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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.
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 which shows the freebies attached in the magazine: “7 Posters they didn’t want you to see”. The line is painted red and below there are lots of photos to attract readers.
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.