Kerrang! Double Page Spread

This double page spread I have chosen is from Kerrang! magazine. Kerrang! is a rock/metal music magazine. The article shows an informal interview with ‘Rolo Tomassi’, which are a fairly heavy rock band. Firstly, the image of the band is very eye-catching, as it takes up a whole page of the article, and will attract fans of Rolo Tomassi and their target audience. The image shows the band to be kicking and making fun of someone in a rabbit costume. This conforms to the stereotypical view of the music featured in Kerrang!; violent, destructive, loud, abusive etc. even if not all the music featured is. The title of the article is written in bold, large, white font contrasting to the red background to make it stand out to the public. The article is titled ‘TEEN SPIRIT’ which will entice Kerrang!’ target audience of teens and the younger generation, as they can relate to the article title. The font in which the article title is written in, is dishevelled and appears to be broken and jagged. This type of font conforms to the stereotypical view of the genre of rock/metal; uncontrollable, messy, loud, destructive etc. The editors have used a quote from the article said by the band featured, and placed it in bold, eye catching font to entice the target audience. This is a technique used by numerous magazines, and the quote is usually a quote that has been taken out of context to shock the audience and encourage them to read further. In the bottom right hand corner, there is a section called ‘WHAT ARE ROLO TOMASSI MADE OF?’, and images used in an arithmetic sense to show the outcome of the band and what they are essentially ‘made up of’. The images show ‘anger’ and ‘the dillinger escape plan’ (who are another band who have been featured in Kerrang!). The images will entice fans of ‘the dillinger escape plan’ and the stereotypical view of Kerrang!’ target audience; angry, destructive, loud teens.

For my music magazine, I am going to touch on the genre of rock, and hopefully it will be a mix between NME and Kerrang! magazine. This double page spread has encouraged me to consider using a large image of the artist/band featured, to capture the audiences attention.