Textual AnalysisFirst music magazine

Bar codes

Masthead

Cover lines

Main image

Photos

Tag line/ Slogan

Genre

The magazine’s genre is Rock. This kind of magazine normally uses dark colours like red, black, grey,etc. and very impressive images of Rock bands/singers.

This magazine, Kerrang!, which was first released in 1981, is now one of the best selling music magazines.

Main Image/ Model

The model on the front cover is Green day’s lead vocal, as his band’s name is printed the biggest and the most outstanding on the cover.

He is a rock singer as the magazine Kerrang! is a Rock magazine.

Colours

The cover uses dark background colours: Red and Black.

The words’ colours are mostly white, which stand out very well on the background.

Cover lines

The cover lines are not arranged with any rules, they are presented randomly on the cover.

All the cover lines are printed clearly in Capital letters to attract people’s attention.

There is a cover line with photos attached: “7 Posters they didn’t want you to see”. The lines make it an interesting article and the photos (which maybe the posters) effectively help make people curious about it.

Masthead

The masthead Kerrang! are written in white and printed very big on the top of the cover. A part of the masthead is hiden behind the model’s head, which is a clever and creative way. People who like and subscribe to this magazine can still recognise its name.

Bar code

The bar code, which takes up a very small space of the front cover, is placed on the right at the bottom.

The magazine’s price is usually written inside the bar code’s area.

General comment

The front cover is successful in impressing and drawing attention of people with its strong background colours and its cover lines which stand out on it very well.

The model on the front cover is also a point, as Green day is a popular and favourite Rock band of a number of teenagers.

General comment

The front cover is successful in impressing and drawing attention of people with its strong background colours and its cover lines which stand out on it very well.

The model on the front cover is also a point, as Green day is a popular and favourite Rock band of a number of teenagers.