudes? Why, they're all up in arms- could they be rioting? WHITE RIOT.

  107. Anonymous Randy 

    The Monkeys........

    the three monkeys in the back......

  108. Anonymous mp 

    The subways

    On the right behind Blur and alice in chains

  109. Anonymous strook 

    ehm the sea serpents

    well the 2 sea serpents :p

  110. Anonymous Geesh, I spend too much time on this post 

    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.

  111. Anonymous I have posted more than once!! 

    "The Cult" The Hari Chrishna looking bunch in the rear left.

  112. Anonymous I have another one! 

    "Cypress Hill" The only hill with a tree on it.

  113. Anonymous I love this game! 

    "Pink"...The sky is pink!

  114. Anonymous david 

    Matchbox 20

  115. Anonymous davd 

    B-52's planes flying over in the sky

  116. Anonymous Vil. 

    The Angels. Obvious...

  117. Anonymous Beabee 

    How about "Prince" And if the Queen fires He'd be called "Formaly known as"

  118. Anonymous madderhatter 

    That's not a squid, as previously posted it's a scorpion (between the cake and GNR cart).

  119. Anonymous wally 

    scorpions by the b-day cake

  120. Anonymous mark 

    pavement, it is eveywhere.

  121. Anonymous Larryg 

    The Scorpions crawling on the cake lower left

  122. Anonymous Whistling bullets 

    It's a stretch; Is that "the Brady Kids" in the shop window below "U2" and behind the Cowboy Junkies?

  123. Anonymous whistling bullets 

    could the men in black represent the mighty "Men Without Hats?" I think they could...

  124. Anonymous Sandy 

    Blondie, the woman on the balcony

  125. Anonymous catgirl 

    the thompson twins, the 2 guys in suits

  126. Anonymous Mr. E 

    Is that a White Zombie below the picture of Seal?

  127. Anonymous rock her sox <