--- title: 33 Bands Made Out Of LEGOS description: Lego versions of 33 popular bands canonical: https://time.com/33908/bands-recreated-with-legos/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-21T21:08:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:45.975Z og:title: 33 famous bands recreated with LEGOs og:description: Lego versions of 33 popular bands og:url: https://time.com/33908/bands-recreated-with-legos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 33 famous bands recreated with LEGOs twitter:description: Lego versions of 33 popular bands twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # 33 Of Your Favorite Bands Recreated With LEGOS > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Mar 21, 2014 9:08 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Mar 21, 2014 9:08 PM UTC Former Malaysian music critic Adly Syairi Ramly, 38, decided to pay tribute to some of his favorite bands in an untraditional way. He “Legolised” them. While Ramly was particularly excited to turn members from The Beatles, Daft Punk and The Clash into LEGO doppelgängers, “There are also a few that I made based on requests from close friends, like the One Direction and N’Sync,” he told TIME. The intricate attention to design, captured by Ramly’s iPhone 5, is kind of incredible:  Adly Syairi Ramly  Adly Syairi Ramly Adly Syairi Ramly  Adly Syairi Ramly Adly Syairi Ramly  Adly Syairi Ramly  Adly Syairi Ramly Eminem, 50 Cent, Dr. Dre  Adly Syairi Ramly  Adly Syairi Ramly  Adly Syairi Ramly  Adly Syairi Ramly  Adly Syairi Ramly  Adly Syairi Ramly  Adly Syairi Ramly  Adly Syairi Ramly  Adly Syairi Ramly  Adly Syairi Ramly  Adly Syairi Ramly Adly Syairi Ramly ### '90s Boy Band Members Then and Now  Kevin Richardson (Backstreet Boys) Getty Images (2)  Nick Carter (Backstreet Boys) Getty Images (2)  A. J. McLean (Backstreet Boys) Getty Images (2)  Howie Dorough (Backstreet Boys) Getty Images (2)  Brian Littrell (Backstreet Boys) Getty Images (2)  Justin Timberlake (NSYNC) Getty Images (2)  JC Chasez (NSYNC) Getty Images (2)  Joey Fatone (NSYNC) Getty Images (2)  Lance Bass (NSYNC) Getty Images (2)  Chris Kirkpatrick (NSYNC) Getty Images (2)  Nick Lachey (98°) Getty Images (2)  Drew Lachey (98°) Getty Images (2)  Jordan Knight (New Kids on the Block) Getty Images (2)  Jonathan Knight (New Kids on the Block) Getty Images (2)  Joey McIntyre (New Kids on the Block) Getty Images (2)  Donnie Wahlberg (New Kids on the Block) Getty Images (2)  Isaac, Taylor and Zac Hanson (Hanson) Getty Images (2)  Adly Syairi Ramly Nirvana  Adly Syairi Ramly  Adly Syairi Ramly  Adly Syairi Ramly  Adly Syairi Ramly  Adly Syairi Ramly  Adly Syairi Ramly  Adly Syairi Ramly  Adly Syairi Ramly  Adly Syairi Ramly  Adly Syairi Ramly  Adly Syairi Ramly  Adly Syairi Ramly  Adly Syairi Ramly  Adly Syairi Ramly  Adly Syairi Ramly ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/33908/bands-recreated-with-legos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/33908/bands-recreated-with-legos/"},"headline":"33 Of Your Favorite Bands Recreated With LEGOS","datePublished":"2014-03-21T21:08:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:45.975Z","description":"From One Direction to the Beastie Boys","url":"https://time.com/33908/bands-recreated-with-legos/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","Art","Spice Girls","Legos","Toys","One Direction"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/33908/bands-recreated-with-legos/","name":"33 Of Your Favorite Bands Recreated With LEGOS"}}]}] ```