Task 5:Research into similar music magazines on which you could base your magazine. Map out possible ideas for your music magazine including names, possible genres, and ideas for articles.

My ideas are centred on rock and metal fans of both genders and are aged 16-19. The rock music magazine I would like to base my magazine on is Kerrang!.

General background from Wikipedia – I have selected certain parts from Wikipedia that I think may be important, information such as what is on the front cover and inside the magazine that will relate to my target audience.

Publication HistoryKerrang! is a UK-based magazine devoted to rock music published by Bauer Media Group. It was first published on 6 June 1981 as a one-off supplement in the Sounds newspaper. Named after the onomatopoeic word that derives from the sound made when playing a power chord on an electric guitar, Kerrang! was initially devoted to the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and the rise of hard rock acts. In the early 2000s it became the best-selling British music newspaper.Kerrang! commenced publication on 6 June 1981 and was edited by Geoff Barton, initially as a one-time supplement in the Sounds newspaper, which focused on the New Wave of British Heavy Metal phenomenon and on the rise of other hard rock acts. Angus Young of AC/DC appeared on Kerrang!'s first cover. Launched as a monthly magazine, Kerrang! began to appear on a fortnightly basis later, and in 1987 it went weekly. The original owner was United Newspapers who then sold it to EMAP in 1991.

Front CoversDuring the 1980s and early 1990s the magazine placed many thrash and glam metal acts on the cover (like Mötley Crüe, Slayer, Bon Jovi, Metallica, Poison, and Venom) but later discarded them when grunge acts such as Nirvana rose to fame. Kerrang!'s popularity rose again with the hiring of editor Paul Rees circa 2000 when the nu-metal genre, featuring bands like Limp Bizkit and Slipknot were becoming more popular.

ContentWith the emergence of emo and metalcore, Kerrang! began to heavily feature this musical trend. However, the revamp was not welcomed by all readers and many complaints were received about Kerrang!'s sudden emphasis on emo and metalcore music. Brannigan took the magazine into its most commercially successful period with a record ever ABC for the title of 80,186 copies.

Google Images I found for Kerrang! Magazine that I would like my magazine to look like.

Overtone Is the name of my magazine that I would like to look similar to Kerrang!.